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MEMECYLEiE. I. Memecylon. 



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toothed limb. Petals 4. Stamens 8, Berry dry, globose, 2-4- leaves oval, on short petioles, bluntish, 1-nerved; peduncles 



axillary, 3-times longer than the petiole, bearing a head of 



celled. 



2 Scu'tula. Calyx with a truncate, spreading, fleshy, saucer- 

 formed limb. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Berry S-celled; 

 cells 1 -seeded. 



3 Mouri'ria. Calyx furnished with 2 scales at the base ; 



limb urceolate, 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. 

 1-4-celled, l-4-seede(l. 



Berry 



I. MEMFCYLON (from ixEfi-qKvXov of Dioscorides, the longer than the petioles. Tj . S. 



Greek name of the fruit of the A'rbutus). Lin. gen. no. 481. 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 88. ill. t. 284. Pet. Th. obs. p. 57. and p. 58. 

 but not of Mitch. D. C. prod. 3. p. 5. — Valik^ha, Adans. fam. 

 2. D. 84. 



flowers. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon. Burm. zeyL t. 30. Lam. 

 ill. t. 284. f. 1. Blum, bijdr, p. 1094. Fruit globose, rather 

 ventricose at the base, crowned by the bluntly 4-toothed calyx. 



Small-headed-^oy^QX^Si Memecylon. Fl. July. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



6 M. sph^roca'rpum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 6.) branches nearly 

 terete ; leaves on short petioles, oval, obtuse, sub -attenuated at 

 the base, 7-nerved ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, hardly 



Native of the Mauritius. M. 



115. and perhaps of 



rather revolute 



tinctorium, Sieb. pi. exsic. maur. 2. p 

 Willd. Leaves yellowish when dried, with 



IN. 



SYST. Octhidrla^ Monogynia, Calyx with a hemis- 



margins, 2 inches long and 1 broad. Fruit exactly globose, 

 smaller than those of the preceding, with the limb of the calyx 

 caducous. Flower-bud conical, acute. Border of calyx nearly 



pherical or subglobose tube, and a small limb striated at the entire. 



bottom, and with a bluntly 4-toothed, rcpand, or entire border. 

 Petals 4, oval. Stamens 8, longer than the petals ; filaments 



Round-fruiied Memecylon. 



7 M. LAXIFLORUM (D. C. 



Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



prod. 2. p. 6.) branches nearly 



free; anthers incurved, fixed by the middle, acutely beaked at terete; leaves on short petioles, ovate, acutish, 1-nerved; pe- 



one end, and blunt at the other, and bearing 2 polliniferous cells 

 each. Style 1, filiform, bearing a simple stigma. Berry nearly 



duncles axillary, twice the length of the petiole ; flowers um- 

 bellate. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Rheed. mal. 5. 



^^Oj globose, crowned by the limb of the calyx ; when young t. 19. ? M. tinctorium, Willd. spec. 2. p. 347.? Blum, bijdr. 



2-4-celled, cells 2-seeded ; but when mature 1 -celled, and 1- 

 seeded. Nut brittle, easily separated from the calyx. Seed 

 pendulous, exalbuminous. Cotyledons foliaceous, convolute. 

 Radicle superior, acute. — Shrubs having the branches nodose, at 

 the origin of the leaves. Leaves glabrous, rarely 3-nerved, 

 usually feather-nerved. Flowers axillary, in fascicles, or in 

 racemose heads, of a bluish-violet colour. Bracteoles small, 



p. 1094.? Fruit ovate. Leaves 12-15 lines long and Q-l lines 

 broad. Border of calyx repandly toothed. 



Loose-Jlowered Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



8 M. RAMirLORUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 88.) branches nearly 

 terete; leaves on short petioles, elliptic, bluntish, 1-nerved; 

 flowers in umbellate fascicles, borne in the axils and beneath 



Na^ 



the leaves 



b. S. 



opposite, sometimes connate under the flowers and at the bifur- tiveof the Mauritius and Ceylon. 



cations of the pedicels. 



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Branches tetragonah 



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gonal ; leaves almost sessile ; flowers in fascicles, nearly sessile, 

 at ihe knots of the branches. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Leaves bluntish, with revolute margins, 2 inches long 

 and 1 broad. 



Three-nervedAevivei^ Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



2 M. ANGULosuM (Rcichb. in Sieb. pi. exsic. maur. 2. no. 

 116.) branches acutely tetragonal; leaves on very short pe- 

 tioles, oval, rather attenuated at both ends, bluntish, 1-nerved; 



style twice the length of the stamens. 



M. umbellatum, Bkim. bijdr. 



p. 1004.? Melaleuca bicolor, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 624. The 

 figure in Burm. zeyl. t. 31. agrees well with this species, but the 

 flowers are there represented as tetrandi'ous, not octandrous. 



Branch'Jlowered Memecylon. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



9 M. exce'lsum (Blum, bijdr. p. 1094.) branches?; leaves 



on short petioles, elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminated, glabrous, 



and rather veiny, pale beneath ; fascicles of flowers corymbose, 



Mount 





axillary ; fruit oval. 

 Salak. 



Tj. S. 



Native of Java, on 



Tall Memecylon. Tree 30 feet. 



10 M. ovVtum (Smith, in Rees'cycl. vol. 23. no. 3.) branches 



nearly terete ? leaves on long petioles, ovate, bluntly acumm- 

 flowers pedicellate, in fascicles at the knots of the branches, ated ; peduncles rising on the naked parts of the branches, 



umbelliferous : base of calvx 8-Berved. ^ • 



, Leaves 



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M 



Melalciica ovalifolia, Poir. 



Petioles 1-2 lines lonjr. Leaves 2 inches 



suppl. 3. p. 624. „ . ^ 



long and 10-12 lines broad. Pedicels usually bifid and 2- 

 flowered. 



Angular-hxQXVQ\\QA Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 M. oLo'pTERUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 5.) branches 4-winged ; 

 the wings curled ; leaves sessile, ovate-roundish, somewhat 

 emarginate at the apex, shining on both surfaces, scarcely 1- 

 nerved. ^2 • S. Native of Madagascar. Leaves 5-6 lines 

 long and 4 lines broad. Flowers solitary, pedicellate in the 

 specimen examined but it is badly preserved- 



AlUwhifred'^iQxnmed. Memecylon. Shrub 2 feet. 



aggregate, ^ . , 



Native of the East Indies. 



S. 



Petioles half an inch long 



3 inches long. 



Ota/e-leaved Memecylon. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 11 M. edu'le (Roxb. cor. 1. t. 82.) branches terete; leaves 

 on short petioles, broadly ovate, obtuse, 1-nerved; peduncles 

 tetragonal, usually rising from the knots beneath the leaves, 

 umbellately racemose, many-flowered ; style about equal m 

 length to the stamens. Tj . S. Native of Coromandel, in every 

 jungle. Fruit juicy, crowned by the 4-toothed limb of the 

 calyx ; when ripe they are eaten by the natives ; they hare 

 much pulp of a bluish-black colour, and of an astringent quality. 

 4 M. subquadrakgula're (D. C. prod. 2. p. C.) branches Edible Memecylon. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to la'feet. 



tetragonal at the apex ; leaves sessile, ovate, bluntish, 1-nerved; 12 M. acumina'xum (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 4.) branches 



flowers pedicellate, in fascicled umbels at the knots of the terete? leaves on short petioles, elliptic, acute ; peduncles ax* 

 branches. Fj. S. *' ' -.— -.. 



long and an inch broad. Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Border of 



Native of the East Indies. Leaves 2 inches illary, very short, umbelliferous ; style about equal in length to 



calyx entire. Flowcv-bud tetragonal, acute. 

 Suhquadr angular A^rziXicheil Memecylon. 



Branches terete. 



Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



the petals. Tp • S. Native country unknown. 

 AcuminatedAeaved Memecylon. 

 13 M. gra'nde 



Tree. 



(Retz, obs. 4. p. 26.) arboreous; 



leave« 



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ovate, acuminated, 1-nerved, on short petioles; peduncles axil- 

 lary, 4-5-cleft, many-flowered. Tj . S. Native of the Ea5t 

 Indies, Blura. bijdr. p. 1095. Nedum-Schatti, Rheed. mah ?. 



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