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than the leaves ; pedicels slender, -1 in. long, with a -06 in. long subulate 
bract at the base and 2 similar bracteoles beneath the flower; buds 
nearly globose. Calyx superior, -05 in. in depth, cupular, with 5 imbri- 
cate broad incurved concave glabrous lobes. Corolla rotate with 5 
imbricate rounded broad lobes, '1 in. deep ; tube rather longer than 
lobes. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla ; anthers 
globular ; filaments flattened, longer than the anthers. Ovary inferior, 
depressed, surmounted by a flattened lobed stigma, 1-celled ; ovules 
many, cuneate, on a central basal placenta. Fruit unknown. 
Perak : Gunong Bubu, at 5,000 feet elevation ; Wray 3850, 3886. 
4. M.esa striata, Mez Monog. Myrs. 42 (1901). A shrub or small 
tree ; branches smooth, reddish, with scattered lenticels. Leaves mem- 
branous ; rather variable, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, rounded or acuminate 
at apex, bluntly acute and sometimes unequal at base ; entire or un- 
dulate or broadly dentate, especially on the upper half, pale green 
when dry, glabrous except for a few occasional stiff hairs on the midrib 
beneath, striate with many faint very slender lineoles ; 4 to 7 in. long, 
2-5 to 3 in. broad ; midrib angular, prominent beneath, main-nerves 
7 to 8 pairs, slender; secondary nerves and reticulations faint and 
irregular; petiole slender, '4 to 1 in. long, channelled above. In- 
florescence ol axillary racemes, simple or joined in a sub-sessile panicle, 
rarely over 2 in. long ; pedicels very slender, '05 to - 1 in. long, with a 
subulate bract at base, half their length, and 2 acute bracteoles under 
the flower. Calyx superior, about - 1 in. deep; lobes 5, imbricate, mate, 
rounded, about 4-striate, edges hyaline ; tube as long as lobes. Corolla 
as long as calyx, rotate, '1 in. in depth ; lobes 5, imbricate, rounded, 
crenate, glabrous. Stamens 5, inserted near the base of the corolla ; 
anthers ovate, slightly divaricate ; filaments 2 to 3 times as long as 
anthers. Ovary inferior, depressed, rounded ; style short cylindrical, 
stigma 4-lobed ; ovules many, cuneate, on a central basal placenta. 
Fruit round, -1 to -15 in. in diam., smooth, faintly ribbed, crowned 
by the persistent calyx-lobes and style. 
Penang : at Paya Trobong, Curtis 2857. Perak : King’s Collector 
2287. — Distrib. Sumatra, Forbes 1260, 1287, 1315, 1376. 
5. MiESA pahangiana, King & Gamble, n. sp. Apparently a shrub; 
branches round, smooth, dark brown when dry. Leaves membranous ; 
rhomboid-obovate, acuminate at the apex, rounded cuneate at base ; 
faintly crenate especially in the upper half ; glabrous on both dull sur- 
faces ; 7 to 8 in. long, 4 to 4-5 in. broad; midrib slender, prominent 
beneath ; main-nerves distant, 8 to 9 pairs, at about half a right angle 
with the midrib, sometimes branched ; secondary nerves few and like 
the reticulations indistinct ; petiole slender, -8 to 1 in. long. Inflores- 
