1900.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 7 



Nat. Ser. 3, XIII, pp. 283 to 293 ; should be reduced here. It is not without 

 reluctance that I give four varieties as follows : — 



Var. 1. polyantha, Benth. Fl. Aust. Ill, 292. Bracts of inflores- 

 cence small and very early decidnous or altogether absent ; teeth of 

 calyx nsually short ; leaves not exceeding 2'5 in. in length. M. polyan- 

 thum, Blnme in Flora for 1831, 480 ; Mus. Bot. I, 52, t. 6 ; Nandin in 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, XIII, 287 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. I, 502 ; 

 Triana in Linn. Trans. XXVII, 59 ; 0. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. Ill, 523. M. brachyodon, Naud. I.e. 292 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, 

 570, t. 8, fig. A. M. malabathricum, Desr. in Lara. Encyc. Bot. IV, 36 ; 

 111. Gen. tab. 361, f. 1 ; Jack in Linn. Trans. XIV, 4, fig. 1, a to g ; 

 Poir. Diet. IV, 37 ; Bl. Bijdr. 1070. M. erecta, Jack I.e. 5 ; DO. Prodr. 

 Ill, 145. M. tidorense, Bl. in Flora 1831, p. 482, Miq. I.e. 514. 

 M. Royenii, Bl. I.e. 483. M. tondanense, Bl. Mus. Bot. I, 54. M. Hom- 

 bronianum, M. oliganthum and M. microphyllum, Naud. I.e. 278, 292 

 and 293. 



Andamans ; King's Collector. Singapore ; Anderson, King. Malacca ; 

 King. PeNANG ; Curtis, King. Distrie. Burma, N. China, Sumatra, 

 Java and other islands in the Malay Archipelago, Luzon, N. Australia. 



Var. 2. adpressa, C B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 523. 

 Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, smaller than in the typical plant and 

 with harsher pubescence. M. adpressum, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 4081, 

 Naud. I.e. XIII, 27 ; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. VII, 349. M. anophan- 

 thum, Naud. I.e. 277. 



Malacca ; Maingay 771 to 773 in Herb., Kew; Penang ; Wallich, 

 King, Curtis. Province Wellesley ; Curtis. 



This is Rcarely worthy of separation as a variety. It is slightly smaller and more 

 strigose than the type and differs from var. polyanthum, so far as I can see, only by 

 the large size of the bracts of the inflorescence. 



Var. 3. normalis, King. Hairs of both surfaces very numerous, those 

 of the upper sub-adpressed, of the lower sub-spreading, softer (almost 

 silky ) ; calyx-teeth long, adpressed hairy within. M. normale, Don 

 Prodr. Fl. Nep. 220 ; DC. Prodr. Ill, 145 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, 

 XIII, 289 ; Kurz, For. Flora I, 504 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. II, 524 ; Triana in DC. Mon. Phan. VIII, 352. M. Wallichii, DC. 

 I.e. 146. M. napalense, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 707. M. pelagicum, Naud. 

 I.e. 279. M. longifolium, Naud. I.e. 293. 



In most of the provinces. 



Var. 4. perakensis, King. Leaves more or less broadly elliptic, 

 5- to 7-nerved, the upper surfaces strigose (sometimes nearly glabrous 

 in old specimens), the lower softly and rather densely pubescent; 

 branches, petioles and pedicels with long, spreading, rather soft hairs ; 

 calyx-tube densely clothed with long, flexuose, soft, often ciliate setae, 



