370 G. Kinp: — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Fminsula. [No. 4, 



ov ules 0 or more. Fruit ovoid ; carpels persistent, dehiscing dorsally. 

 Seeds as in Magnolia. — Distrib. Mountains of tropical Asia ; species 5. 



1. M. Sebassa, Miq. Ann. Lugd. Bat. IV, 71. A shrub. Adult 

 branches with pale shining bark ; young tawny villous, as are the petioles 

 and spathoid hood of calyx. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblanceolate, 

 acute, much narrowed at the baBe, glabi'ous aud shining on both surfaces, 

 buUate ; nerves 14 to 20 pairs, prominent; length of blade 11 to 14 in., 

 breadth 4"6 to 7 in., petiole 1 in., much thickened at base. Flowers 

 solitary, terminal, on villous peduncles 2 to 3 in. long. Spathoid hood 

 densely adpressed fulvous-sericeous. Sepals and petals abont 9, fleshy, 

 pale yellow, from obovato to oblong, aljruptly contracted into a claw nt 

 the base, nearly 2 in. long. Stamens with very stont filaments, ristils 

 abotit 20. Hipe carpels (fide Miquel) oblong, leuticellate. Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. Suppl. 367. " 



Perak, Kunstler ; in dense jungle, at elevations of abont 1500 feet : 

 only once collected. Distrib. Sumatra. 



The specimens collected by the late Mr. Kunstler are without frnit. 

 They agree in other respects with the Sumatran sijecimens on which 

 Miquel founded the species. 



2. M. GLAUCA, m. Bat. Verb. IX, 149. A tall glabrous tree. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oval or obovate-oblong, slightly acuminate, the edges 

 slightly recurved when dry, glauooscent beneath ; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, 

 not prominent j length of blade 5 to 7 in., breadth 2'5 to 3 in. ; potiolo 

 •75 to 1'5 in. Flowers terminal, solitary, on annulate peduncles 1 to 1'5 

 in. long, yellowish, about 1 -5 in. long. Stipular hood broadly ovate, 

 glabrous. Sepals aud petals 9, greenish-yellow, oblong, sub-acute, those 

 internal smaller. Filaments short. Pistils numerous. Hipe fruit ovoid, 

 the sizo of a hen's egg, glabrous. Seeds with a red fleshy arilhis. 

 Bijdr. 8; Fl. Jav. Magnol. 22, t. 6. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, p. 15. 



Perak at 3,000 feet. Distrib. Java. 



3. M. ScoBTECHiNi, King, n. sp. A tree. The young branches, 

 stipules and under surfaces of the leaves minutely rufous-pubescent. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, narrowed to base and apex, the latter 

 subacute ; upper surface shining, reticulations minute, distinct on both 

 sui-faoes; nerves about 12 pairs ; length of blade 3'5 to 4 in , breadth 

 1-25 in., petiole -3 to -4 in. Fhnvers solitary, axillary, on annulatod pedi- 

 cels shorter than the petioles : stipular hood rufous, silky. Sepals and 

 petals abont 12, similar, -5 in. long, linear-lanceolate. Stamens linear. 

 Fruit ovoid (young '5 in. long) on a short gynophore, rufous-pubescent. 

 Carpels Q to 8. 



Perak. Father Scortechini. 



The only specimens of this have unripe frnit. The ovaries have 



