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SovurH Suenst (David ex Franchet); Huren : Ichang, Nanto 
and mountains to the northward (4. Henry!); Szecuven: 
Chungking (Zourne!) Herb. Kew. 
North India from Nepal to Afghanistan ; very widely spread 
in Africa, and reaching the Azores. 
2. Myrsine buxifolia, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4"* série, xv. 
p. 225. 
FoxrEN (de Grijs, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. 
3. Myrsine capitellata, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey et 
Wall. ii. p. 295, et Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 25; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 94; 
Benth. Fl. Hongk. p.512; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 
p. 512; Bot. Mag. t. 3222. 
Myrsine neriifolia, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 462; Franch. et 
Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 304; Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 64. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 304!) ; Honaxone (Champion! 
Wilford!) ; Lucuu Arcureetaao (Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 
Kew. 
Widely spread in India southward to Ceylon, and nearly 
throughout Malaya. Also in Seychelles, according to Baker (FI. 
Maurit. p. 190); though the plant recorded as common there on 
the mountain-tops has a somewhat different appearance. The 
material, however, is not complete. 
aot 4. Myrsine Playfairii, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex dense ramosus, undique glaberrimus, ramulis floriferis 
crassis densissime foliatis. Folia crasse coriacea, breviter petio- 
lata, obovata, 1-2 poll. longa, integerrima, margine cartilaginea, 
apice rotundata, basi cuneata, subtus pallidiora, costa elevata, 
venis immersis obscuris. Flores tetrameri, parvi, densissime fas- 
ciculati, pedicellis brevibus carnosis ; calycis segmenta subcarnosa, 
glanduloso-lineata, lata, obtusa. 
Kwawaruwa: Pakhoi (Playfair!). Herb. Kew. 
A very distinct species; but the specimen bears only young 
flower-buds. 
5. Myrsine semiserrata, Wall.; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. iii. p. 511, var. ? 
Hvrrn: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry, 
3277 A, B, C, and D!). Herb. Kew. l l 1 
As defined in the * Flora of British India,’ M. semiserrata, Wall., 
is a very variable species, common in Eastern India and Burma. 
