220 
Baker . — A Synopsis of the 
long, the upper oblong, about 3 in. long, edges involute; 
female flowers in few clusters, 3-4 flowers in each; male clusters 
very numerous, most of the bracts falling. Calyx yellow, an 
inch long, 5-toothed at the apex ; petal linear, obtuse, nearly 
as long as the calyx. Fruit oblong, obscurely 4-5-angled, 
yellowish-green when ripe, 2-3 in. long, but little pulpy, 
scarcely edible. Seeds \ in. diam., black, tubercled, angled 
by pressure, rarely produced in the cultivated plant. Eastern 
Himalayas and hills of the Concan. It flowered at Kew in 
Oct. 1881 and June 1890, and we have a specimen collected 
in the hill-tracts of Chittagong by Mr. J. S. Gamble in Feb. 
1880. It was introduced into Europe from Mauritius about 
1805. 
25. M. salaceensis, Zolling. PI. Exsic. Jav. No. 1353; Kurz, in 
Journ. Agric.-Hort. Soc. Ind. XIV, 301. Stem slender, 
cylindrical. Leaves thin, oblong, green on both sides, 2 ft. long, 
8-9 in. broad at the middle, cuneate at the base ; petiole short. 
Panicle drooping, a foot long; nodes very numerous and 
crowded ; flowers greenish, 2-3 to a cluster ; bracts pale lilac, 
upper oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 2-3 in. long. Calyx above 
an inch long ; petal linear, as long as the calyx. Fruit oblong, 
full of seed, 3 in. long, under 1 in. diam. when dried, 
narrowed gradually to a short stout pedicel. Seeds dull brown, 
angled by pressure, \ in. diam. Mountains of Java and 
Sumatra. Described from specimens in the Calcutta her- 
barium, dried by Kurz from the Buitenzorg Garden. Nearly 
allied to M. rosacea. 
26 . M. coccinea, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 47; Red. Lil. t. 307-8; Ker, 
in Bot. Mag. t. 1559 ; Peters, in Mart. FI. Bras. Ill, pt. 3, t. 1 ; 
Van Hooten, Fleurs Java, t. 39; Miss North's drawings, No. 696 ; 
M. Uranoscopos, Lour. FI. Cochinch. 645, excl. syn. Rumph. 
Stem stoloniferous, slender, finally 4-5 ft. long, 2-3 in. diam. 
Leaves oblong, 2-3 ft. long, 6-9 in. broad; petiole long, 
slender. Peduncle erect. Panicle dense, erect, finally half a 
foot long, with few clusters of female flowers with 3-4 flowers 
in each ; bracts bright red or tipped with yellow, the lower 
lanceolate, J ft. long, the upper oblong, about 3 in. long. 
Flowers yellow, an inch or more long. Calyx 5-toothed at the 
tip ; petal linear, obtuse, nearly as long as the calyx. Fruit 
