18J)6.] Ct. King^Mateiiah for a Fl(/ra qf the Malayan retimsiih. 471 
suvftice ; len^tU 7 5 to 10 in., bveadtli 2*25 to 3 75 in. ; petiole 2 to 4'5 
iij,, tliiukeired nnd dilnttd near the base. Panicles quit© g:lubroua, 
axillftvy and terminal, bi-ancliing fi-ora the very base j the branches few, 
ascending, and with abort lateml rncemoid brancblets bearing? 8 to i2 
pedicellate lloweia near their enda. Flowers '15 in- in diam., theiu 
pedicels rather longttL' th&u. ihemselveB, with I or 2 mioate bmcteoles 
at their basea. 4, ovate-lanceolate, rather naecjual, Fetah 4, 
liu-ger than the sepnls «l]ipUc% thickt^ued near tlie base b}' 3 broad 
vei'tical tuberculafce ridgea. Stamen 1, a little sli<»rter than the petals, 
inwerted on th^ obscurely lohed copnlfir fleshy disc, the anther elb"ptja. 
Ovan/ Bub-grobnlar with slightly lateral slender style. Drupe asiknown. 
Perak : at an elevation of abont 2,500 feet ; King's Collector, No. 
This reeeniblea M. qnaclnjida, Jack, hut tho ultimate branchlets of 
the panicle are longer, the flowers ara moi-e nnraoroua and are racemoso 
instead of being cymo8e as in M quadrifiila^ The petioles moi'eover are 
longer in (hie, and are dilated near the base; the main nerves of the 
leaves are more promioent and tfie reticulations are lar^^er and luoro 
diatinct, while the hiidrib is much stonter and more prominent on the 
lower surfaco. This grows at highei* elevations than M. qmdrifida* 
In Hie giHjat leuglli of its petioles this resembles if. longipes^ GriJBF. ; but 
tliat hug 5-mercHisi flowerflt wbereaH fl*iwera of thia are 4-nieron8. 
7. Makgifrra (iUAURiFtDA, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, IT, 
440. A treo 40 to 60 feot h igh, all parts quite glabrous. Leaver coria- 
ceous, elliptic-obloug or oblong-lanceolate, tapering from about the 
middle to the sub-acute apex and much attenuate base ; reticulations 
faint on both stirfftces, but specially on the upper ; main nervea 16 to 18 
prtirs, spreading, curved, slightly prominent ; length 5 to 7 in,, breadth 
r75 to in. ; petiole *75 to 2*5 in. ; petiole *76 to 1'2 in. Panicles from 
Uie uppermost axils, often crowded or terminal, ^ceeding the Icavoa, not 
pedunculate, brandling from near the base, the branches semi-erect, with 
very short lax 3-flowered cyraoso branchlets, 'Flowers '15 in. in diam., on 
pedicels about their own length. Sepah 4-^ broadly ovate, obtuse, mi- 
nutely pnberulous, spreading. Petals 4, twice as long as the sepals, 
elliptic, sub-acnte, glabrous, with 3 confluent vertical ridgea in the lower 
half, the middle one thickened at tho apex. Sfc^^nen 1, from thft inner sido 
of one of the four deep lobe* of the fleshy disc, shorter than the petmls, 
the anther small. Omry broadly ovoid, glabrous ; the dyls terminal, 
as long as tlie stamen, tliickei^pd ab the base. Staminodes none. Drupe 
roundish (becoming very dark-coloured. Jack), Wall. Cat. 8489; Hook, 
fib \PL Br. Ind. II, 16; Engler in 00, Mon. Phan. tV, 20G. 
Pcnang i Jack, Malacca : Maingay, No. 4G8. Pcnik ; King's Ool^ 
lector, Nos. 2*193, 844 i. 
