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2. M. C(ERULEUM, Jack in Mai. Misc. I. No. V. 2G ; Triana in Linn. 

 Trans. XXVIII. 158 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 580 (Jf. lutescens, Presl Epim. 

 Bot. 208 ; M. Manillanum, Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 3 ser. XVIII. 276 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bafc. I. 57G). 



Var. a. genuhsta, berries ellipsoid-oval, nearly 5 lin. long ; leaves 

 almost sessile, acute. 



Var. (B. FLORIBUNDUM, {31. Jloribumlum, Bl. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 

 361 ; M. laurifolium, Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 3 ser. XVIII. 277 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 576.), berries ellipsoid-oval, np to 5 lin. long ; leaves 

 rounded at the base, usually acute, on a petiole 1 — 1^ lin. long. 



Var. y. GRirriTHiA]S"A, (Jf. cordatmn, Griff. Not. Dicot. 673), ber- 

 ries ellipsoid-globose, about 3 — 4 lin. in diameter ; leaves often retuse or 

 blunt with a mucro, almost sessile. 



Hab. Var. y. apparently frequent in Tenasserim, from Moulmein 

 down to Mergui. — Fl. Jul. Aug. ; Fr, March. 



3. M. L^viGATUM, Bl. Mus. Bot., I. 358 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 

 576 ; Triana in Linn. Traiis. XXVIII. 157. (if. ^achyderma, Wall. Cat. 

 4104). 



Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 2328) ; ib. Tavoy (Wall. Cat. 4104).— Fr. 

 Octob. 



• 4. M. PLEBEJUM, Kurz in Pegu Eep. App. B. 53. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the swamp-forests of the Irrawaddi in Pegu ; 

 Upper Tenasserim, Thoungyeen (Brandis) ; Ava, Bhamo (J. Anderson). 



5. M. PUNCTATUM, Presl. Bot. Bemerk. 67 ; Walp. Ann. I. 303. 

 Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 2330). 



6. M. scuTELLATUM, Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 3 ser. XVIII. 282 ; 

 Triana in Linn. Trans. XXVIII. 157. 



Var. a. stjbsessile, umbellets on peduncles less than a line long or 

 almost sessile ; pedicels about a line long ; leaves smaller. 



Var. ^. BREVi-PEDUJNTCULATiJM, umbcllets on peduncles 1 to 2 lin. 

 long, the pedicels usually 2 lin. long ; leaves larger. 



Hab. Var. a. in the adjoining provinces of Siam ; var. /5. apjDarent- 

 ly frequent in Tenasserim, from Moulmein southwards ; also Pegu, above 

 Eangoon. — Fl. Apr. — June ; Fr. Febr. — May. 



7. M. PAUCiFLORUM, Bl. Mus. Bot. I. 356 ; Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. I. 

 578 ; Triana in Linn. Trans. XXVIII. 158. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans ; Te- 

 nasserim (Helf. 2332), Amherst (Falconer) ; Chittagong (Hf. and Th.),— 

 Fl. Begin of RS. 



8. M. CERASiFORME, Kurz For. Fl. Burm. I. 516. 



Hab. In the forests of Chittagong (Dr. Schlich).— Fr. CS. 

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