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27 . ADENOSACME, Wall. 
Shrublets with white shiny bark. Leaves membranous. 
Stipules lanceolate. Flowers in terminal cymes crowded, numerous, 
yellow or white. Calyx-tube globose, lobes short. Corolla-tube 
very short (in our species), lobes 4, valvate. Stamens 4, insert 
in tube. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit a fleshy white berry. Species 6 
or more, Indo-Malaya, China. 
(1) A. malayana Wall. Cat. 6282. A. longifolia King, lx. 196, 
not of Wallich. 
Shrublet about 2 ft. tall, bark white. Leaves at the top only 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed gradually to petiole, 
thin nerves 10 to 24 pairs, sprinkled thickly with hairs all over 
especially on the nerves beneath, 8 to 12 in. long, 2 to 4*5 in. wide; 
petioles 1 to 1-5 in. long, winged to base. Cymes terminal panicled 
2 to 6 in. across, 2-5 in. long; branches slender. Flowers numerous, 
•15 in. long, yellow on longer pedicels. Calyx globular pubescent. 
Corolla very short hairy outside, lobes oblong blunt. Fruit sub- 
globose white semi-translucent, pulpy, -2 in. through. Hab. In 
dense forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor, Pulau Tinggi 
(Burkill); Bukit Patani, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; 
Gunong Tahan. Malacca, base of Ophir. Negri Sembilan, Tampin 
Hill. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Ulu Selangor. Perak, Goping 
(Kunstler); Temengoh. Penang (Wallich). Kelantan, Kwala 
Lebir. Native name : Poko Nasi-Nasi bukit. 
28 . MYCETIA, Reinwdt. 
Shrublets or small trees with white shiny bark. Leaves mem¬ 
branous. Stipules lanceolate. Flowers in axillary cymes w r ith thin 
pedicels often produced before the leaves, yellow. Calyx-tube 
globose, lobes 4 to 5. Corolla-tube slender, lobes 4 to 5, valvate. 
Stamens 4 to 6 insert on tube. Ovary 2-celled; style slender. 
Fruit a berry. Seeds many, minute. Species 6, Malaya, Siam. 
Leaves glabrous on both sides. 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 4 to 5 in. wide . . {1) M. Scortecliinii 
Leaves lanceolate, 2-5 in. across . . . . (2) M. lanceolata 
Leaves red-hairy beneath . . . . . (3) M. fiava 
(1) M. Scortechinii Ridl. Adenosacme Scortechinii King and 
Gamble, l.c. 197. 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall; stems white, -5 in. through. Leaves in 
upper part membranous elliptic-oblanceolate acuminate, glabrous 
except puberulous midrib and nerves, 16 to 18 pairs beneath, 
9 to 13 in. long, 4 to 5 in. across; petioles *5 to 1-25 in. long, pubes¬ 
cent. Stipules triangular acute. Cymes from below the leaves 
under 1 in. long minutely tomentose with a few slender branches. 
Calyx campanulate, -15 in. long, teeth 5, lanceolate, longer. Corolla 
about -6 in. long, tube cylindric inflate at base, contracted below 
