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Genera and Species of Mnseae . 
acuminate, nearly as long as the calyx. Fruit cylindrical, 
a foot or more long, i|-2j in. diam., narrowed gradually to 
the apex and sessile base, golden-yellow when ripe ; skin 
thick ; pulp reddish-white, firm, dry, sweet, very palatable 
when cooked. Malay isles and Cochin China. Kurz (loc. 
cit.) compares the fruit to a cucumber as regards shape and 
size and describes five varieties, but considers it to be probably 
only an extreme form of M. acuminata . A curious form is the 
Lubang variety, of which the stem is said to produce only a 
single fruit, large enough for a full meal for three men. 
18 . M. Hillii, F. Muell. Fragm. IX, 169, 190. Not stoloniferous. 
Stem cylindrical, very robust, reaching a height of 30 ft. and 
a diameter of ij ft. Leaves oblong, arcuate, bright green, 
similar to those of M. sapicntum in colour and texture, reaching 
a length of 12-15 ft- an d a breadth of 2 ft. Peduncle 3 in. 
diam. Panicle dense, erect; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceo- 
late, 3-9 in. long. Flowers not numerous in a cluster. Calyx 
about an inch long. Fruits densely crowded, not edible, sessile, 
ovoid, much angled, 2-2 1 in. long, umbonate or obtusely 
acuminate at the apex. Seeds numerous, angled, much de- 
pressed, in. diam., with a bony testa. Queensland : banks 
of the Daintree river, with the two other species, Fitzalan. 
We have a plant now in the Palm-house at Kew which has 
not yet flowered. In habit it resembles M. Troglodytarum , 
Linn. No doubt this is M. Jackeyi , Kurz, in Journ. Agric.- 
Hort. Soc. Ind. N. S. V, 64. 
19 . M. Fitzalani, F. Muell. Fragm. IX, 188. Stem cylindrical, 20 ft. 
long. Leaves patent, oblong, 10-12 ft. long by 2 ft. broad. 
Panicle drooping. Flowers 7-10 to a bract ; upper bracts 
ovate or oblong, 2-3 in. long. Calyx nearly an inch long. 
Fruits oblong, angled, yellow when ripe, not pulpy, 2-3 in. 
long, narrowed suddenly to a thick pedicel about \ in. long. 
Seeds numerous, filling the cells, angular, depressed, scarcely 
in. in diam. Queensland : banks of the Daintree river, 
Fitzalan. M. Charlioi , Walter Hill, in Report of the Brisbane 
Garden, 1874, is said to have stems 40-50 ft. long, leaves 
5-6 ft. long, and fruits 3-4 in. long. 
20. M. Banksii, F. Muell. Fragm. IV, 132 ; Benth. FI. Austral. VI, 
261 ; M. Banksiana , Kurz, in Journ. Agric.-Hort. Soc. Ind. 
