86 0. King^Mafei-iah for a Flora of the Malayan Pmimula. [No, 1, 
thftn in that Bpeoiea. The Inflorescence alao resembleB that of M. intermeditm, Bl., 
but when yottug it is ooTered with a yellow waxy coat ; the peiiicela and podnnoles 
are mtjieover much shorter than in if. infermedtur«„ The leaves resemhlo thoae 
of the latter sjiBcieB in shape but are of a thinner texture ao fchat the nerTes are 
Yiaible though faint. 
27. Memectlon iNTERyEDiui!, Blumej Mas, Bot- I, 358. A tree, 
20-40 feet liigh ; yoang braiiclieB slender, terete, pale ciaereous. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, broadly ovate, shortly and blautly acumiuate, tbo 
base cuueate, gveenish above and brown beneath when dry ; main 
nerves invisible or ueaily so ; length 2'7S-3'5 in. ; breadth l'25-2 in. ; 
petiole ■2o-'35 in. Cymes large, crowded, in the axils o£ leaves or of 
fallen leaves, nsaally in pairs, on pedtincles several times longer than 
the petioles, compoundly umbellate; pedicels slender, bracteolate at 
the base, 'I in. long. Oalyx-tube cnp-shaped, with a wide, trancato, 
edentate or minntely toothed limb. Fruit nob soea (globose Jide 
Cogiiianx). Triana in Linn. Trana. XXVIII, 157; G. B. Clarke in 
Hook, fih Fl, Br. Ind. 11, 561 ; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Plian. YII, 1158. 
M. nmhellatum, Blnme, Bijdr. 109-i (not of Burm.) Naud. in Ann. Sc. 
Nat. Ser. 3, XVIII, 273 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. I, 575. M. garcinioides, 
B!., VAR. ehngatwniy Blnme, Mns. Bot. I, 358, 
Perak; ScofkcUni 10^^. Distrib. Sumatra; Java. 
Tliis rescmbka M, garcinioides, BL, very closely, but differe in inlloreaoenco, th« 
oymea of this being larger, on longer pedanolea, 
28. Memectlon eoule, Roxb., Corom. Plants I, t. 82. A shrnb 
or small tree ; yonng branches terete, pale when dry. Leaves coriaceous, 
drying brown, the lower surface paler, both often with an olivaceous 
tinge, elliptic or ovate, the aper sub-acute or shortly and bluntly 
acuminate, the base usually cuneate but sometimes rounded j main 
ner^^es 5-8 pairs, very inconspicuous, ascending ; lougth 2-4 in. ; 
breadth *85-2'25 in.; petiole ■1--35 iu. Peduncles several together, 
nneqnal in length, longer than the petioles, axillary, umbellately cyraoso, 
many-flowered; pedicels longer than the calyx. Oahjx*tuhe cnpular, 
narrowed to the base^ the limb truncate, sometimes obscurely 4-toobhod, 
FniU globular, crowned by the small calyx-limb, '25 in. in diam. 
Only two of the numerous varieties of this species occur in our 
region. These are as follows : — 
Var, 1. Ujpica> Leaves usually under 3 in. long, dull, tinged with 
yellow when dry, acute or obtnse. M, edule, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 260 ; 
DC, Prodr. Ill, 6; Wall. Cat. 4107; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 93; 
Korz, For. Fl I, 512. M. eduU, ?ar. a, Thwaites Enum. 111. umbel- 
latum, Burm. Fl. Zeyh t. 31. M. tindorium, Keen, ex W. & A. Prodr. 
319 ; Wight 111. t. 31. M, glohiferum, Wall. Cat. 4108. M, pyrifolixm, 
Nftfld, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser* 3, XVIII, 277. 
