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in., breadth 1*75 to 4 in. ; petiole '25 in., Bwollen. Flowers '25 to "3 in. 
in diam., axillary, usually in pairs, or in cymes, L to 2 in. long, tlio 
cymes minutely pubescent; bracts few, lanceolate ; pedicels long, with 
several broadly lanceolate, partly deciduous bracteolcs, or ebracteolate. 
Sepals free, or connate below, reniform, or broadly ovate, puberulous out- 
side and on the edges, glabrous inside. Outer petals larger than the 
sepals, orbicular-ovoid, sub-acute, slightly narrowed at the base, puberu- 
lous on both surfaces. *15 in long. Inner petals 3 in, long, thick, vaulted 
reuiform-sagittate, puberulous, with a glabrous callosity on the inside 
near the base, the edges pubescent ; the claw shorter than the limb, 
pubescent. Male floxcer : stamens very numerous, short, cuneate ; the 
connective truncate, small and not concealing the topB of the anthers ; 
pistils 3, or a few rudimentary. Female flower ; staminodes in two im- 
perfect rows. Ovaries about 12, ovoid-eylirjdrie, oblique, pubesri'tit, 
4-ovuIed ; stigmas sessile, large, fleshy, truncate, often oblique. Ripe 
carpels globose, densely and minutely tawny-tomentose, '4 or "5 in 
diam. ; stalks 2 in. long. Seeds several, compressed, the testa membran- 
ous. 
Penang; Maingay, Curtis. Perak ; Scortecbini, King's Collector, 
Wray. 
This species, although rare in Penang, is very common in Perak. 
Specimens of it vary considerably in several respects. In some plants 
the young shoots are densely puberulous, in others they are almost 
glabrous ; the leaves also vary in size and in amount of pubescence. In 
the specimen figured by Professor Oliver (Hook. Ic. PI. 1562), the 
flowers are in axillary pairs ; but, in the majority of the Perak specimens, 
they arc in cymes. The species is practically dioecious, the staminate 
flowers having no ovaries at all or only a few rudiments ; while the 
pistillate flo Wei's have rarely a few perfect stamens, and not always 
any staminodes. The best marks of distinction between this and M, 
reticulata, of which this must be a very close ally, are the smaller 
number of the nerves in the leaves of this and the ovoid shape of its 
rugose fruit. In its leaves this plant somewhat resembles some of tho 
species of Popmcia. And, inasmuch as its inner petals are larger 
tluin the outer and are vaulted, it is related to Oropkea, from which how- 
ever its numerous uvarioid stamens and unisexual habit exclude it. 
4. MnrcwilOKA Pkaimi, King, n. sp. A tree 30 to 40 feet high ; 
young branches tawny-pubescent, speedily becoming glabrous and 
dark-coloured. Leaves membranous, elliptic-oblong, rather abruptly and 
shortly acuminate, the base cuneate and often slightly unequal-sided ; 
upper surface glabrous except the depressed, striguloso midrib ; lower 
surface much reticulate, glabrous but with a few scattered hairs on the 
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