MYRSINEACE. X. Ensen. 
6 E. rroniBu'wDA (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 291. cat. no. 
2305. A.) climbing, glabrous; branches slender ; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, finely-acuminated, with straight margins; panicles 
axillary, of many long slender racemes. h.. G. Native of 
Nipaul, on Chundragiri, Sheopore, and at Thankote. A beautiful 
climber. Branches scabrous from dots. Leaves 5-6 inches 
long, with entire revolute edges; dark green above, and pale 
underneath. Flowers fragrant, dense, yellowish green. 
Var.(9; macrophijlla (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves longer. h.o 
S. Native of Silhet. E. floribánda, Wall. cat. no. 2305. B. 
Bundle-flowered Embelia. Shrub cl. 
7 E. vrsrira (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 288.) villous, scandent, 
very much branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated, sub- 
serrated ; racemes axillary. R.. S. Native of Silhet. The 
shrub is uncommonly well-furnished with branches and foliage. 
The flowers are particularly small and delicate, collected into 
little, oblong, subsessile, axillary racemes. 
Clothed Embelia. Shrub cl. 
8 E. nu‘rans (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind, 2. p. 290. cat. no. 2303.) 
shrub nutant, at length pendulous, with very slender dense 
branches; leaves somewhat bifarious, approximate, lanceolate, 
acuminated, smooth and shining, waved; racemes numerous, 
short, 2-3 together, in axillary fascicles. h. S. Native of 
Silhet. Bark of branches dotted, while young downy. Leaves 
rather coriaceous, entire, pale, and minutely dotted beneath. 
Flowers small, white, verging to greenish, with a disagreeable 
smell. This is a very elegant shrub; its dense branches and 
pendulous habit render it a desirable ornament in tropical 
gardens. 
Drooping Embelia. Shrub 5-6 feet. 
9 E. nosv'srA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 287.) rambling; leaves, 
smooth, from oblong to ovate; racemes axillary and terminal, 
solitary. b. S. Native of the East Indies, on the Rajmahul 
hills. Young branches, and under surfaces of leaves downy, 
the tender parts clothed witli rust-coloured jointed and glandular 
tomentum. The leaves and flowers are beset with dots, which 
are elevated on the latter. Flowers greenish white. Calyx 
villous. 
Robust Embelia. Clt. 1893. Shrub rambling. 
10 E. rAnvirLORA (Wall. cat. no. 2307. Alph. D. C. l. c.) 
leaves bifarious, small, spproximate, ovate, acute, obtuse at the 
base, entire, glabrous, shining; racemes axillary, shorter than 
the leaves; flowers small, densely umbellulate; peduncles velvety. 
h.S. Native of Silhet. 
Var. B, major (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, acute at both 
ends, larger, a little toothed. h. S. 
Small-flowered Embelia. Shrub. 
11 E. uropny’tra (Wall. cat. no. 2309. Alph. D. C. 1. c. 
131.) quite glabrous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated at 
both ends, entire, coriaceous, shining; peduncles simple, elon- 
gated, about equal in length to the leaves; pedicels very short. 
b. S. Native of Singapore. Leaves 2-3 inches long, cuspi- 
date. Flowers small. 
Tail-leaved Embelia. Shrub. 
T Doubtful species. 
12 E. Tsse‘r1am-Corram (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate or 
elliptic, quite entire, thickish, evergreen, paler beneath ; racemes 
small, axillary, shorter than the leaves ; lobes of corolla roundish. 
h. S. Native of Malabar, Tsjériam-Cottam, Rheed. mal. 5. 
p.21. t. 11. Basal, No. 2. Lam. dict. 1. p. 381.  Ardísia; 
Tsjériam-Céttam, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 518.  Racemes 
solitary or twin. Flowers greenish-brown. Stigma globose. 
Berry round, reddish, rather acid. 
Tsjeriam- Cottam Embelia. Shrub or tree. 
13 E.? Basa'Ar (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate, acute, quite 
XI. Cuorwrrtatum. XII. Masa. 21 
entire, aggregate, terminal; racemes small, lateral, shorter than 
the leaves; segments of corolla acute. bh. S. Native of 
Malabar and Cochinchina. Ardisia? Basàal, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 517.  Basàal, Rheed. mal. 5. p. 23. t. 12. Lam. dict. 
l. p. 381. Leaves glabrous, dark green. Flowers small, 
numerous, white, sweet-scented. Berries small. 
Basaal Embelia. Tree middle-sized. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Ardésia, p. 20. The 
climbing species answer well for training up the rafters in stoves. 
XI. CHORIPE’TALUM (from xopic, choris, separately; and 
meradov, petalon, a petal; the petals are separate, not joined 
together as in other genera of the order.) Alph. D. C. in Lin. 
trans. 17. p. 131. Myrsines dübize, Wall. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria Mcnogynia. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla 
4-petalled ; petals falling off separately. Stamens 4, opposite 
the petals, and combined with them at the base. Anthers shorter 
than the filaments. Style filiform, shorter than the petals. 
Ovarium superior, perhaps sometimes abortive, therefore the 
flowers are sometimes polygamous. Drupe globose, 1-seeded. 
— Woody plants, natives of Asia. Leaves alternate, entire, gla- 
brous, ovate at the base, and narrowed a long way into the 
petioles. Flowers racemose; peduncles axillary ; bracteas per- 
manent, alternate, small; the inflorescence is therefore that of 
Embélia. This genus, having the corolla composed of separate 
petals, verges towards Rhamnedcee. 
1 C. aurantiacum (Alph. D. C. 1. c. p. 131.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate ; peduncles spike-formed, simple, 3 times shorter than 
the leaves; petals lanceolate ; filaments longer than the petals. 
h. S. Native of the Indian peninsula. Myrsine aurantiaca, 
Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 300. cat. no. 2299. Flowers yel- 
lowish. A large rambling shrub. 
Orange-like Choripetalum. Shrub rambling. 
2 C. unputa‘rum (Alph. D. C. 1. c. p. 132.) branches full of 
elevated callous protuberances; leaves ovate or lanceolate, acute 
at both ends, a little undulated, thin, full of pellucid dots; 
peduncles 3 times shorter than the leaves; petals lanceolate, 
acute, glandularly ciliated. — b. G. Native of Nipaul, on 
Sheopore. Myrsine undulata, Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 299. 
A large climbing shrub. Flowers small, scentless, yellowish- 
white. 
Undulated-leaved Choripetalum. Shrub cl. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Ardisia, p. 20. 
Tribe III. 
M z'srx (this tribe only contains the genus Me'sa) Alph. D. C. 
in Lin. trans. 17. p. 132. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed, in- 
duplicate in zestivation. Stamens 5, free, inserted in the base of 
the corolla, inclosed. Anthers ovoid-cordate, equal in length to 
the filaments. Ovarium adherent, half-inferior, many-ovulate. 
Style short; stigma 3-5 lobed. Seeds small, numerous, angular, 
fixed to the central placenta. Embryo transverse.—Shrubs or 
trees, natives of Asia and Africa. Leaves alternate, sometimes 
full of pellucid dots, variable on the same specimen.  Racemes 
usually axillary, simple, or branched, many-flowered; flowers 
alternate, on short pedicels; bracteas 2, almost opposite, near 
the base of the calyx. 
XII. MASA (maas, the Arabic name of one of the species.) 
Forsk. desc. p. 66. Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 133. 
Baeóbotrys, Forst. nov. gen. t. 11. Blum. bijdr, 864. Sibouratia, 
Pet. Th. nov. gen. mad. p. 12. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria Monogýnia. Character the same as 
that of the tribe. This genus joins the present order to Primu- 
lacee, through Sambdlus, 
