1900.] G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 87 



Singapore; Ridley 4034, 6054. Malacca; Griffith (Kew Distrib.) 

 2327; Maingay (K.D.) 812; Berry 1028. Kedah; Ridley 2627, 

 Curtis 2627. Distrib. India, Ceylon. 



Var. 2. ovata, C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 563. Leaves 

 large, often 4-4*5 in. long, acute or acuminate at -the apex, the base 

 rounded or cuneate, shining when dry ; fruit black when ripe and some- 

 what succulent. M. ovatum, Sm. ex Kurz, For. Fl. I, 512. M. edule, 

 var. y, Thwaites Enum. 110. M. umbellatum, Hb. Heyne in Wall. Cat. 

 4109. M. tinctorium, var. (3, W. & A. Prodr. 319. M. prasinum, Naud. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, XVIII, 275. M. grande, Wall. Cat. 4103, 

 partly. M. lucidum and M. pyrifolium, Presl. Epim. Bot. 209, 210. 



Andaman Islands ; not common. Narcondam and Great Coco 

 Islands; Prain. Perak; King's Collector 4175; Scortechini 917. 

 Penang ; Curtis 723. Singapore ; Ridley 6532. Distrib. India, Malayan 

 Archipelago. 



Doubtful species. • 



M. amdbile, Bedd. var. malaccensis, Clarke in Fl. Br. Ind. II, 555. This is 

 founded by its author on the very imperfect material afforded by Maingay 's 

 specimens (Kew Distrib. 819). 



M. laxiflorum, Wall. Cat. ; see note under M. oleaefolium, Blume. 



