MYRSINEACEZ. V. Cysianruus. 
bose. Stigma sessile, sub-capitate. Ovula erect, probably 
numerous. Drupe l-seeded.?— Small trees, natives of Brazil. 
Leaves scattered, but approximate towards the extremities of 
the branches, petiolate, beset with gland-like tubercles. Flowers 
small, unibracteate, disposed in axillary erectish or drooping 
racemes. Lobes of corolla, but particularly those of the calyx, 
fringed with hairs. 
1 C. penputinus (Mart. nov. gen. bras. 3. p. 87. t. 236.) 
leaves oblong, acute at both ends, glabrous; petioles pilose at 
the base; racemes loose, pendulous, about equal in length to the 
leaves, downy; calycine segments acute. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. Flowers white. 
Drooping Cybianthus. Tree. 
2 C. cunziréuivs (Mart. l. c. p. 88.) leaves broad-lanceo- 
late, acute, tapering much to the base, glabrous ; petioles pilose ; 
racemes spreading, downy, 3 times shorter than the leaves; 
calycine segments bluntish. k. S. Native of Brazil, near 
Sebastionople. Flowers white. 
Wedge-leaved Cybianthus. Tree. | 
'8 C. principis (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 104) leaves 
lanceolate, attenuate at the apex and bluntish ; panicles axillary 
and terminal, shorter than the leaves; peduncles spreading, an- 
gular; flowers somewhat fascicled at the apex; segments of 
corolla oblong, reflexed. ).S. Native of Brazil, at the river 
Ilheos, where it was collected by Prince Neuweid. Wallénia 
angustifolia, Nees. et Mart. beitr. zur. fl. bras. in nov. act. bonn. 
11. p. 87. Flowers white. 
Prince Neuweid’s Cybianthus. Tree. 
4 C. Huwsórprn (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, acumi- 
nate, undulately ciliated, glabrous, shining above; panicles ter- 
minal, simple; flowers disposed in fascicular umbels; segments 
of corolla oblong, obtuse, revolute. h. S. Native of New 
Granada, on the Andes, about Quindiu, at the altitude of about 
1200 hexapods. Flowers pedicellate, 3-5 in a fascicle. Berries 
red. Ardisia tetrándra, H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 243. Habit of Ardisia crenata. 
Humboldt's Cybianthus. Tree 15-20 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Ardisia, p. 20. 
VI. MY'RSINE (pvpew, myrsine, the Greek name of 
Myrrh). Lin. gen. ed. 1. p. 54. no. 269. Juss. gen. 152. 
Geertn. fruct. t. 59. R. Br. prod. p. 533. Alph. D. C. in Lin. 
trans 17. p. 104. —Rapànea, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 121.—Caballéria, 
Ruiz. et Pav. prod. fl. per. p. 141.—Manglilla, Juss. gen. 152. 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 237.—Athrurophyllum, Lour. coch. 148.— 
Sideróxylon, Scleróxylon, Samara, Roeméria, Chrysophyllum, 
species of authors. 
Lin. syst. — Tétra-Hezxándria Monogynia, or Polygamia 
Dioecia. Calyx and corolla 4-5-6-lobed (f. 3. a. d.); lobes of 
corolla imbricate in eestivation. Stamens equal in number to 
the lobes of the corolla, free; filaments very short, inserted in 
the tube of the corolla; anthers usually almost sessile, erect, 
acute: having the cells dehiscing lengthwise. Ovarium with an 
indefinite number of ovula, 4-5, ex R. Br. Style short, usually 
caducous ; stigma fringed, or lobed, or simple.  Drupe, or 
berry, pea-formed, 1l-seeded.— Trees, or small shrubs, with 
alternateleaves. Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite, sessile, 
or on very short pedicels, in fascicles ; fascicles axillary, more or 
less covered by imbricate, obtuse, permanent bracteas. This is 
a very polymorphous genus, distinguished by its peculiar inflo- 
rescence readier than by any other character. 
* Stigma fringed or lobed. 
1 M. Unvírrz: (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 105.) gla- 
brous; leaves ovate, obtuse, entire, full of pellucid dots; flowers 
almost sessile, fascicled, pentandrous, polygamous; lobes of 
VOL. IV. 
VI. Myrsinz. 9 
calyx small, tooth-formed ; anthers sessile, ovoid. kh. G. 
Native of New Zealand, in Tasman's Bay, and Cook's Strait. 
Leaves 1-2 inches long, obtuse, and somewhat emarginate, mem- 
branous, covered with yellow dots. Bracteas a little ciliated. 
Corolla 5-parted ; glabrous, hardly a line long. Berry ovoid. 
D'Urville's Myrsine. Shrub. 
2 M. Arrica‘na (Lin. spec. 285) glabrous; leaves elliptic, 
serrated, acute, dotted ; flowers axillary, by threes, pentandrous, 
polygamous ; segments of corolla ciliated ; corolla full of testa- 
ceous dots; calycine segments obovate. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. M. glabra, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 282.— 
Comm. hort. 1. p. 123. t. 164.— Pluk. phyt. t. 80. f. 5.—Breyn. 
cent. 9. t. 5. Flowers on short pedicels, pale. Berries blue, 
dotted. Stigma panicled. 
Var. B, retàsa (Alph. D. C. 
in Lin. trans. 17. p. 105.) leaves 
obovate, obtuse, emarginately 
toothletted at top. h.G. Na- 
tive of the Azores. M. retüsa, 
Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 271. Vent. 
cels. t. 86.—M. scàbra, Gaertn. 
fruct. 1. p. 182. Berries size 
of red currants, rugged from 
small tubercles, with a straw- 
coloured rind. Cultivated since 
FIG. 3. 
1788, and flowers in June. 
(f. 3.) 
African Myrsine. Fl. Mar. 
May. Clt. 1691. Shrub 3-6 
feet. 
3 M. sira‘r1a (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 296.) branches 
and petioles villous; leaves small, lanceolate, cuspidately serrated, 
cuneated and entire at the base, glabrous, dotted ; flowers almost 
sessile, tetrandrous, polygamous, in axillary fascicles ; calycine 
segments lanceolate, ciliated ; filaments very short; anthers 
large, exserted. kh. G. Native of Nipaul, from Hetounra to 
the valley, and on the surrounding mountains. It is also a 
native of Kamaon and Shreenagur. A large shrub, with hardly 
any defined stem. Leaves bifarious, coriaceous. Flowers 
white, tinged with pink, 5 or 6 in a fascicle, besprinkled with 
copious brown elevated dots. Stigma warted. Drupe round, 
and about the size of a coriander seed. 
Bifarious-leaved Myrsine. El. Dec. March. 
Tree 20 feet. 
4 M. susspinosa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 147.) leaves lanceo- 
late, acuminated, stiff, glabrous, spinulosely serrated; flowers 
dioecious, tetrandrous, in sessile axillary umbellate downy 
fascicles. h. G. Native of Nepaul, at Narainhetty, where it 
is called Mina Bocoshi by the natives. Samara subspindsa, 
Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don. 1. c. 
Subspinose-leaved Myrsine. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. _ 
5 M. sr'ssiris (D. Don, 1. c. p. 146.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acuminated, glabrous, shining, denticulated at the apex; flowers 
hermaphrodite, tetrandrous, in sessile umbellate axillary fasci- 
cles; stigma 2-lobed. h. G. Native of Nipaul, in woods, at 
Narainhetty. Samara séssilis, Hamilt. mss. 
Sessile-flowered Myrsine. Fl. Oct. Shrub. 
6 M. sEwisERRA'TA (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 293. tent. 
fl. nep. 1. p. 34, with a figure) leaves dense, linear, or linear lan- 
ceolate, sharply serrulated from the middle to the apex ; flowers 
tetrandrous and pentandrous, polygamous, pedicellate, 6-12 in a 
fascicle ; teeth of calyx lanceolate, acute, ciliated; stigma uni- 
lateral, fringed, 3-lobed. h. G. Native throughout Nipaul, 
where it is called, in Newar language, Bilsee, Beresse, and Kali- 
katha. A branchy tree. Branches dotted. Leaves besprinkled 
with reddish resinous dots, coriaceous, from 3 to 5 inches long, 
Cit. 1822. 
