504 (}. King — Materials fiti' n Flora of flm Malayan PcuinmUu [No. 3, 
Pelals 5, tliick, oblongs obtuse, longer than tlie calyx, pubescent ontaide, 
villonfj inRide, Stamens ricai ly tis long nM the pc'tnln, thv filiimontfl htout. 
FsMAzm FLOirnF not seen. Drupe cllj|itic to sub-globose, foiTngiunnH- 
pubescentt orange-yellow wlien rJpo, J t.) J "5 in. in lengtli. Hook, fil. Ic. 
Plant, t. 2292, 1293 ; Engler in DC, M.ni. Plian. TY, 470. 
Malacca": Maiugay, No. H-28, — DiaxRiB. Java (Jide Eiigler) : 
Zollinger, No. 800, 
3, Melakocryla Kuxstleri, King n. Bp. A hre 80 to 100 feot 
high : young branches as tliick an n qnill, leniicellatt- and with tleuidtious 
Bparec rnsty pubescence. Leaves very ooriaceons, t>lliptic-oblong» some- 
times oblaneeolute-oblong, tnpurlng to each end, shortly acuniinatn; tho 
edgetj witli a shining curlilsifjtiionB thickening, slighily recm'ved ^vlu ii 
dry; upper sui-fuce glabimis, shloing, not i*eticnlate, tho midnb promi- 
nent j lower surface paler, glaucoBcoiit, tho midrib and IS to 20 pairs of 
prominent spi eading main nerves ivith adpr€BSed brown boil's ; length 
2' 75 to 6 in., breadth 1 to 1*5 in, ; petiole *35 in., slightly RcnrFy. Paui- 
cJi'S terminal, twice as long as tho leaves, minutely rusty-tomeutose, 
with nunftrouH ehoi-t spi-eading raeemoso brauche.s. Maze FLowmtft "15 
in, long, on pedicels shorfer than themeelves. Calyx conoceous, niiimtelj' 
tomentoso outside, cupnhtr, deeply divided into 5 broad ly-o vat*; aculo 
Bliglitly -spreading segments. Pelals 5, thrice as long as tbe calyx- 
Begment.% narn-ovvty elliptic, blunt, pubescent on tho outer surface, 
deuaely villous on the inner surface, the margins only ghibrous. 
l^tamens 5, much shorter than the petals ; the anther naiTowly ovat©, 
the filament subulate, slightly villous. Ovary 0. Flmazs flowers and 
drnpe unknown. 
Perak King*s Collector, No, 6810, 
The nearest ally of t!iis is If. Muiugayi^ from which, however, this 
may be distinguished by the smaller leaves more shining on the upper 
surface, and by the adpressed bi-owu hairs on the nnder surface of tho 
midrib and nerves. 
4, Melanochyla Maikqayi, Hook. fil. Fl, Br. lud. IT, 39. A tree ; 
young branches slender, ecu rfy-pubern Ions, Leaves very coriaceous, 
oblong-oblanooolato or narrowly elliptic-oblong, abruptly and shortly 
acuminate, tapering in the lower two-thiids to the short channeHed 
petiole ; upper Burfaco glabrous, faintly reticulate, shining, the midi ib 
veiy prominent ; lower surface slightly pubescent ; main nerves 18 to 
24 pairs, spreading, prominent on the lower eurface, only slightly so ou 
the upper : length 5 to 8 in,, hrcndih 1-75 to 2-25 in. ; judiole '5 or "O in. 
Panicle terminal, longer than the leaves, rusty-tomcntose ; tho brunches 
epi-oading, i-ather short; the ultimate branohiets cynioso, about 3- 
fiowered. Male FLowEiia about I in. in diuui,, on jshort atout pedicels. 
