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Corolla pale pink. Drupe size of a pea, round, smooth and 
shining; flesh soft and pulpy. The wood of this tree is of a 
chocolate colour, radiated, compact, and heavy; it is much es- 
teemed by the hill.people for various carpenter’s work. They 
eat the ripe fruit. 
Half-serrated-leaved Myrsine. 
Tree 30-40 feet. 
7 M. vaniA ginis (R. Br. prod. p. 532. Sieb. pl. exsic. nov. 
holl. no. 262.) leaves obovate, oblong, entire, or toothed ; flowers 
in umbellate sessile fascicles; pedicels glabrous; flowers tetran- 
drous and pentandrous, polygamous; anthers sessile. kh. G. 
Native of New South Wales. 
Variable Myrsine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 
8 M. vuncEonA' A (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, 
quite entire; flowers in axillary sessile umbels ; pedicels gla- 
brous; flowers tetrandrous, polygamous; corolla of the male 
flowers urceolate; stamens inclosed. h. G. Native of New 
Holland, within the tropic. 
Urceolate-flowered Myrsine. Shrub. 
9 M. cnassrrüLIA (R. Br. l. c.) leaves obovate, coriaceous, 
entire; flowers axillary, aggregate, almost sessile. b. G. 
Native of New Holland, within the tropic; and of Norfolk 
Island. Endlicher, prod. fl. ins. norf. p. 48. Bauer, ill. ins. 
norf. t. 124. Leaves 2 or 23 inches long. 
Thick-leaved Myrsine. Shrub. 
10 M. zxcz'rsa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep..p. 147) leaves lan- 
ceolate, acute, quite entire, glabrous, attenuated at the base; 
flowers dioecious, pentandrous; umbels sessile, glomerate, woolly ; 
lobes of stigma oblong. h.G. Native of Nipaul, in woods. 
Tall Myrsine. Tree 30-40 feet. 
11 M. carrrELLA TA (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 295.) 
. leaves oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, coriaceous ; flowers pen- 
tandrous, polygamous, sessile: in heads, from the axils of the 
fallen leaves, in which case they appear lateral; calycine teeth 
ovate-acute; anthers oblong, large. h.G. Native of Nipaul, 
where it is called, in the Newar language, BhoollaBilloo. Branches 
angular. Leaves 5-7 inches long, copiously dotted. Flowers 
greenish, with copious resinous elevated brown dots ; estivation 
valvate. Calyx urceolate. Corolla with lanceolate-recurved 
segments and short tube. Stigma slightly 2-lobed. Drupes like 
those of M. semiserràta, but smaller. 
Var. B, parvifólia (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 106) 
leaves smaller; heads few-flowered. h. G. Native of Silhet. 
M. lanceolàta, Wall. cat. no. 2297. Leaves 2-3 inches long. 
Flowers scattered. 
Small-headed Myrsine. 
30-40 feet. 
12 M. rücrpA (Wall. cat. no. 2298.) leaves lanceolate, quite 
entire, glabrous, with dotted margins ; flowers lateral, in fascicles, 
pentandrous, polygamous ? calycine lobes ovate, acute, a little 
ciliated. b. G. Native of the Burman Empire, on Mount 
Taong Dong. Branches brown. Leaves 4-5 inches long, 
ONES or bluntish, coriaceous. Berries globose, deep 
urple. 
s p EE E Myrsine. Tree small. 
18 M. Porrerra‘na (Wall. cat. no. 6525. Alph. D. C. in 
Lin. trans. 17. p. 106.) glabrous; leaves lanceolate, acute at 
both ends, entire; flowers sessile, glomerate, few, pentandrous, 
polygamous?; calycine lobes ovate, acute, ciliated. h.G. 
Native of Penang. Branches with white dots, leafy at top. 
Leaves 13 to 2 inches long, beset with depressed dots beneath. 
Porter's Myrsine. Tree small. 
14 M. WienriA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 2300. Alph. D. C.1. c.) 
glabrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, scabrous from 
dots; flowers few, sessile, pentandrous, polygamous ?; calycine 
lobes ovate, acute, ciliated. h.G. Native of the East Indies. 
Fl. Dec. March. Clt. 1822. 
Fl. Dec. March. Clt.1822. Tree 
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MYRSINEACEA. VI. Myrsine. 
Branches inflated at the origin of the leaves and flowers. Leaves 
approximate at the tops of the branches, 2-3 inches long, some- 
times obtuse, coriaceous, beset with elevated dots. 
Wight’s Myrsine. Tree. 
15 M. urvea‘ris (Poir. dict. suppl. 3. p. 709.) leaves linear, 
quite entire, flat, shining, crowded at the tops of the branches ; 
flowers pentandrous, in fascicles. R. G. Native of Cochin 
China, in woods. M. athrurophy'llum, R. Br. Athrurophy'llum 
lineàre, Lour. coch. p. 148. Flowers small, whitish red. 
Linear-leaved Myrsine. Tree tall. i 
16 M. iris (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 663.) glabrous; leaves ob- 
long, acute at both ends; flowers lateral, sessile, aggregate, 
pentandrous; lobes of calyx roundish, obtuse; corolla rotate, 
with oblong, obtuse, concave segments; stigma sessile. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.  Sideróxylon mite, Lin. syst. 
p. 193. Jacq. coll. 2. p. 249.  Scleróxylon mite, Willd. spec. 
1, p. 1089. Sideróxylon más inérme, Mill.fig.t. 299. Manglílla 
Milleriàna, Pers. ench. 1. p. 237. Chrysophyllum Millerianum, 
Lam. ill. no. 2477. In Miller's figure the peduncles are 
lateral and axillary, cymose. 
Mild Myrsine. Fl. July. Clt. 1692. Shrub 6-feet. 
17 M. metanopute'os (R. Br. prod. p. 533.) glabrous; 
leaves elliptic or lanceolate-oblong, bluntish; flowers axillary, 
aggregate, on short angular pedicels, pentandrous. k. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.  Sideróxylon melanophléum, 
Lin. mant. p. 48. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 89. t. 71.— Burm. afr. 
238. t. 84. f. 2.—Comm. hort. 1. p. 195. t. 109. Manglílla 
melanophléos, Pers. ench. 1. p. 237. Chrysophyllum melano- 
phléum, Lam. dict. Scleróxylon melanophléum, Willd. enum. 1. 
p. 249. Roeméria melanophléa, Thunb. nov. gen. in Roem. 
arch. 2. B. p. 1. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Black-paper Myrsine. Fl.?. Clt. 1783. Shrub. 
18 M. Sama‘ra (R. Br. l. c. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
511) leaves elliptic ; flowers pentandrous, in small corymbs. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Samara pentándra, 
Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 160. Willd. spec. 1. p. 665. Flowers 
small. Branches leafy at top. 
Samara Myrsine. Fl. Feb. Nov. Clt. 1770. Shrub. 
19 M. ave'nts (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 107.) leaves 
lanceolate, bluntish at the apex, narrowed at the base, quite 
entire, coriaceous, glabrous, nearly veinless ; flowers in axillary 
and lateral fascicles; calycine teeth acute. h. S. Native of 
Java, on the top of Mount Burangrang. Ardisia avénis, Blume, 
bijdr. t. 691. 
Veinless Myrsine. Tree 20 feet. 
20 M. Manacascanie'vsrs (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, 
obtuse, entire, glabrous, coriaceous, thick, beset with black dots 
beneath ; flowers in fascicles, pentandrous, polygamous. ? caly- 
cine lobes ovate, a little ciliated ; berries globose, pedicellate. 
k. S. Native of Madagascar. Leaves 2-4 inches long, emar- 
ginate, attenuated into the petioles. Pedicels three lines long. 
Madagascar Myrsine. Shrub or tree. é 
21 M. Rapa‘nza (R. Br. prod. 533. Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4, p. 509.) glabrous; leaves obovate, entire, full of ex- 
cavated dots on both surfaces: flowers pentandrous, male 
and hermaphrodite, in axillary and lateral fascicles; corolla 
white; calycine segments ovate, acute. b. S. Native 
of French Guiana, Island of Trinidad; and about Bahia, in 
Brazil. Rapànea Guianénsis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 121. t. 46. 
Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 262. Lam. ill. t. 121, f. 1. Samara pen- 
tándra, Swartz, descr. 262. but not of Ait. Samàrá floribünda, 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 665. Caballéria coriàcea, Meyer. esseq. p. 
118. Berries globose, violaceous, size of a grain of pepper. 
Flowers white. Leaves 4-5 inches long. 
Rapanea Myrsine. Shrub 5-6 feet. 
22 M. coriacea (R. Br. prod. p. 533. Roem. et Schultes, 
