1890.] G. King— 'Maieriah for a Flora of the Mahtfan Peninsuhi. 483 
towards the bnse: ouary obovoid-rotuud, tomentose ; the slyh Wtei^al, 
eloDgate. JbVnif unknown, 
roj akt Wray, No. 2li90. 
Thia difEers tmm Q, eoarctaia, Gnff, in itS" linger leaf-potiolea, 
sTiorter pftniclea, broader petals and Biib-obovate-rotnnd, tomentose,- ovaiy. 
It lifts been hifcliei'fco collected only onco by Mr, Wray ; fi*aifc m as yet 
unknown. 
Note—^nrz (Pegu Report 41, and in Jonm, Ab, Soc. Bengal for 187C, pt. 2, p. 2lOj 
refora (under the name G. jw/ioffjfti) to a troo which lie liad sepn c^muion on th6 
pliorea of the Andnmana, bat of which he had ooUocted iioithtsr flawerfj nor frnifc. 
Tlio BpeoimeuB to which ha has attached thia name in the Cnlcutta Merbariam do 
not, hoirerer, atppeiar to me to be those of a plant of this genua, 
6. Melakorrhcea, Wall. 
Trees with much oleo-resinoiia juice. Leaves aHernate, simple, quite 
entire, coriaceeos. Fanicles axillary or terminal. Flowers ratliot- larg-e^ 
]iermaphrodite. Sepah 5, united, calyptnform or collar-like, deciduons. 
Petals 5-8, liiiear-oblong, imbricate, mucli Enlarged in friiifc. Disc 
bemisplieric or columnar. Sfamens 6-10, or very nomorous, inserted ou 
the diac ; filanients slender. Ovary stnlked, lenticular, obliqne, 1-celled ; 
style snblatei-alj stigma simple; ovule 1, pendulous from a basal funicte. 
Wntii dry, snbseaaile, or on a long pedicel rising from the stellately- 
sproading peraisfoufc petals, globo^^e, coriaceous. Seed snbglobose or 
oblong ; testa papery ; cotykdons thiek, plano-convex ; radicle ascending, 
A Malayan genus of about 9 species. 
Sect. I. Etintehtnorrlioea t petals accrescent in the frait. 
Calyx spathaceons and falling off like a calyptra. 
Btamens 5. 
Braets^if any small and decidnons. 
Iieaves broadly elliptic, the lower 
snrface with many very minute 
h 111 ra and nnmoroua dots 
Leaves obovate-elliptic, glabimsgon 
both surfaces, not dotted 
Bracts largo and persistent, embracing 
the flower buds .,, 
Stamens 10 
Calyx withering and remaining as a loo^ 
3- toothed collar round the pedicel 
Sect. I[. Apterac : petals not accrescent. 
Petals oblanceolate, learea 6 to 15 in. long 
Petals elliptic, letPves 4 or 5 in. long 
1. M. Maingayu 
2. M. Wallichn. 
3. 
4. 
M. Woodsiana. 
M. Otirtiszi, 
5. M. tor quota. 
6. 
7. 
if, aptera, 
If. ifiappendiculata. 
