Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



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beneath^ nerves proceeding from a middle rib, veins trans- 

 verse, subreticulate. Peduncles axillary, shorter than the 

 leaves, bearing a raceme of involucred umbels. Involucres 

 five-leaved, leaflets roundish, tomentose v(rithout, deciduous. 

 Umbels sessile on the involucre, 4 — 7 flowered ; flowers pe- 

 dicelled. MALE. Perianth 6-parted. Stamina nine hairy, 

 the inner three filaments furnished with large glands ; 

 anthers four-celled. FEMALE, Perianth 6-parted, seg- 

 ments narrow. Sterile stamina nine, the inner three with 

 large double glands ; filaments pilose with long hairs. Style 

 one, longer than the stamina. Stigma dilated, sublobate. 

 Berry oblong, one-seeded. 



LIII. MYRISTICEtE. 



KNEMA GLAUCESCENS. (W, J,) 

 N. O, Myristicece. Br, 



Glomerulis axillaribus 2 — 6 floris, floribus pedicellatis, 

 baccis oblongo-ovalibus subpulverulentis, foliis oblongis sur- 

 sum attenuatis subtus glaucis, antheris 12 — 15, 



In the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 



A dioecious tree. The young parts covered with rusty 

 down. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, generally 

 rounded at the base, attenuated upwards, acute, very entire, 

 deep green and shining above, glaucous beneath, the adult 

 leaves nearly smooth, the young ones furnished with short 

 stellate pubescence on the under surface ; lateral nerves 

 simple ; about seven inches long by two broad. Petioles 

 somewhat rusty, a third of an inch in length. Stiptdes none. 

 Flowers 2 — 6, glomerate on a short axillary knob, pedicel- 

 late ; pedicels as long as the petioles, ferruginously tomen- 

 tose. A minute bract about the middle of each pedicel. 

 MALE, Perianth ferruginously tomentose without, deeply 



