Mp-istica.] FLORA INDICA. 159 



foliis rigidis anguste lanceolatis utrinque acutis, floribus ferrugineo-to- 

 mentosis in pedunculo axillari pluribus, disco sub-15-lobo superne in 

 processum oblongum obtusum vel subconicum producto. 



Hab. Malacca, Griff./ Singapur, Lobb / — (v.s.) 



DiSTRiB. Java, Bl. 



Arhor. JRamuli fusco-cinerei. Folia, glaberrima, fere M. corticosa. Peduneuli 

 lignosi, vk 2 lineas lougi. Fedicelli 5-10, crassiusculi, supra medium bracteolati. 

 Flores dense ferrugineo-tomentosi. Columna staminea brevis, disco late peltato. 

 Fructiis (ex Blume) pyriformes, ocbraceo-pulverulenti. 



With quite the habit and general appearauce of the last species, this has a very 

 diiferent anther-disc, which, instead of being concave or iiat, is elevated into a large 

 obtuse beak. Blume's description is very short, and we are therefore in some doubt 

 as to our being justified in considering his plant the same as ours. He says that it 

 differs from his M. glauca (our M. corticosa) chiefly in having " connectivum latins 

 atquc apicc subdUatato-obtusatum." In a specimen from Griffith in Herb. Hook, 

 the common peduncle, apparently from disease, and probably from insect puncture, 

 is converted into a globular woody mass, entirely covered with long brown hairs. 



9. M. farfuracea (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis petiolisque dense furfu- 

 raceo-tomentosis, foliis anguste vel lineari-oblongis rigidis utrinque gla- 

 berrimis, pedunculis axillaribus brevissimis, floribus (fcemineis) pyrifor- 

 mibus dense tomentosis. — Knema glauoescens, Wall. Cat. 6810 ! no7i 

 Jack. 



Hab. In penins. Malayana ad Penang, Wall.! — (u. s.) 



Arhor parva, a prioribus ramulis dense tomentosis facile distincta. Folia supra 

 lucida, utrinque acuta, 4-7 poll, longa, 1- fere 2 lata, glaberrima, subtus ferruginea. 

 Flores i-poUicares. Fructus immaturi subglobosi, dense tomentosi. 



The female plant only is known of this species, which appears sufficiently distinct 

 from all its congeners. 



Sect. 3. Irya. — Calyx 2-3-lobus, glaber. Columna staminea py- 

 riformis, apice concava, margine antherifera. Stigma depressum, 

 integrum vel vix lobatum. Fructus globosus. — Flores minuti, 

 in paniculis axillaribus ramosissimis dispositi, bracteis ovatis 

 glauduloso-punctatis cilissime deciduis involuti. 



. The starainal column of this section is not very different from that of some species 

 of Knema, but the inflorescence and habit are very different, approaching closely to 

 some of the American species, among which M. Eostmanni, Benth., seems to have a 

 very similar andrcecium. M. micrantha. Wall. Cat. 6807 ! from Finlayson's Herba- 

 rinm, and therefore probably fi'om Siam, which is beyond our limits, also belongs to 

 this section. It is larger-flowered than M. Irya, Geert., and the anthers in the spe- 

 cimen before us are more numerous, so that it is perhaps a distinct species. 



10. M. Irya (Gsertn. Fr. i. 195. t. 41) ; foliis oblongis aouminatis. 

 — M. Javanica, Bl. Bijdr. 57-6, Rumph. i. 190. t. 62. M. sphaero- 

 carpa, Wall. Plant. As. Bar. i. t. 89, Cat. 6796 ! M. exaltata, Wall. 

 Cat. 6S0i partim {quod ad spedmina fiorifera ad Moulmein lecta!) 



Hab. Ava ad Martaban et Moulmein, Wall.! ; et Zeylania! — (».«.) 

 DiSTEiB. Java, Blume. Borneo, Low! 



Arhor sffipe procera, ramosa, cortice fusco ruguloso glabro ; partes novelise tenuis- 

 sime pnberulEB. Folia forma varia, oblonga vel lineari-oblonga, basi rotundata ant 

 obtusiuscula vel interdum acutiuscula, utrinque glabra, 5-10 poll, longa, 1^2i lata. 



