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THE SPECIES 



MY 



Sect. IV. 



1 



(Hook, fil 



TJi 



A. DC.) 



Panicles as in Pijrrhosa; perianth 



bifid i 

 sometimes 



by their bases 

 free: 



3 -toothed, sometimes 4- toothed 



drcecium globo 



or 



depressed-globose 



c 



ated 



>iy 



anthers for the most part attached to the column 



(quite connate to 



t in M. bivalvis) 



tl 



d 



and apices quite 



the apices sometimes m 



uch 



d. Fruit as in Pyrrhosa 



rerianth of c? flowers bi-valved, never 3 or 4-toothed. 



Andrcecium a 



sessile cup, bearing about 30 elongate, connate, 



much inflexed anthers 



35. M. bualvis. 



Andr 



elongated transversely, with 10 anthers partially 



attached to the column and to each other 



36. M. cransifi 





Andrcecium slightly elongated transversely; anthers 10, their 

 tips incurved; 6 panicles rufous-pubescent; fruit globular . . 



Perianth of c? flowers 2 or 3-toothed; andrcecium ovate or sub- 

 globular; anthers about 10; <$ panicles and all other parts 

 glabrous ; fruit ovoid 



37. M. I 



38. M. glabra. 



Perianth usually 3-toothed ; sometimes 4-toothed. 



Leaves glabrous. . . 



<J panicles rather few-flowered, scurfy, stout, 35 in. long; 

 S fl. I in. long; fruit 175 in. long; young branches 

 t ere t e 39. M. majuscula 



fruit 





S panicles many-flowered, 4 to 6 in. long, slender, spread 

 ing, glabrescent ; c? fls. about -05 in. in diam. ; 

 125 in. long; young branches distinctly 2-ridged . •. . 



S panicles scurfy or almost glabrous, not more than 2 in. 

 long; <$ fls. -05 in. in diam.; female panicles under 75 

 in. long 



40. M. brachiata. 



c? panicles many-flowered, 2'5 to 3*5 in. long, nearly 

 glabrous; # fl. less than "05 in. 



41. JSI. Ridley ana. 



to 15 in 



in diam.; fruit 1*25 . 

 < lonff 4 43. M. Collettiam 



Leaves glabrous," except the lower surface of the midrib in young 



leaves. 



c? panicles many-flowered, 2 to 4 in. long; rusty-tomentose, 

 spreading; S fl. -05 in. in diam.; female panicles 1'5 

 in. long; fruit *75 in. long ...••..•••• 



42. M. polyspherula. 



Sect 



V. 



K 



{Bl 



H. 



Th 



A'. DO.) Male flowers pedicelled 



in 



clusters of from 3 to 15 from short axillary tubercles; pedicels with a persistent bracteole 

 about the middle (close to the perianth in M. Cant ley i and M. oblongifolia) 



column peltate, concave or flat 



:1y 



Staminal 



the anthers ovate 



ally 



sile, attached by their bases to its ed 



o 



ually stalked ; 



or sometimes with short filaments 



otherwise free, radiating more or less horizontally from 



the edge 



of the flattened 



lumn and dehiscing downwards, or sub-erect and extrorse 





