Genera and Species of Museae . 219 
Subgenus Rhodochlamys. 
22. M. maetilata, Jacq. Hort. Schoen. t 446; Kerner, Hort. t. 667. 
Stem slender, cylindrical, 7-8 ft. long. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 
deltoid at the base, green above, glaucous beneath, 2J ft. long, 
6-8 in. broad; petiole | ft. long. Panicle drooping from 
above the base; male flowers deciduous; spathes yellowish- 
brown, the upper oblong, 3-4 in. long ; flowers about 4 in a 
cluster. Calyx yellowish-white, above an inch long, 5-toothed 
at the apex : petal linear, obtuse, entire, nearly as long as the 
calyx. Fruit oblong, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. diam., narrowed 
gradually to the sessile base and apex, yellow, spotted with 
brown, eatable, aromatic; flesh, white. Known only as 
cultivated in Mauritius and Bourbon, where it is called Figue 
mignonne. Differs from the other species of this section by its 
eatable fruit. 
23. M. sumatrana, Beccari, Cat. Hort. Flor. II, 4 ; Andre, in 111. 
Hort. N. S. t. 375. Whole plant 7-8 ft. long. Stem slender, 
cylindrical. Leaves oblong, 5-6 ft. long, ij ft. broad, glaucous, 
with irregular blotches of claret-brown, rounded at the base ; 
petiole slender, a foot long. Peduncle hairy. Panicle more or 
less drooping ; male flowers deciduous ; upper spathes small, 
orbicular, densely imbricated (colour not known) ; fertile 
portion consisting of about six clusters of four fruits each 
spaced out on a flexuose rachis above a foot long. Flowers 
an inch long. Calyx 5-toothed at the apex ; petal linear, 
obtuse, nearly as long as the calyx. Dried fruits cylindrical, 
curved, 2-3 in. long, \ in. diam., narrowed suddenly to a 
slender stipe J-i in. long. Sumatra; province of Padang, 
alt. 1100 feet, Beccari, 489 ! Our specimen in flower is from 
the Poona Botanic Garden, sent by Mr. G. M. Woodrow. 
Its affinity is evidently with M. rosacea , Jacq. 
24. M. rosacea, Jacq. Fragm. t. 132, fig. 4; Hort. Schoen. t. 445 ; 
Bot. Reg. t. 706 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 6 1 5 ; M. ornata, Roxb. 
Hort. Beng. 19; FI. Ind. 1,666; M. speciosa, Tenore; M. 
Carolinae , Sterler. Stoloniferous. Stem cylindrical, 3-5 ft. 
long, 3-4 in. diam. Leaves linear-oblong, 3 ft. long, under 
a foot broad, tinged with purple beneath; petiole long and 
slender. Panicle drooping or erect, finally a foot long ; bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, pale blue or reddish-lilac, the lower 6-8 in. 
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