Gr. King — MatenaUfor a Mora of the Malayan Penimitla. 341 
elliptic, rather suddenly and sharply acnminafce, the base more or less 
onneate; lovfer surface pale brovrn when dry, the UDpcr olimceoHs ; 
main norvea abomt 6 pairs, curved, ascendio^^, faint ; length 4'5 to 5 
in., breadth 18b to 2'5 in., petiole 'S in. Ctjmes axillary, condensed, 
scaailfl, not mcLch longer than the petioles, 6- to 8-flowered. Flowers "25 
in. ill diara., sessile. Sepals 4 or 5, riarj'owly reaiform, irith dark coarse 
teeth. Petah 4 or 5, larger than the sepals, sub-rotund, fleshy, with 
sab-entire membranoua edges. Stamens 4s or 5, slightly shorter than 
the ovary, much shorter than the petals ; antber-cells divaricate at 
the base; the filaments flattened, broad and united into a tube in their 
lower half. Ovary 2-celled, produced into the long cylindro-conic 
glabrous style; stigma capitate, faintly 2-lobed. jFrwi^ glabrous, ovoid, 
tapering to apex and base, the style and calyx persistent, letigth "6 to 
•7 ill,, its peduncle 2 in. 
Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.)* No. 945/2. Penanfri Curtis 
Nos. 345, 968. Forak:: King's Collector, Noa. 1333, 1582, 4193. 
2. MiCKoriiOPis DISC0I.OK, Wall. Cat. 4337. An erect shrub op 
small tree ; young branches thin, terete, smooth, dark-coloured when 
diy. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- lanceolate, much acnminate, 
entire, the base acute j both surfaces dull when dry, the lower pale : 
main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, curved, ascend iug, faint ; length 3"5 to 4' 5 in,, 
breadth 1 to I '75 in., petiole '25 to *3 in. Oytrm *5 to '75 in. long or 
less, slightly extm-axiHary, spreading, divaricate, 8- to 10- flowered, 
bracteolate. Flmvers 1 in, in length, BubsessOe. Sepals narrowly reui- 
form, unequal, the edges minutely ciliolate. Petals much larger than 
the sepals, broadly oblong-ovate, rather concave, with a slight central 
ridge, glabrous. Anthers 6, ovoid, with short filaments inserted on a 
thin hypogynous disc. Omrjr longer than the stamens, 2-celled, tapering 
into the thick conical style : stigma truncate, 2-lobed. Fruit sub- 
globular, glabrous, "3 in, long. Knrz For. Flora Burma, I, 251 ; Lawson 
in Hook, fib Fh Br. Ind. I, 614 ; Arn. in Ann. Kat. Hist iii. 152. Casdne 
discolor f Wall. ir. Koxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii, 378, Celastrinea ? Wall. 
Cat. 9014, Emnymtts garcinifoUns, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 628. 
Pennng, in damp ravines on West Hill, elevat. 2,000 feet, Curtis 
Ko, 1727 ; also on Government Hill. — Distrib. Sub-tropical Himalaya, 
Khasia Hills, Burma. 
A species very common along the base of the Himalaya and the 
Kliasia Hills and in Burma; but found in these province.'? only in 
Penang. Mr. Curtis's sfxjcimens diifer from those from Biitish India 
in having rather smaller flowers and frnitj and much shorter filaments ; 
othtrwise they agree perfectly* 
3. MiCKOTROPJs BivAL VIS, Wall. Cat. 4340. A bush or small tree j 
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