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a larger, straighter fruit, with greyish pulp and blackish- 

 brown larger seeds. Caroline Islands. Origin of the native 

 hemp. 



15. M. Bakeri Hook f. Trunk 10 ft. high, 8-10 in. in 

 diameter, sucker ing. Leaves 7 ft. long, 2 ft. broad. 

 Inflorescence drooping. Bracts reddish brown and glaucous 

 outside, bright crimson on inside. Male flowers 9-12 in 

 a cluster in two rows. Perianth Ij in. long, five-toothed, 

 teeth hooded at tip, two outer with an erect horn as long 

 as the tooth ; free petal half as long, three-lobed, cuspidate 

 at apex. Cochin China. 



16. M. flava Ridley. Nearly allied to M. malaccensis, 

 but the broad, thick, blunt, bright yellow bracts give it a 

 totally different appearance, the spike being quite blunt at 

 the top. Eastern coast of the Malay Peninsula. 



17. M. tomentosa Warb. ex K. Schum. Stalk of the in- 

 florescence covered with greyish-brown minute velvety 

 hairs. Perianth Ij in. long ; free petal f in. long, broadly 

 ovate, cuspidate-acuminate. Fruit about 5 in. long, 

 beaked, somewhat angled, with a short thick stalk. 

 Celebes. 



18. M. celebica Warb. ex K. Schurn. Like the pre- 

 ceding, but fruit not beaked. 



19. M. lanceolata Warb. ex K. Schum. Perianth nearly 

 1J in. long, exterior lobes horned ; free petal nearly 1 in. 

 long, apex obtuse or truncate or mucronulate. Bracts 

 ovate-roundish. Native of Celebes. 



20. M. Pierrei Hubert (Le Bananier, p. 14, 1 907). Trunk 

 reddish. Inflorescence erect. Flowers mostly sterile. 

 Fruits five, ovoid, in a single cluster. Habitat not stated. 



21. M. Harmandii Hubert (Le Bananier, p. 14, 1907) 

 Trunk short, reddish, sap violet. Inflorescence erect 

 Fruits perpendicular to the stalk. Habitat not stated. 



22. M. Hillii F. Muell. Thirty feet high, not suckering 

 Leaves 12-15 ft. long, 2 ft. broad. Inflorescence erect. 

 Fruits densely crowded, ovoid, not edible, much angled, 

 2-2| in. long, without a stalk. Seeds numerous. Queens- 

 land. 



