1900,] Cf. King — Mnferiah for n Flora of (he Malayan Peninmla. Tl 
IgBned from the Leiden Herbarinm shew thflt this differs tram Blnme*a pUnt, 
SpeoitnenB of tliia were originally ooHoete^ by Griffith in 18i5, and na none had 
been gatber&d untU CurtiB's in 18S6, the epecies is preBumahly a rare ono. 
Yak. cordata. King. Leaves wifch coiidfitG bases. 
PenakO; Curtis 4:^3. Pebak; Wray 
18. Memectlon, Linn. 
Shnths or irees^ glabrous. Leaves opposite, short-petiolod or sessile, 
coiificeous or sub -coriaceous, orbicnlai% ovate or lanceolate, entire, 
pinnate -nerved or rarely S-nerTed. Floioers nsaally in small, axillaiyj 
rarely terminal^ simple or panicled cymes or umbels, Calyx-ftthe cam- 
panulate, glabrous ; Hrab dilated, trtincate or sliortly 4-lobed, Petals 4, 
blue or wbite, rarely reddisb. Slamena 8^ equal, iilaments long ; anfcherg 
short, opening by slits in front, conneotive ending in a horn behind. 
Omrif inferior, l-celled ; apes glabrons, sarnaontited by a cotivex or 
depressed disc with 8 radiating grooves ; style filiform, simple ; ovules 
6-12, wborled on a free-central placenta. Ben'ij globose oi* ellipsoid, 
crowned witb tbo oalyz-margin, l-seeded. Seed large, cotyledons 
convolute.— DtSTRlB, Species abont 130; nnmerons in South-East Asia 
and its islands; a few extending into Polynesia and Aasfcralia, several 
in tropical Af rica . 
Leaves boldly 3-iiorved from base to apex „, ,„ 1, Jif. oligfineurm, 
LeavcB with pinnate nerTafcion, sesaile or snbsesiaile 
Main nerTes of leaves distinctly visible when dry, inter- 
arcliing bot not forming (except in No. 3) a bold intra- 
roarKinal nerve ; loaves tbiiily corioceous or membraaons, 
BTnall, not exceeding 4 in. in length : — 
Yonng branches boldly 4-angled or winged; inflor- 
escence very shortly stalkeiS {the atalfc not nannifost) :— 
Yoong branches 4 w;nged : — 
Cymes solitary, 3- or 4-Gowered j leaves narrovrly 
lauceolatOj "9 to 1 in. broad ... ... 3, eptphyticum. 
Cymes solitary, 8- to lO- flowered ; leaves orate, or 
oWong'lftOCBolato, 135 to 1"85 in. broad ,„ 3. M, fruHcosum. 
Cymes several from the same axil, eomponndly 
nmbellate, 1'5 to 25 in. long, many-floweredf 
pnboscent j leaves elliptic much narrowed to each 
end ... 4. pribescengt 
Young btanohes 4-angled, never winged and some- 
times sub- terete : — ■ 
Cymes 3- to 5.flowered : leaves lanceolate, 1 to 2 
in. broad ... ... ... 5. M. dichotamum^ 
Young branches terete ; inflorescence with a maoifeat 
peduncle ... •« .t. 6, M,Kumtlef'i, 
