£500 G. King — Matenah for a Fhym of the Mahtyan Pemnsnla* [No. 3, 
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depressed-hemispheric, sefiaife. Cah/x coriaceous, tomeiitose outside, 
divided into 5 orbicular-ovate (icnminate concave eoijuiviii^ segmeulB. 
Pelids 5, not much cxoeeiliu"^ the calyx, corinceous, bfondly triaiif^ultir, 
minutely pubescent, with*a smfill villous patcb at the base in fiont, 
Stamem ru(]imciUary. Omry broadly conical, rusty- to nientoso ; the 
style terminal, glabi'escent, shorter than tbe ovary ; sfigma capitate, 3- 
lobed. Drupe globular-ovoid, very mgtilose, rufoue-tomentose, '75 to 1 
in. long and "(35 to '9 in. in diani, (probsibly not quite mature). * 
Perak, at Tapu : Wray, No. 1301. 
A Bpeetes with leaves Bomewbafc like tbose of M~ auriculata^ but 
smaller: collected only once. 
7. Mklakochyla BHACT13ATA, King n. sp. A tree 50 to 80 feet high : 
young blanches slender, glabrous, with pale len<icelhite bark, Leaoei 
conaceous, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, tnjjpring to each end, the apex 
caudiite*acuminate, tlie hase nnrroAvly cnneato ; both surfaces gJabrous : 
the iijjper shining; the lower dull, paler than the ii|iper, glancesecnt ; 
main noises 10 to 12 pairs, Blender, faint, curving upuaids ■ fen^jth 4 to 
6 in., breadth 1 to 1-0 in, ; petiole '5 to -75 in., tijickened in the lower 
half. Mazf "25 in, long, crowtfed in small sub-scRsilo cymules on 
axibary or terminal rnsty-pubescent congested racemes or few-branched 
panicles aft long as or longer. than the leaves; bmcU at the ba.ses both 
of tlie cymules and of the individnal flowers, ovate, acuminate, coneavo, 
rusty- pubescent like the calyx and petals, and as largo as the flowers, 
Cali/.>; canipanulafe, with 5 ovate acute segraenta. Petals 5, longer fchnn 
the Begmenta of the calyx, lanceolale, acuminate, with a dense villous 
tttft on the lower half ot the anterior surface iSUimeiis 5, shorter 
than the petals ; the anthers linear^ glabrous , the filaments thick, com- 
proKsed and densely villous from base to apesc. Disc lining the inflated 
tube of the calyx, ovary none. FmfALE flowers not seen. Dntpc ovoiil or 
ovoid-globular, minutely tometitoeo, about '75 iu iu length, the perioarp 
with a thick black jnice, 
Perak i Kiug'y CoUecior, Noa, 5549 and 7303. 
A very distinct species distinguished .by the small size of its leaves 
and by its congeatod brae tea te inflorescence. 
8. Melanochtla ANGU^TiFOi.u, Hook. fil. Fb Br. Ind, II, 3^>. A 
tree i young branches slender, covered with a thin close layer of very 
minute tonicntura, heaven coriaceons^ oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 
shortly acuminate, the edges slightly undulate, the hase etineate, 
sometimes unequal, both surfaces glabrous> the lower reticulate : main 
nerves 12 to 16 pairs, spreading, prominent tike the midi-ib on the 
lower surface, les.s soon the upper, length l"5 to 10 in., breaftth Ih to 
4 in. ; pctitdo -75 to i h in., diluted and channelled near the base. 
