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ferous. Stem cxlindriqu, 3-5 feet high, 3-4 inches diameter. Spike 
drooping or erect; bracts pale blue or reddish-lilac. Fruit a 
2-3 inches long, ‘but. little pulp, scarcely edible, Seeds j inch 
diameter black tubereled. Distribution :— Eastern Himalayas and hills 
of Concan. Flowered at ER in 1881 and 1890. Introduced to Europe 
from Mauritius about 1805 
28. M. salaccensis, Zolling. Stem slender. Leaves thin oblong, 
Bracts pale lilac. Fruit oblong full of seed; latter dull brown ¢ inch 
diameter. Distribution :— Mountains of Java and Sumatra. - Described 
from specimens in the Calcutta herbarium, dried. by Kurz, from the 
Buitenzorg Garden. Closely allied to M. rosacea, 
29. M. velutina, Wendl. and Drude, in Hegel. Mime vu 65, 
t. 823; M. dasycarpa, Kurz. vp d AM. sanguinea. Bracts bright red, 
pubescent on the outside. Calyx ellow. Fruit velvety, um red. 
Distrib on :— Throughout the Rel: of Assam (Mann). Introduced 
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to cultivation in 1875. Differs from sanguinea and aurantiaca by its 
red pubescent fruit. 
. M. coccinea, ae Bot. Rep. t. 47; Bot. Mag. t. 1559; 
Nou Gallery, No. 696. Stem stolonit, slender, finally 4-5 
feet high. ichis wed Spike dense, erect ; rats bright red 
or tipped with yellow. Fruit oblong-trigonous, not edible. Seeds 
very small. Distribution :—Southern China and Cochin China. In 
the latter country it is called Chuoi tau. M into cultivation in 
1791 and now widely spread. Specimens of f e prepared from this 
species are in the Kew viene from Jamaica, pode by Nathaniel 
Wilson, and dida from Mauritiu 
*31. M. rosea, Hort. Calcutt. Bua sicilia Habit of M. 
coccinea but leaves shorter and broader. Spike short, ereet; rachis 
pubescent not flexuose; bracts pale p Fruit and seeds not seen. 
Described. from two specimens in le Caleutta Herbarium that flowered 
in the Botanie Garden there in June 1882. It has since ps at Kew, 
and a figure has been prepared for the Botanical Magazin 
. M.sanguinea, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag.t. 5975. Stem very slender, 
ris? pee high. Stoloniferous. Bracts bright red. Calyx bright yellow. Fruit 
oblong-trigonous, 2 inches long, rather pulpy, pale yellow-green variegated 
red, glabrous. Seeds angled by pressure, small, black, tubercled. 
Distribution :—Upper Assam (District Lukhim npore) Mahuni forest, 
(Mann.) Introduced into cultivation in 1872. M. assamica, Ho 
Bull is an allied plant, at present imperfectly known ; it may prove to be 
distinct. Specimens of the fruits with seeds of M. sanguinea, ripened i m 
he Palm House at Kew in 1872, are in the Museum, 
33. M. rubra, Wall. Habit of M. coccinea. Bracts bright red. 
Fruit in 3-4 clusters of 3-4 each, cylindrical. Seeds smooth, dull 
brown 4 inch diameter. Distribution V ic ame and Yomah, Pegu. 
Differs from JM. coccinea by its short peta 
4. M. Mannii, Wendl.; Bot. Mag. t. 7311. Stoloniferous. Stem 
DM slender, tinged with black, 9 feet high and with a girth of 
34 inches at the base, Rachis with spike erect; bracts of female 
