1900.] G- King— 'Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Fminnda, 77 
few-flowered ambel; the fiower-pedicola longer than tho calyx andj like 
tliG peduncles of the aeoondary umbels^ rognlose. Calyie-tuhe campaiiulatf , 
narrowed to tho Ima© ; tlie mowtli truncnte, with 4 rety obscure shallow 
teeth. Fruit globular, crowned by the ratlier large calyx-limbj '25 in, 
in diam. (not quite ripe)- 
JoHOKBs on Ganong Pulai, SulleH and King 253 ; Lake and Kelsall 
mis, 
A VBiry well- marked Bpeciaa nenr M. atnflexicaidef Uoxh,, &t once Ahtrngmnhed 
by its elongatoly aoominatB, broad-basod leaves and long-podancled nmbele. 
9. Memectlon Maingayi, Clarke in Hook, fil FL Br. tnd. H, 557. 
A tree, 20-40 feet high ; brauchea stout, terete, somewhut thickened at 
the nodcfi, the bark pale-brown when dry. Leaves coriaceous, nenrJy 
sessile, elliptic-oblong, sub-acute, eligbtly nan'owed to the rounded, 
Bonietimea slightly cordate base ; in length 6 "5-9 in, ; breadth S-Jt 25 
in. ; main nerves 12-15 paii-s^ not very prominent, interarching ingido 
tho margin. Floicers lai'go for the genng, in few-flowered (12-20} 
faecicles from the axils of the leaves or of fallen leaves peduncles and 
pedicels about *15 in. long, bracteoUte. Galyx-luhe widely cupnlar, 
truncate, toothless, "2 in, in difim. when dry. Petals obttiee in bud. 
Fruit unknown, Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phaji, VJI, 113D. 
: . Malacca; Mainga>j (Herb, prop.) 1422. Perak; King's OoU&ctor 
4726. 
Aa arboreal epeciea wibb large Sowers aad thick brancbeg, &11igd to 
Jf. am'pUjukauU but well distinct. 
10. Mrmecvlon Kcttxit) King. A glabTOUS alirnb ; yonng branches 
terete, swollen under the nodes, tho bark pale when dry. Leatj&s 
tbinly coriaccoufl, sub-sessile, ovate-oblong, shortly acaminatc, slightly 
narrowed to tho rounded base ; main nerves 15-20 paii-s, rather atraight, 
interarebing "25 in. from the margiui faint; length 8 5-10 in. j breadth 
3 25-4'5 in. ; petiole about *1 in, long, stout. Flvwers largo, on slender 
bi-braoteolate pedicels '4 in. long; the cymes 3- or 4-flowered, fi-om the 
axile of fallen leaves, solitary or several together ; peduncle short (ojily 
•15 in. long). Cahjx-tube campanulate, '2 in. longj the month 2 in, 
wide, wavy and with 4 broad teeth. Frm't ellipsoid, somewhat curved, 
■75 ill. in length (including the povsisteut limb of the calyx) and '4 ini 
in diam. i\f. suhtrinervimth, Miq,, var. gnrudifJoiaf Knrz in Journ. As. 
Soc. Beiig, 1876, pt. 11, 131 ; C. B, Clarke in Hook. fil. FL Br, Ind. II, 
565 J Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. VII, 1143. 
NicoBAit Islands; Kurz, King's Collector 609, 
Tbo leaves of tbis wbeu dry are pale-bi-own on the upper and palo-oHraGOoas 
on tbo lower surfaco. They are different in fihape from fcboao of Jf, siih/rincrvium 
Miq., of wbicli Kurz makea tUJa a variety. Tlit* HowerB of tlw Jufctor aie tnoreoTer 
imail and in elender podanculate cymea, 
