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Habit. — Commonly cultivated by the Burmese, by whom it is 

 called Mariam, or Mai-een. 



Arbor parva, raraulis compressis angulatis. Folia anguste ob- 

 longo-lanceolata, obtuse acuminata vel cuspidata, coriacea, longi- 

 tudine 5-uncialia, latitudine l|-uncialia. Stamina saepissime 4. 

 Brupa magnitudine ovi gallinulse. 



Buchanan describes the inflorescence of his plant as " spica sim- 

 plicissima foliis multo longior," and the fruit as, " drupa figura et 

 sapore Mangiferse indicse." But he appears only to have been 

 acquainted with Roxburgh's plant through the Hortus Benghalensis, 

 a catalogue containing no characters or discriminative marks. 



B. macrophylla, (n. sp.) foliis oblongo-lanceolafcis, paniculis amplis 

 thyrsoideis pubescentibus foliis brevioribus, petalis ssepissime $ 

 calyce subtriplo longioribus. 



Habit. — Malacca. Boomaniya Baitool of the Malays. 



Arbor magna, corona densa. Bamuli tetragoni. Folia valde 

 coriacea, obtuse et brevi cuspidata, long. 6. 8-uncialia, latit. 2-2|- 

 uncialia. Banicula dense thyrsoidea. Stamina saepissime 3. 



B. micropliylla, (n. sp.) foliis lanceolatis, paniculis parvis thyrsoi- 

 deis foliis brevioribus, petalis 4 oblongo-rotundatis calyce duplo 

 longioribus. 



Habit. — Malacca. Boomaniya Baigo of the Malays. 



Arbor, ramulis compressis. Folia longe et obtuse cuspidata, valde 

 coriacea, longit. 2-3^ uncialia, latit. 1-1| uncialia. Paniculce parvse, 

 foliis aliquoties breviores. Flores minus elongati, minuti. Brupa 

 magnitudine ovi gallinulse. 



The habit of these two species is different from that of the Bur- 

 mese one, the leaves more coriaceous, and the secondary veins, more 

 distinct. 



The fruit of both is eaten by the Malays. They have the charac- 

 teristic acidity, but make excellent pickles. 



The genus presents a remarkable analogy with Oleinse. 



Memecyle^:. — Pternandra, Jack, (Fwychia, Blume), though re- 

 ferred by Dr. Lindley to Melastomaceae, appears to me to belong to 

 Meraecyleae. The genus is remarkable for its placentation, which 

 is the only instance I am acquainted with of the co-existence of 

 thoroughly parietal placentation with perfect dissepiments, inde- 



