Myriztica.'] floba IN Die a. 159 



foliis rigidis anguste lanceolatis utrinque acutis, floribus ferrugineo-to- 

 mentosis in pedunculo axillari pluribns, disco sub-15-lobo supcrne in 

 processum oblongum obtusum vel subconicum producto. 



Hab. Malacca, Griff.! Singapur, Lobb ! — (v. $.) 



Distuib. Java, BL 



Arbor. Hamuli fusco-cinerei. Folia glaberrima, fere 31. corticosa. Pedunculi 

 lignosi, vix 2 lineas lougi. Pedicelli 5-10, crassiusculi, supra medium bracteolati. 

 Flores deuse ferrugineo-tomentosi. Columna staminea brevis, disco late peltato. 

 Fructus (ex Blume) pyriformes, ochraceo-pulverulenti. 



"With quite the habit aud geueral appearance of the last species, this has a very 

 different anther-disc, which, instead of being concave or flat, is elevated into a large 

 obtuse beak. Blume's description is very short, and we are therefore in some doubt 

 as to our being justified in considering his plant the same as ours. He says that it 

 differs from his 31. glauca (our 3L cortieosa) chiefly in having " connectivum latins 

 atnue apicc subdilatato-obtusatum." In a specimen from Griffith in Herb. Hook, 

 the common peduncle, apparently from disease, aud probably from insect puncture, 

 is converted into a globular woody mass, entirely covered with long brown hairs. 



9. M. furfur ace a (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis petiolisque dense furfu- 

 raceo-tomentosis, foliis anguste vel lineari-oblongis rigidis utrinque gla- 

 berrimis, pedunculis axillaribus brevissimis, floribus (foemineis) pyrifor- 

 mibus dense tomentosis. — Kuema glaucescens, Wall. Cat. 6810! non 

 Jack. 



Hab. In penins. Malayana ad Penang, Wall./ — (v.s.) 



Arbor parva, a prioribus ramulis dense tomentosis facile distincta. Folia supra 

 lucida, utrinque acuta, 4-7 poll, longa, 1- fere 2 lata, glaberrima, subtus ferrugiuea. 

 Flores i-pollicares. Fructus immaturi subglobosi, dense tomentosi. 



The female plant only is known of this species, which appears sufficiently distinct 

 from all its congeners. 



Sect. 2. Irya. — Calyx 2-3-lobus, glaber. Coin a staminea py- 

 rifonnis, apice concava, margine antherifera. Stigma depressum, 

 integrum vel vix lobatum. Fructus globosus. — Flores minuti, 

 in funiculi* axillaribus ramosissimis dispositi, bracteis oralis 

 gla nduloso-pimctatis citissime deciduis involuti. 



The staminal column of this section is not very different from that of some species 

 of Knema, but I lie intlorescence and habit are very different, approaching closely to 

 some of the American species, among which 31. Hoatmanni, Benth., seems to have a 

 very similar andrcecium. M. micrantha, Wall. Cat. 6807 ! from Finlayson's Herba- 

 rium, aud therefore probably from Siam, which is beyond our limits, also belongs to 

 this section. It is larger-flowered than 31. Irya, Gsert, and the anthers in the spe- 

 cimen before us are more numerous, so that it is perhaps a distinct species. 



10. M. Irya (Ctertn. Fr. i. 195. t. 41) ; foliis oblongis acuminatis. 

 M. Javanica, Bl. Bijdr. 576, Rumph. I 190. t. 62. M. sphaero- 



carpa, Wall. Plant. As. liar. i. t. 89, Cat. 6796 ! ML exaltata, Wall. 

 Cat. 6804 partim {quod ad specimina fori f era ad Moulmein lecta /) 



Hab. Ava ad Martaban et Moulweiii, Wall.! ; et Zeylania !-— (v. 9.) 



Distrib. Java, Blume. Borneo, Low! 



Arbor sicpe procera, ramosa, cortice fu ) ruguloso glabro ; partes novella* tenuis- 

 MUM |)uberuhe. Folia forma varia, oblonga vel liucari-oblonga, basi rotundata «uit 

 obtiiMuscula vel intcrdum acutiuscula, utrinque -rlabra, 5-10 poll, longa, 1|-2| lata, 



