82 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



19. Memecylon laevigatum, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 358. 

 A small ti-ee ; young branches very slender, terete, the bark pale. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, broadly ovate or elliptic, more or less rostrate- 

 acuminate, tlie base cuneate ; main nerves obscure ; length 2-25 in. ; 

 bieadth 1-175 in., petiole •1-15 in., opaque, when dry dull dark- 

 brown, the lower surface slightly paler than the upper. Gyvies mostly 

 from the nodes of fallen leaves, small, few-flowered, the peduncle very 

 ^hort (•! in. long), pedicels also very short. Flowers small (less than "1 

 in. long), their buds pointed ; calyx-tuhe carapanulate, much tapered to 

 the base, the mouth with 4 acute, small teeth. Fruit globular, '3 in. 

 in diam , smooth. Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I, pt. I, 576 ; Triana in 

 Linn. Trans. XXVIU, 157 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 

 5GI (excl. VARS.) ; Kurz, For. Flora. I, 513; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. 

 VII, 11'9. M. Myrilli, Blume, Mus. Bot., 357; Miq. I.e. 578. 

 M. pachyderma, Wall. Cat. 4104. M. Vosmaeriamim, Scheff. in Flora, 

 1870, 249. 



. Mal.acca; Ridley 1707. Singapore ; Bidley 1815, 1906, 2026, 4805. 

 Ferak ; Scortechini 81 ^ Wray 2091 ; King's Collector 3768. Selangore ; 

 Ridley 2024. Distrib! ; Burma, Heifer 2328 ; Wallich 4104 ; Bangka, 

 Java, Borneo. 



20. Memectlon cinereum. King, n. sp. A shrub ; young branches 

 rather slender, terete, sulcate on two sides, the bark dark-cinereous 

 when dry. Leaves coriaceous, drying very dark cinereous-brown on 

 the upper surface, somewhat paler on the lower, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, much acuminate, the base rounded but more often cuneate ; 

 main nerves 8-10 pairs, invisible on both surfaces or nearly so, 

 lenf^th 2 8-5 5 in. ; breadth 1-22 in. ; petiole '15-3 in. Peduncles 

 axillary or from the leafless nodes, not much longer than the petioles, 

 glomerulate, many-flowered ; pedicels short, stout, with small acicular 

 bracteoles at the base. Calyx-tube cupular, with a rounded base ; the 

 mouth expanded, '1 in. wide, unaulate and with 4 acute, triangular 

 teeth. Fruit globular, the persistent calyx-limb small, '25 in. in diam,, 

 smooth. 



Perak; Scortechini 394, 2035 ; King's Collector 3143, 10758. 



21. Memectlon oleaefolium, Blume, Mus. Bot. I, 359. A tree, 

 30-60 feet high; young branches rather slender, terete, smooth, the 

 bark very pale. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, the apex 

 obtusely acuminate, the base much narrowed, when dry of a pale oliva- 

 ceous-brown colour on both surfaces, the upper the darker ; main 

 nerves 8-10 pairs, obscure; length 25-4-75 in.; breadth l-2'25 in.; 

 petioles -15 to '3 in. Peduncles 1-3 in one leaf-axil, several times 

 longer than the petiole (elongating in fruit), bearing at the apex 



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