1900,] G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninmla. 81 
Inflorescence twice a« long as tbe petiolea, many -flowered ; the pedtinelea 
often two or three from the same axil, each bearing several 2-4-aoweroiJ 
nmhelfl | pedicels stout, bracteolate at the base. Oalyx-tnbe cup-shaped, 
not tapered to the base, the month expanded, truncate and ^05 in. wide^ 
gkndular^iairy when young like the binntly conical petal-bud and th© 
pedicels. Fmit crowned by the raitmfce calyx-limb, depressed globular^ 
smooth, -35 in. in diam. and "3 in. deep, Cogn. in DC, Hon. Phan. VII, 
1169. if. acuminatumj Sm., TAU. flamscens, Clarke ia Hook, fil, FJ, Br, 
Ind. II, 562 ; Cogn. in DC. Hon. Phan. VII, 1152, 
Malacca; Griffith (Kew Distrib.) 2325/2. Penakg ; Onrtis 81^. 
Perak-; King's CoUector 5027, 6105, 6265, 8724. Distrib. Sumati-a. 
Tnana conBiders this a distluDt specks and I think he ia I'Sghb. FrMxt 
however ia wantiog to complete onr knowledge of the form. The Perak Bpecimena 
a^ee perfoctljr with the type aheet named M. minutijlorum, Miq,, m Herb. Calcutta. 
Tbe species is not, m wm snggeBted by Knrz, identical with If. Hlacinum, ZoU. and 
Moritzi* 
18. Memectlok MTRSiKOiDEs, Blume, Mus, Bot. I, 356. A tree, 
30-40 feet high (rarely a shrnb) ; yonng branchea terete, elender, with 
pale-gi'ey bark. Leams thinly coriaceous, drying bi-own (palest on 
the lower surface), narrowly elliptic or 07ate-lanceolate, the apex very 
aconiinate, much narrowed to the cianeatD base ; main nerves in visihio 
on both surfaces ; length l'5-2*5 In. ■ breadth in, j petiole 
*15- 25 in. Fhiuers nnmerons, in very sh or fc-ped uncled cymes, densely 
clustered together in the same axil ; pedicels about the length of the 
calyx, bracteolate at the base. Oalyx-fuhe campanulate, much narrowed 
to the base, the month less than '05 in. wide, with 4 long (for the 
genns) acute teeth ; petals in bud forming a long naiTOW cone, acumi- 
nate. Fmit globular, the size of a grain of black pepper. Miq. Fl. 
Ind. Bafc. I, pt. I, 577 j Triana in Linn. Trans, XXVIII, 158 (excl. 
syn.) ; Cogn. in DC. Mon, Phan. VII, 1160; excl. syo. M, Ulacinum. 
M, capitellatnmf Blume-, Bijdr, J091 (nofc of Linia,). 
Penang; Ont'tis Jouohe ; BiViicy 2026. Perak ; IFra?/ 2258 ; 
Kifig'a Collector 1851, 3517, 6923, 8828. Distrib.; Sumatra; Forbes 
2953; Java; Bangka. 
Var. Ulacim^ King. Young branchea with two deep, nharply- 
margined gi-oovca ; leaves broadly elliptic, yellowish on the under surface 
when dry, cymes not ciMDwdcd (only two in an axil). A[. Ulacinum^ Zoll. 
& Mor. Syst. VerKeich., 9 ; Naud. in Ann. So. Nat. Ser. 3, XVIII, 
281 ; Miq, Fl. Ind. Bat. i, pt. 1, 575. 
Penamq; King's Gollector 1457; CwWi* 100. Singapore; Ridley 
6218. Perak; Kimfs Collector 10442. Distrib.; Java, ZolHnger 
178. 
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