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Spec. Chae. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, acute at the base, 

 glabrous, stiffly coriaceous : nerves lateral, 12 — 15 on each side • 

 male panicles axillary, composite, diffuse, 2 — 4 times shorter than 

 the leaf, and with the flowers externally rusty-pulverulent: flowers 

 at the apex umbellulate or nearly solitary, somewhat longer than 

 the pedicel, ebracteate : calyx obovoid, subtrifid, lobes ovate, erect : 

 anthers much longer than the stem, free at the top. 



Mercara in Coorg. 



(3) M. GLABEA. .{Blume.) 



Ident. Blume, bidjr. p. 576. — Dec. 1. c. p. 202. — Hook, and 

 Thorns. 1. c. p. 161. 



Engrav. Blume's Eumphia I. t. 64. fig. 1. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute, long- 

 narrowed at the base, glabrous : nerves on both sides 14 — 15 : 

 panicles axillary, branched, longer than the petiole : male flowers 

 globose, nearly equalling the pedicel. ^ 



Silhet. 



(4) M. LONaiFOLiA. {Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 204. — Hook, and Thorns. 1. c. p. 156. 

 Syn. M. linifolia, Boaib. 



Spec. Chae. Branehlets furfuraceous : leaves large, oblong- 

 lanceolate, cordate at the base, rarely rounded, narrowed at the 

 apex, obtuse, glabrous : nerves strong, 25 — 30 on each side : fas- 

 cicles of flowers axillary, shorter than, the petiole : peduncle and 

 pedicels very short, velvety • anthers 12 — 18, around a concave 

 disc : fruit oblong, tomeatose. 



Khasia hilLs. Cbittagong. 



(5) M. EEEATiOA. {HooTe. cmd Thorns.) 



Ident. Hook, and Thorns. 1. c. p. 156. — Dec. 1. c. p. 205. 



Spec. Chae. Branehlets mealy: leaves narrow-lanceolate or 

 broad-linear, acute, attenuated at the apex, acute at the base 

 glabrous above, beneath together with the midrib and nerves 

 ashy-mealy, nerves lateral, 23—26 : flowers few, at the apex of an 

 axillary peduncle : anthers 12, around a flat disc: fruit broad 

 oval or Bubglobose : tomentum very short, hoary : aril thickly 

 fleshy, top lacerated. 



Khasia hills. 



(6) M. ATTENUATA. {Wall) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 205. — Hook, and Thorns. 1. c. p. 157. 

 Spec. Chae. Branehlets furfuraceous : leaves oblong-lanceo- 



