Bi G. King — ^laterials for a Flora of the Malai/an Temnsulat [No. 1, 
about - 1 5 in. long. Calyx^iuhe shortly campannlate, or sauccr-sliaped, 
witli ft large, wide, sharply and m mutely 4- toothed naonth- Fetala 
acnminate. Stamens and sty Is much ©xaerted. Fruit depressed- 
globular, smooth, crowned by the toothed calyx, '2 in. m diara. Miq. 
Wl Ind. Bafc. I, pt I, 578; Kurz, For. Flora Buma I, 514; 0. B. 
Olarko in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 555 ; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. 
VII, 1169. M. capiicUatnm, Spanoghe in Lmnaea, XV, 203 (not ot 
Linn.). M. umbeltatum^ Benth. FI. Austral III, 293 (non Borm.). 
Jf. amtrahf Mitel 1. ex Triana in Linn, Tnins. XXVIII, 15?. 
Andaman Islands ; very common. DisraiB. Burma (7fe//er ii332) ; 
Chittagortg; Australia; Timor. 
The Fenang Bpecimens have narrower, leas rhomboid laavea than fchoao from 
the Andamana^ 
23, MBMpcTtON ELBaANS, Knrz in Journ. As, Soc, Beng. 1872, 
pt. n, 307. A glabrous alirab ; young brancUes Blender, boldly 4-angled, 
sometimes winged, the bark pale. Leaves coriaceoas, pale yellowish, the 
upper surface tinged with gE-eon when diy, oblong to elliptic, much 
acuminate, the base very ctineato ; main nervea inviaible or very indis- 
tinct ; length 3*5-5"d in.; breadth 1-4-2 in.; petiole 'IS-'S. Flowers 
"15 in. long, their podicela longer, ('2 in.), slendei*, angled. Oymes 
axillary, several together, pedunculate, simply or trichotomonsly 
umbellulate ; pednncles '3- 75 in. long, 4-angled. Oalt/x-tnhe somewhat 
largo for the gonus, cup-st»aped, narrowed to the Ijase, '1 in. wide at the 
undulate, obscnroty 4-lobed mouth. Petals blue, broadly ovnte, acumi- 
iiate. FruU globular, smooth, '5 in. in dirtm. Kurz, For. Flor, Burma I, 
5H ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. It, 554 ; Cogn, in DC. Mon. 
Phan. Vll, 113e. 
Andaman Islands ; very common. 
Var, minor. King. Gytjus usually solitary, tbe pedicel slenderj 
Bhorfcj ftuit only '2 in, in diam. (? ripe) i leaves 2-3 in. long. 
Andamans ; King^s Oolkctors. 
Smaller than the typical form in all its parte. The flower bads also differ 
iomewhati from those of the typical form, 
24, Mkmecylon ACOMlNATUM, Smith in Rees Cyclop. XXIII, 4, 
A tree, 30-50 feet high j young branches slender, terete, the bark 
brown, amooth. Leaves tliinly coriaceous, drying pale olivaceoue-bi'own, 
the surfaces concolonrous, ovate to ovate-knccolate, caadafe-acuminate, 
the base ouneate ; main nerves invisible ; length 1 •5-2*25 in. ; breadth 
"S-l'-i in,- petiole '1- J5 in. Oymes solitary or in pairs, axillary, 
umbellate, on peduncles several times longer than the petioles. Flmvers 
-6-6 in a compound umbel ; pedicels bracteolate at the base, slender, 
