Ib4 Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Poniimila. 



edges undulate (when dry) ; bofcli surfaces ratliei' dull, the nerves 

 numerous but indistinct, tlie midrib slightly prominent ; length 2-25 to 3 

 ill., breadth '5 to '75 in., petiole '25 to 'Ah in. Flower solitary, axillary 

 or terminal, 4 in. in diam. ; pedicel '1 in. long with several ovate acute 

 bracts at its base. Sepals nearly equal, the outer coriaceous. Petals 

 oblong, acute, smaller than the sepals. O^ar?/ narrowl}' ovoid, attenuate 

 above, aiui passing into the long filiform curving exserted style. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Perak ; on Gunong Bubu, elevation from 1500 to 2000 feet. King's 

 Collector. 



A very distinct and elegant species, distinguished by its thin rigid 

 lanceolate leaves and very slender branches. 



4 Mesca, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, rigidly coriaceous, often pellucid-dotted 5 

 veins very numerous, veiy slender, at right angles to the midrib. Flowers 

 polygamous or hermaphrodite, large, axillary or terminal, solitary. 

 Sepals and petals 4 each, imbricate. Stamens very numerous, filaments 

 filiform, free or connate at the base; anthers erect, oblong, 2-celled, 

 dehiscence vertical. Ovary 2-celled; style long, stigma peltate ; ovules 

 2 in each cell, erect. Fruit between fleshy and woody, 1-celled by the 

 absorption of the septum, at length 4-valved, 1-4-seeded. Seeds without 

 an aril, testa fragile. Distrib. Tropical Asia; 3 species. 



1. Mesda PERTiEA, Linn. sp. 7.34. A medium sized tree with spread- 

 ing head; branches faintly 4-angled, glaucous. Leaves coriaceous, linear- 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the base acute or 

 rounded ; above shining ; below pruinose, glaucous or glaucescent ; uei'ves 

 numerous, close, inconspicuous ; length 3 to 6 in., breadth '75 to 1"25 in., 

 petiole "25 to "35 in. Floivers "75 to 3 in. in diani., in pairs or solitary, 

 usually terminal. Sepals orbicular, fleshy, the margins thin. Petals 4, 

 obovate, white ; anthers large, elongate. Fruit ovoid-conic to sub- 

 globose, from 1 to 2 in. long, the sepals persistent. Choisy in DC. Prod. 

 1,562; Choisy Guttif. Ind. 40; Planch, and Triana Mem. Guttif. 271 ; 

 Roxb. PI. Ind. ii, 635; W. and A. Prod. 102; Wall. Cat. 4834; Wight 

 111.127, Ic. t. 118; Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Gen. xxiii; Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Ind. i, 277 ; Bl. Bijdr, 216 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, Pt. 1, 509; Kurz For. 

 Fl. Burm. i, 97. M. speciosa, Chois. in DC. 1. c. ; Guttif. Ind. 40 ; Wight 

 Jo. t. 118 and 961 ; Wall. Cat. 4835 ; PI. and Trian. 1. c. 375 ; Beddome 

 1, c. xxiii. M. pedu7iculata, Wight 111. 127 ; Ic. t. 119. M. coromandeliana, 

 Wight 111. 129; let. 117; PI. and Trian. I.e. 378; Beddome Flor, 

 Sylvat. t. 64. M. Boxburghii, Wight 111. 127; Beddome 1. c. xxiii. 

 M. salicina, M. Walkeriana aiidil/. pulchella, Planch, and Trian. 1. c. 373, 



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