156 FLOBA iNDiCA. [Mi/risticacea. 



at first sight by their rigid leaves and peculiar inflorescence. The staminal disc is 

 generally toothed on the margin, each tocth hearing an anther, which spreads out 

 horizoatally ; but in Mp-istica laurina. Blame, which nevertheless is a genuine spe- 

 cies of the section, the anthers are vertical and sessile on the pyriform disc, almost 

 as in 31. Lrija, Gsertner. 



1. M. Hookeriana (Wall. Cat. 6802 A ! non B) ; ramulis den- 

 sissime floccosis, foliis maximis anguste obovato-oblongis vel lineari- 

 oblongis basin versus pauUo angustatis basi suboordatia, disco antheri- 

 fero 18-dentato, fructu maximo dense floccoso. 



Hab. In peninsula Malayana : in ins. Penang, Wall.! — {v.s.) 



Arbor verosimiliter elata. MamuJorum cortes facile separabilis, tomento floccoso 

 densissimo tectus, ut omnes partes novellfo. Folia juniora floccosa, cito glabrescentia, 

 rigide coriacea, suhtus glauca, fere bipedalia, 4-8 poll, lata, acuta vel breviter acumi- 

 nata, petiolis dense floccosis f-poUicaribus. Florum situs e specimine Herb. Wall, 

 (in Mus. Soc. liinn.) nnico florido insectorum morsu abnormi, non rite determinan- 

 dus, verosimiliter ut in CECteris speciebus axillaris. Calyx majusculus, i-poll., obo- 

 vato-globosus, ^V-lrilobus, extus laxe tomentosus. Columna siaminea striata, apice 

 parum concava, ramis brevissimis dentiformibus. Fnictus oblongus, 2^-poU., valvis 

 erassissimis ; arillus camosulus, lobatus. Semen oblongum, poUicare, (ex sicco) atro- 

 fuscum. Chalaza obliqua. 



The flowers of this superb species are unfortunately imperfectly known ; but it 

 certainly belongs to Kiiema, and will be easily recognized by the extremely dense 

 pubescence of all its parts except the leaves. Wall. Cat. 6802 B seems to belong 

 to LaurineiB. 



3. M. longifclia (Wall. Cat. 6801 !) ; ramulis fiirfaraceis, foliis 

 rnagnis oblorigo-lanoeolatis basi cordatis rarius rotundatis apice angus- 

 tatis obtusis, fioribus axillaribus dense fastigiatis subsessilibus, disco 

 antherifero conoavo 13-1 8-iobo, fructu oblongo tomentoso. — Bl.Rumph. 

 i. 188. M. linifoHa, Roxb. 11. Ind. iii. 84.7 ? 



Hab. In montibus Kbasia, T/^aZi..' Chittagong ! peninsula Malayana, 

 Griffith !~(J\. Jan.) {v. v.) 



Arbor excelsa, ramulis validis elongatis, cortice laxo subpapyraceo cinereo vel fusco ; 

 partes novellas dense tomentosa3. Folia forma et magnitudine admodum varia, iu- 

 terdum lineari-oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, i-l^-pedalia, 2-6 poll, lata, petiole |-1- 

 poUicari, atrinque glabra, supra nitida, subtus pallida et saspissime glaucescentia, 

 cosla basi furfuracea. Fedtiuculi brevissimi, lignosi, bracteis imbricatis rotundatis 

 onusti. Fedicelli brevissimi vol flores subaquantes, medio uuibracteolati. Calyx 

 dense furfuraceus; maris globosus, demum pyriformis, -J-pollicaris; fcem. ovalis. Dis- 

 cus antheriferus ol>scure triqueter, 15-18-lobus, ramis horizontalibus subtus anthe- 

 riferis. Fructus bipoUicaris, rectus, utrinque obtusus. Semen ereetum, chalaza ter- 

 minals ; arillus pallidus, tenuis, profunde lobatus ; albumen album. 



The shape of the leaves, the size and shape of the (male) flowers, and the number 

 of disc-lobes, appear to vary much in this species, of which we have a great many 

 specimens before us from many different localities. These are, however, chiefly 

 male plants; and possibly characters may be afi'orded by the female flowers and fruit 

 for the discrimination of more than one species ; at any rate, a careful study of the 

 whole genus, in a living state, is necessary before the species can be considered as 

 established on a satisfactory basis. 



3. M. erratica (lif. et T.) ; ramulis tenuiter furfuraceis, foliis 

 anguste lanceolatis vel late linearibus apice attenuatis acutis basi acu- 

 lis, floribu^ ad apicem pedunculi axillaris paucis, disco piano 12-lobo, 



