478 O. K'mg—Mftfsriah for a Flora of tJic Malayan Temnsula. [No, 3, 
L8. MAHGiFERA CAESiA^ Jftck in Koxb. FI. Ind, ed, Careyj II, 441, A 
large tree j young brunches etoiif^, rather roiigli from the cicatrices of 
ftilltjn leaves. Leaves thickly coriaceoiQP, broadly lanoeokto or ellij>tic- 
oblong, ehortly and bluntly acuminate, noiTowcd from about tho middle 
to the fihort broad petiole ; main nervQB 20 to 25 pnirs, thin, spreading, 
ciir?irig, the midrib etont and the retieulations obscure on both suT-fnces ; 
length G to 12 in., breadth 2 to 3 5 ; petiole "35 to "5 in, long. Fani- 
cle large, erect, temiinul, longer than the leaves, on a stout pednn- 
cle, minutely tawny-tomentose and of a glaucous reddish-eolonr : its 
branches numorons, spreading, diyiding and bearing tho floweis near 
their extj-emities in densely crowded cymnlcs. Flmve^'s '3 in. long, on 
stout pcdicols shorter than themselves with a broad eltlptic bi-acfeolo 
at tho.base of each. SeptiJs 5, lanceolate, sub-acute, erect, pubescent. 
petals 5, twice as long as the sepals, adnata to tlie disc, linear, erect, 
glabrous, with one central ridj?*, concaTe. Siawen I, shorter than the 
petals, the anther nhort, stamitiodes very minntie. Difc small, sub- 
5-lobed. Orary obliquely o%^oid ; style sub-terminal. Drupe obovate- 
oblong, i-eddfsh-white. Griff. KotuL IV, 415 i Hook. fiL Fl Br. Ind. II» 
19 ; Ej»gler Mon. Phan. Y, 213, 
Muhicca I Griflith, No. 1100; Maingay, No. 465. 
19. Makgipera stfrERRA, Uook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. If, 19. A Tery large 
tree : the young branches three- qimrlers of nn inch fliiek. Leaves (ai'ge, 
vei-y coriaceous, cune ate -obi an ceo) ate, sub-acuto, the mnrgins Blightly 
undulate, gradually narrowed from tho npper third to the short flattened 
stout petiole; both surfaces hard and quite glabrous, not reticulate; tho 
midrib very stout, flattened on tho npper but prominent on the lower sur- 
face; main neiTCS 30 to 35 pairs, spreading, not very prnmmeut: length 
10 to 16 in., breadth 3 to 6 ; petiole very stout, froni 5 to 1 in. long. 
Fanicle terminal, much longer than the leaves, tawny- pnbescent, on a 
very stent peduncle with many woody laiiceolato bracts at its base ; 
its piimaiy branches few, sub-erect, with short branchtots crowded near 
the apex, the flowers densely crowded near tfse apices of the branch lets; 
bracts namerons, large, bi-oadly lanceolato, concave, pnbeseent. Flowers 
*75 ill. Itjng, lilac, their petiiceis very short. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, 
pubescent, concave, *35 in. long, Fefals 5, twice as long as the sepals, 
adnato to the cylindric disc, lanceolate, acuminate, recni'ved, veined, with 
atliickoncd central ridge on the lower half. Stamen 1, bearing a perfect 
anther, the others with imperfect small anthers, tho filaments of all 
subeqiial. Ovanj obliquely ovoid, tapering into a slender snb-terminal 
elongate stjle ; ovule horizontal, laterally attached. Engler in DC. Mon. 
Pbau. IT, 214. 
Malacca ; Maingay, No 470. 
