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Genera and Species of Museae. 
oblong-trigonous, yellow, not edible, 2 in. long. Seeds very 
small, oblong, rarely produced in cultivation. Southern China 
and Cochin-China. Introduced into cultivation in 1791, and 
now widely spread. It yields a fibre of poor quality. 
27. M. rosea, Herb. Hort. Bot. Calcutt. Habit of M. coccinea , but 
leaves much shorter and broader in proportion to length, 
thin, green, about a foot long by half as broad, deltoid at the 
base and apex ; petiole deeply channelled, nearly as long as 
the blade. Panicle short, erect ; rachis pubescent, not flexuose ; 
bracts pale red; lower lanceolate, half a foot long; upper 
oblong, obtuse, about 2 in. long; flowers 2-3 in a cluster. 
Calyx an inch long; petal as long as the calyx. Fruit and 
seeds not seen. Described from two specimens in the Cal- 
cutta Herbarium, dried from the Botanic Garden in June 1882. 
28. M. rubra, Wall.; Kurz, in Journ. Agric.-Hort. Soc. Ind. XIV, 
301. Habit of M. coccinea. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1J-2 
ft. long, 6-9 in. broad at the middle, acute, deltoid at the 
base ; petiole slender, a foot long. Peduncle and panicle erect, 
the latter at first dense, the fruiting part finally \-i ft. long ; 
nodes very numerous and crowded ; bracts bright red, glabrous ; 
lower sterile, lanceolate, a foot long; upper oblong, 3-4 in. 
long. Calyx yellow, an inch long, 5-toothed at the tip ; petal 
lanceolate, half as long as the calyx. Fruits in 3-4 clusters of 
3-4 each, cylindrical, glabrous, dry, i\-2 in. long, \ in. diam., 
narrowed to the base in a distinct short stipe. Seeds smooth, 
dull brown, \ in. diam. Rangoon, M’ Clelland\ Yomah, 
Pegu, Kurz , 3282! 3283! Differs from M. coccinea by its 
short petal. 
29 . M. sanguinea, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5975. Stem very 
slender, 4-5 ft. long. Leaves oblong, 2-3 ft. long, thin, 
bright green, rounded at the base; petiole slender, a foot 
long. Panicle erect, or finally drooping ; female clusters 2-6, 
with 2-3 flowers in each ; male clusters few, dense ; bracts 
bright red, the lower lanceolate, | ft. long, the upper persistent, 
lanceolate, 3-4 in. ; rachis stout, pubescent. Calyx bright yellow, 
5-toothed at the apex, i \ in. long; petal linear, obtuse, nearly 
as long as the calyx. Fruit oblong-trigonous, 2 in. long, rather 
pulpy, pale yellow-green variegated with red, glabrous. Seeds 
angled by pressure, small, black, tubercled. Assam ; Mahuni 
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