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few-flowered terminal or leaf-opposed 
cymes ; leaves beneath sparsely and 
minutely strigose : ovules 4 ... 2. M. fulgent. 
Fl o^vei»s 5 in. or more in length (see also 
M. fulgens). 
Flower-buds broadly pyramidal. 
Flowers racemose, rarely solitary. 
Leaves glabrous above except the 
midrib, beneath densely golden- 
brown sericeous. Ripe carpels 
ovoid-globose, 125 in. long, tbeir 
stalks 2 to 3 in. long ... 3. Af. manubriatum. 
Flowers in axillary or terminal 
panicles. Leaves minutely pubes- 
cent above, softly brown-tomen- 
toso beneath s ripe carpels glo- 
bose to ovoid, velvetty-tomentose, 
1 to 2 25 in. long ; stalks '75 to 
1*75 in. ... ... ... 4. AT, latifolium. 
Flowers always solitary and axil- 
lary. Rape carpels cylindric, 
sub-tnbercular, 1 to 1 "75 in. long 5. M. cylindrioum. 
Flower-buds narrowly pyramidal, race- 
mose or paniculate. 
Leaves glabrous above except the 
midrib, beneath glaucous hoary- 
pnbcrulous. Ripe carpels glo- 
bose or ovoid-globose, tubercled, 
I in. long, their stalks 1 in. ... 6. M. kypoglaucum. 
Leaves glabrescent or glabrous 
above, except the midrib ; beneath 
softly rufous-pubescent. Ripe 
carpels globular, densely and 
minutely dark brown-tomentose, 
'8 in. in diam. ; their stalks 
slightly longer ... ... 7. if. parvijhrum. 
Leaves harshly pubescent above, 
uniformly and softly pubescent 
beneath. Ripe carpels globose, 
harshly and minutely pubescent, 
1-1 in. in diam. ; stalks slender, 
twice as long ... ... 8. M. sphaerocarpnm. 
