THE SPECIES OF m'BISTICA
Male flowers in las, braueiing oymes (at least twioe as long os tlie
leaf-petioles); learoa small; fruit large.
Fruit glabrous, broadly pyriform if . fragran».
Fruit rufous-tomentose, elongtite-oblong; cymes puberulous . . 4. M. Dfalaharica.
Fruit broadly ovoid; oymes rusty-pubescent 5. M. gigantea.
Male flowers in condensed many-flowered umbels or oymes sliortei
or very little longer tlian the leaf-petioles.
Pericarp of fruit leathery, not sueoulent ; male perianth
•i-toothed J/; Cc!/knica.
Pericarp succulent.
Male flowers ovoid or globose.
F r u i t minutely rafous-tomentose or pubesccnt, not
rugulose.
Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptie, rounded or
truncate or slightly cuneate at the base; fruit
ovoid, abruptly aud shortly apioulate . . . , 7. JH. lauri/vlia.
Leaves elliptie-laocaolate, oblong or elliptic, rounded
or suddenly cuneate at the base; fruit subglobular,
2'25 in. in diam S. M. Beddomei.
Leaves oblong or elliptic-obloBg, rounded at the
base, 12 to 24 in. long, stellate-tomentose
beneath; fruit ovoid, 3 to 4 in. long . . . 9. M. magnißca.
Leaves oblong-lanceolate with rounded bases, 4 to
7 in. long, cinnamoneo-aa-tomentose beneath;
fruit 3 to 3-5 in. long 10. M. cimamonea.
Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, muoh euneate
at the base, 7 to 12 in. long, glabrous beneath;
fruit 1-5 to 3 in. long H. .If. crassa.
Fruit rugulose, densely woolly rufous-tomentose . . 12. M. Loioiana.
Fruit glabrous.
Leaves Hnear-oblong 13. Jf. Maingafji.
Leaves ovate-elliptic or elliptic li . M. Andamanica.
Male flowers elongate, .narrowly tubular; fruit gibboas,
glabrous 15. M. elUplica.
Male flowers on short, woody, few-flowered axillary racemes . . 16. M. suam.
Sub-sect. Horsfleldia {A. DC.) Male flowers minute, mixed with subpersistent
bracteoles, in many-flowered glomeruli on largo, open,
branching panioles; andrcooium and friiit as in EumyrMica . . . 17, M. Horsfieldii.
& Th., & A. DC.) Male
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Sect. //.—Pyerhosa {Fyrrhosa, Blume, Hook. fil.
flowers minute, in many-flowered, branching, often large and
a n t h ebracteolate, usually 3 sometimes 4-toothed; andrceciuin" short,"sub-globular'"or
S-gonous, rarely cylindrie, usually sessile; anthers not elongate, completely attached
t o the column by their backs, their apices sometimes free for a short way. Fruit
OP BlilTISH I^•DIA. 28 3
globose or ovoid-globose, tlie peiicarp usually leathery and but little succulent
{succulent in M. superha).
Andrccoium eyiindric.
Anthers about 10, quite connate; leaves 5 to 6'0 in. long . . 18 M. fuka
Anlliers about 9, with fieo apices; leaves 10 to 12 in, long . . 19, iZ". MHrto,ii
Anthers about 18, with free apices; loaves 9 to 12 in. long . . 20. M. fcrruginea.
Andi-oscium ovoid, obtuse; flowers large; stamens 20 2I . M. mperha.
Andi'OJcium dopreased-globose, shortly stalked 22. M. Prainil
Andrcecium depressed-globose, sessile.
Leaves glabrous.
Male flowers large ('13 in. in diam.); fruit 1-5 to l-7o in.
long; ajillus entire 23 J/ Kimjii
Male flowers under '1 in. m diam,; fruit 1-5 in, long;
arillus laoiniate at the apes 24. M. ami/gdalina.
Male flowers •! in. in diam.; fruit 2'5 to 3 in. long;
arillus sEghtly laciniate at the apex 25. M. sucom
Leaves rusty-tomentose, especiaUy beneath.
Leaves glabrescent when old; 6 to 10 in. long; male panicles
2-6 to 4 in, long ^ 26. M. tmenio^a.
Leaves persistently tomentose; more than 10 in. long.
Male panicles 6 to 9 in. long, their branches long
aud slender.
3 flowers very small (-05 in. long), globular,
glabrous, crowded; their pedicels short . . . . 27. iZ". rubighioaa.
c? flowers -1 in. long; their pedicels two or three
times as long 28. M. flocculo^a.
Male panicles 4 to 12 in. long; their branches short,
very stout.
(J flowers -1 in. long, on very short tomentose
pedicels, or sub-sessile; perianth of 2 flower
sub-accrescent and persistent at base of fi-uit. . 29. M. WaUicldL
Jloucecious: the ? panicles much longer than the male ' 30. if. canarioida.
Sect. ///.-Gyainacranthera {A. DC.) Panicles as in Pyrvhosa, but short; perianth
e b r a c t e o l a t e , S-toothed; audrcccium shortly cylindric, or sub-quadrangular and truncate,
s e s s i l e ; anthers connate to the column by their connectives only, their margins and
a p i c e s quite free; stigma sessile, 2-lobed; leaves and fruit small.
Flowers globular in bud 31. i f . Gnffit/ni
Flowers ovoid in bud.
Leaves 3 to 6 in. long, with 6 to 10 pairs of very indistinct
nerves; fruit ovoid M. Fur^nkariana
Leaves 6 to 10 in, long, with 13 to 17 pairs of nerves; fruit
nai'i^wly obovoid or elHpsoid
Leaves 6 to 12 in. long, with 11 to 13 paii's of distinct nerves-
Slobose 34. jr. Caua,'ia,.
ANN. EOY. BOT. G.iiin. CAi.orTTA Tot, EU.