Eee Ee EE ee ee eee a ee 2 ee 
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yellowish, the outer ones oe nearly 5 in. long, acumi- 
nate, glabrous ; the inner short, about an in. long, blunt, puberulous 
and glabrescent bias mera alae inside. 
Hap.—Rather rare in the tropical forests of South Andaman.—Fl. June.—s. 
. M. rubiginosum, H. f. Ind. Fi. i. 79.—An evergreen seand- 
ent to b, the younger parts densely tawny pubescent ; leaves oblong 
or broadly oblong, 6-12 in. long, = at or almost cordate at base, 
on a thick tomentose petiole 8-9 lin. long, peeilats. or BES rarely 
blunt, coriaceous, the midrib above and the whole under-surface rusty 
or tawny tomentose ; flowers rather large, axillary, on an in. long 
or longer bracted pedicel, solitary, or often forming a 5- 6-flowered 
terminal rust tomentose panicle ; sepals broad, nearly a line long ; 
the outer petals more than an in. long, oval-oblong, tawny tomen- 
tose outside, the inner somewhat shorter and narrower ; berries 
ee about an in. long, btapatadked, tawny tomentose 
ee in the tropical forests of Martaban; also Tetiadoodi and 
Chittaponp 
3. M. Griffithii, H. f. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 80.—A large scandent 
shrub, all younger parts tawny pga leaves oblong: or narrow- 
oblong, 3-5 in. long, rounded at base, on a pubescent petiole 4 
lin. long, rather blunt, father coriaceous, the midrib above and 
the whole under-surface tawny pubescent ; flowers $ in. long, on 
tomentose 3-4 lin. long pedicels, arising by 2 to 5 or more 
leaf-opposed short peduncles or forming a eyme on the short axillary 
Hazs.—Tenasserim.—Fl. Decb. 
4. M.verrucosum, H. f. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 80.—A large woody ~ 
climber, all softer parts brownish puberulous ; leaves oblong, shortly 
and almost bristly acuminate, on a strpng puberulous petiole 3-4 
lin. long, rounded at base, 4-6 in. long, coriaceous, beneath shortl. 
puberulous all over ; flowers rather small, about 4 in. long or longer, 
on an in. long. tawny-velvety, pedicel, 1-bracted at the middle, almost 
bellate from a very short peduncle ; _ ova e soe _ 
petals tawny-velvety, ovate-oblong, mane < 
or more thick, on a strong stalk of similar length, ath, amnost gl globular, 
verrycose-" -wrinkled, tawny-velvety, glabrescent. 
Has.—Ava, Kakhyen hills.—Fl. Apr. 
5. M. bicolor, H. f. & Th. Ind. Fi. i. 80.—An ever, 
ent shrub, the younger parts Eberly tawny pubescent; ae cone 
to oblong- lanceolate, on a pubescent petiole {-4 in. long, objuae: = 
