1896.] G. King— Matenah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 4,07 



Petioles of leaver 2 to 4*5 in. long, 



thickened and dilated near the 



base ; flowers 8 to 12 on the 



ultimate branchlets, racemose 



Petioles of leaves '75 to 1*2 in. 



long, only slightly thickened at 



the base ; flowers on the ultimate 



branchlets in cymules of 3. 

 Sepals and petals 5. 



Stamens 5 all fertile ; panicle as in 

 M. indica 



Stamen 1 perfect, with or without abor- 

 tive ones (staminodes). 



Panicle minutely tomentose or pubescent 

 Panicle quite glabrous. 

 Leaves very coriaceous 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous. 



Leaves oblong, or elliptic-oblong, 5 to 



8 in. long., with 16 to 20 pairs of 



prominent main nerves ; stamen 



longer than the petals ... 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 3 or 4in. 



long, with 10 or 12 pairs of indistinct 



main nerves ; the petals shorter 



than the stamen 

 Disc minute or absent. 



Panicles glabrous (black when dry) stamens 

 attached to the minute disc. 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, reticulate, main nerves about 20 

 pairs; flowers '25 in. long, drupe oblong... 13. M. odorata. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, 

 the reticulations indistinct or obsolete, 

 main nerves 15 to 18 pairs ; flowers '35 

 in. in diam., disc cylindric ; drupe elliptic 

 to globose 



Leaves narrowly linear-oblong or linear- 

 lanceolate, with 25 to 35 pairs of main 

 nerves, both surfaces conspicuously reti- 

 culate ; flowers nearly 3 in. long ; drupe 

 obliquely and broadly oblong-globose 



6. M. longipetiolata. 



7. ilf. quadrifida. 



8. M. pentandra. 



9. M. indica. 



10. M. ollongifolia. 



11. M. longipes. 



12. M. gracilipes. 



14. M. foetida. 



15. M. fragrans. 



