78 G, King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Fmiinsula. [No, 1, 
11. Memkcylon heteropleurum, Blame, Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat. I, 
362, A tree, 1^0 and 40 feet liigli ; yonng branches rather alender, terete, 
the bark pale-brown or cinereotia wlieu diy. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
broadly obi oug- lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, shortly and rather bluntly 
acumiiiate, the base ronvided or narrowed, not cordate, shortly petiolate, 
pale-bj'own with sometimes a touch of green oq both surfaces when 
dry j main nerves 18-20 pairs, straight, interaching cJose to the margin, 
thin but very distinct on the lower surface when dry ; length 5-7 in. 
rarely 10 in. ; breadth 2-3'5 in. ; petiole only *1 in. Flowers pointed in 
])nd, in dense cymes from the axils of the leaves or from those of the 
old leaves; the peduncle '25 in. long; pedicels shorter, bi-bracteolate. 
Oahjx-inhe ^videly enpular, narrowed to the base, truncate, '1-'15 in. in 
diam. when dry. Fruit globular, '5 in. in diam. Mtq, FL Ind. Bat. I, 
pt. I, 579 ; C. B, Clarke in Hook, fih FI. Br. Ind. II, 557 ; Cogn. in 
DC. Mon. Phan. VIJ, 1140. 
Malacca; Qri^h 2337 (Kew Distrib.) j Maingay (K.D.) 816. 
Pekakg ; Gnrtu 814. SiNriAi-OKE and Selakgore ; Ridletj. Perak ; King's 
VoUector^ Wray^ Scorlechmi : manyNos. ; common. Distbib. Sumatra 
and Borneo. 
Var, olwaceaj King. Leaves rounded at the base, large, 10-14 in, 
long and 3*5-4'25 in. broad, with a Btrong olivaceous tiut when dry : 
fruit not seen. 
Perak ; King's Collector 500, 2778, 10872; Wra^j 1310. 
This variety diiffera (ae far aa it ia repreeented by dried specimeaa) from typEoal 
jif , hetertyplcurum, Bl,, only in the size of ita leaves atid their colour when dried j 
fruit of it is nntnown, the flowers and aliape of leavee are exactly those of tho type. 
12, Memecylon costatcm, Miq. in Yerh, Ked, Inst, 1850, p. 29, 
A trcej 30-60 feet high j young branches terete, but with 4 short ivings 
below the nodes. Leaves thinly coriaceous (drying pale-brown with 
a tinge of yellowisli-grcen), oblong- or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes 
oblong-ovate, shortly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly naiTowed, 
not cordatcj penni-nerved ; the main nerves 1 2-14 pairs, stout, curved, 
anastomosing at '25 in. from the margin with a bold lateral nerve ; 
length 4" 5-7 '5 in, j breadth 1 '75-3 in. j petiole very short, stout. 
Fhwers cvov;ded in axillary glomemli, 1 in. or leas in diameter; their 
pedicels short (*l-"05 in.)j the bracteolea minute, triangular, Oahjx 
cup-shaped, truncate, slightly narrowed at tbo base. Petals *2 in, 
in diam. Fruit globose, '35 in. in diam. Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat> I, pt* I^ 
573; Triana in Linn. Trans. XXVIII, 157; Blume, Mus. Bot. I, 360; 
C. J3, Clai-ke in Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 11, 558 ; Cogn. in DC. Mon. 
Phan, VIII, 1136. M, grande, Bl. Bijdr. 1095 (not of Retz.). 
Perak ; King's Oolledor 10785. DisiRiB. ; Javaj Sumatra {Forbes 
1442), 
