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Singapore ; Ridley 4084, 6054. Malacca ; Gn^th (Kew Distrib.) 

 2327; Maingay (K.D.) 812; Derry 1028. Kedah ; Ridley 2627, 

 Curtis 2627. Distrib. India, Ceylon. 



Var. 2. ovata, C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 563. Leaves 

 large, often 4-4*5 in. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, the base 

 rounded or cuneate, shiniug when dry ; fruit black when ripe and some- 

 what succulent. M. ovatum, Sm, ex Kurz, For. Fl. I, 512. M. eduUy 

 var. y, Thwaites Ennm. 110. M.umbellat^im^'B.h, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 

 4109. M. tinctorium, var. y8, W. & A. Prodr. 319. M.prasinum^ Naud. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, XVIIT, 275. M. grande, Wall. Cat. 4103 

 partly. M, lucidum and M. pyrifoliunif Presl. Epira. Bot. 209, 210. 



Andaman Islands ; not common. Narcondam and Great Coco 

 Islands; Prain. Perak ; King's Collector 4175; Scortechini 947. 

 Penang ; Curtis 723. Singapore ; Ridley 6532. Distrib. India, Malayan 

 Archipelago. 



Doubtful species. 



M. amabile, Bedd. var. malaccensis, Clarke in Fl. Br. Ind. II, 555. This is 

 founded by its author on the very imperfect material afforded by Maingay's 

 specimens (Kew Distrib. 819). 



M, laxifioi-um, Wall. Cat. ; see note under M. oleaefolium, Blame. 



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