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edges undulate (wlieu dry) ; both surfaces rather dull, the nerves nu- 
merous but indistinct, the midrib slightly prominent ; length 2*25 to 3 
in., breadth 5 to 75 in., petiole 25 to *35 iu. Flower solitary, axillary 
or torminal, '4 in. iu diam. ; pedicel '1 in. long with several ovate-acute 
bracts at its base. Sepals nearly equal, the outer coriaceous. Petals 
oblong, acute, smaller than the sepals. Ovary narrowly ovoid, attenuate 
above, and passing into the long filiform curving exsorted style. Fruit 
unknown, 
Perak; on Gunong Bubu, elovation from 1500 to 2000 feet. King's 
Collector. 
A very distinct, and elegant species, distinguished by its thin rigid 
lanceolate leaves and very slender branches. 
4 MtisCJA, Linn, 
Trees. Leaves opposite, rigidly coriaceous, often pellucid-dotted; 
veins very numerous, very slender, at right angles to the midrib. IPfotoem 
polygamous or hermaphrodite, large, axillary or terminal, solitary. 
Sepals and petals 4 each, imbricate. Slamena very numerous, filaments 
HI i form, free or conuate at the base; anthers erect, oblong, 2-celled, 
dehiscence vertical. Ovary 2 celled ; stylo long, stigma peltate ; ovules 
2 iu each cell, erect. Fruit between fleshy and woody, 1 colled by the 
absorption of the septum, at length 4-valved, 1-4-seeded. Seeds without 
an aril, testa fragile. Distrib. Tropical Asia; 3 species. 
1. Mesua fkuhka, Linn. sp. 734. A medium sized tree with spread- 
ing head; branches faintly 4 -angled, glaucous. Leases coriaceous, linear- 
lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the base acute or 
rounded; above shining; below pruinose, glaucous or glaucescent ; nerves 
numerous, close, inconspicuous ; length 3 to 6 in., breadth *75 to 1*25 in., 
petiole '25 to *35 in. Flowers 75 to 3 iu. in diam., in pairs or solitary, 
usually terminal. Sqmls orbicular, fleshy, the margins thin. Petals 4, 
obovate, white; anthers large, elongate. Fruit ovoid-conic to sub- 
globose, from 1 to 2 in. long, the sepals persistent. Choisy in DC. Prod, 
i, 562; Choisy Guttif. Ind. 40; Planch, and Triana Mem. Guttif. 271: 
Uoxb. Fl Ind. ii, 635; W. aud A. Prod. 102 ; Wall. Cat. 4834 ; Wight 
111. 127, Ic. t. 118; Beddome Flor. Sylvat". Gen. xxiii ; Hook. fil. FL 
Ind. i, 277; Bl. Bijdr. 216 : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, Pt. 1, 509; Kurz Fop. 
Fl. Burm. i, 97: M. ttpeciosa, Chois. in DC. 1. c. ; Guttif. Ind. 40; Wight 
Ic. t. 118 and 961; Wall. Cat. 4835 ; PI. and Trian. 1. c. 375 ; Beddome 
1, c. xxiii. M. peJnnculata, Wight III. 127; Ic. t. 119. M. coromandelia- 
na, Wight III. 129; Ic. t. 117; PL and Trian. I. c. 378 ; Beddome Flor. 
Sylvat, t. C4. .1/. lloxhurghii, Wight III. 127; Beddome I. c. xxiii. M. 
$aiicina t M. Walkeriana aud M. pulchelht, Planch, aud Trian. 1. c. 373, 
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