472 G, King — Maienahfor a Flora of the Malayan Femmnlu. [PTo. 3» 
I have not seen fniib of tliis, and notbuig liaa been recoi'ded about 
it except. Jack's fitatcnieiit that is roundish and becomes very dark- 
coloured. The long, laxly .branched, quite glabrous panicles make the 
species easy of recognition. 
8, Makgifeka I'KNtandha, Hook. fiL Fl. Br, Iini If, 14. A tree. 
L&ives coriaceous, oblong- or oblong- lanceotate, eub- acute, the edges 
&ub-undalato, the base aliglitly cuneate or almost rounded, the 'nerves 
as in M, indica^ but the reticniations between them finer and more 
distinct on both surfaces ; length 4 to 6 in.» breadth l o to 2 in,; petioles 
'4 to '0 in. Panicles aa in M. indtcaf but more denf:©!^ hairy. Sepals 5, 
broadly ovate, obtuse, coarsely pubescent outside. Felah slightly longer 
than the sepals and aimilai' in ftliape, 3-nerved iu front to the middle, 
glabrouB. Stimienn 5, much shorter than the petals, unequal, seated 
upon the thick lobed disc> all fertile. OvaTy smooilj, style sub-tornTinal. 
Fruil unknown. Engler iu DC. Moo, Phan. IV, 198. 
Malacca : Griffiih, Ko, 1095 : Mitingay (Kew Difltrik), No. 471, 
Tliis species is very imperfectly known. Both in its leaves and 
inflorescenco it much resembles M, mdicu, L,; but the flowers have five 
stamens, the sepnls ai-c bidder and more coarsely pubescent, the petals 
are shorter and are" situated nearer the edge of the diso. The bases 
of the leaves are also less cuneate than in M, indica. According to 
Idaingay, the petals of this are yellowish -white with yellow-brown 
edges. The Malay nam© of it is, ho states, " Man ploni.'* 
9, Makgipkha iNDiCA, Linn. Spec. PI. 290. A spreading tree 20 
to 30 feet bigb, all parts except the infloi-eseence glabrous. Leaves 
coriaceous^ narrowly oblong, elliptio-obloug or oblong-lanceolate, usually 
acute or acuminate, rarely sub-acute, the margins sometimes undulate, 
the base cnncatc; main nerves 12 to 20 pairs, spreading, carving, 
slightly prominent on both surfaces when dry; length 5 to 10 in, 
breadth 1*5 to 3 in, ; petiole '6 to 1 iti. or even 2 in., Panicks longer 
than the leaves, axillary or terminal, with many spreading branches, 
many-flowered, mitintely tomentoae or pubescent, rarely glabrescent ; 
bracteoles ovate, small. Flowers 2 in. in diara., moncecious, on short 
thick pedicels, yellowish. Sepals ovate, concave, pubescent outside, 
shorter than the petals. Petals oblong, sab-acute, glabrons, the inner faco 
with 3 Btont nerves. Stamen 1, rising from between two of the 5 lohos of 
the fleshy disc, filament subulate. Ovary obliquely ovoid, glabrous. 
Dntpe large, fleshy, obliquely pyriform or sub-ovoid, sub-compressed, vary- 
ing in letigtb from 3 or 4 in, and in some qf the cultivated fornis as much 
as 18 inches? stone with a fibrous coat, very hard. DC. Prod. II, 03 j 
BUirae Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat. I, 193 : Koxb. Fl, Ind. T, 641 ; W. and A. 
Prod. 170; Beddomo Fl, Sylv. t. 162 ; Wall. Cat. 8487 (excl. D, G. and 
