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edges undulate (when dry) ; both surfaces rather dull, the nerves nu- 

 merous but indistinct, the midrib slightly prominent; length 2*25 to 3 

 in., breadth '5 to "75 in., j)etiole "25 to '35 in. Flower solitary, axillary 

 or terminal, '4 in. in diam. ; pedicel "1 in. long with several ovate-acute 

 bracts at its base. Sepals nearly equal, the outer coriaceous. Petals 

 oblong, acute, smaller than the sepals. Ovary narrowly ovoid, attenuate 

 above, and passing into the long filiform curving exserted style. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Perak ; on Gunong Bubu, elevation from 1500 to 2000 feet. King's 

 Collector. 



A very distinct and elegant species, distinguished by its thin rigid 

 lanceolate leaves and very slender branches. 



4 Mesda, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, rigidly coriaceous, often pellucid-dotted ; 

 veins very numerous, very slender, at right angles to the midrib. Flowers 

 polygamous or hermaphrodite, large, axillary or terminal, solitary. 

 Sepals and petals 4 each, imbricate. Stamens very numerous, filaments 

 filiform, free or connate at the base ; anthers erect, oblong, 2-celled, 

 dehiscence vertical. Ovary 2 celled ; style long, stigma peltate ; ovules 

 2 in each cell, erect. FVuit between fleshy and vv^oody, 1 celled by the 

 absorption of the septum, at length 4-valved, 1-4-seeded. Seeds without 

 an aril, testa fragile. Distrib. Tropical Asia ; 3 species. 



1. Mesuaferrea, Linn. sp. 734. A medium sized tree with spread- 

 ing head ; branches faintly 4-angled, glaucous. Leaves coriaceous, linear- 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the base acute or 

 rounded; above shining ; below pruinose, glaucous or glaucescent ; nerves 

 numerous, close, inconspicuous ; length 3 to 6 in., breadth '75 to 1'25 in., 

 petiole '25 to '35 in. Flowers '75 to 3 in. in diam., in pairs or solitary, 

 usually terminal. Sepals orbicular, fleshy, the margins thin. Petals 4, 

 obovate, white; anthers large, elongate. Fruit ovoid-conic to sub- 

 globose, from 1 to 2 in. long, the sepals persistent. Choisy in DC. Prod, 

 i, 562 ; Choisy Guttif. Ind. 40; Planch, and Triana Mem. Guttif. 271: 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 635; W. and A. Prod. 102; Wall. Cat. 4834; Wight 

 111. 127, Ic. t. 118; Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Gen. xxiii ; Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Ind. i, 277; Bl. Bijdr. 216 : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, Pt. 1, 509 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. Burm. i, 97: M. speciosa, Chois. in DC. 1. c. ; Guttif. Ind. 40; Wight 

 Ic. t. 118 and 96 1; Wall. Cat. 4835 ; PL and Trian. 1, c. 375 ; Beddome 

 1. c. xxiii. M. pedunculata, Wight 111. 127; Ic. t. 119. M. coromandelia^ 

 na, Wight 111. 129; Ic. t. 117; PI. and Trian. 1. c. 378; Beddome Flor. 

 Sylvat. t. 64. M. Hoxhuryhii, Wight 111. 127 ; Beddome 1. c. xxiii. M. 

 salicina, M. WaJkeria}ia and M. pidchella, Planch, and Trian. 1. c. 373, 



