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* Panicles or racemes terminal. 
1 M. panicura‘ra (Wall. cat. no. 2320. Alph. D. C. in Lin. 
trans. 17. p. 133.) quite glabrous; leaves broad elliptie, acute 
at both ends, large, toothed; racemes axillary and terminal, 
elongated slender. h. S. Native about Tavoy, in the 
Burman Empire. Leaves 6 inches long, and 3 broad, mem- 
branous, shining, a little dotted. Flowers approximate. Stigma 
3-lobed. 
Panicled-flowered Mesa. Shrub. 
2 M. wuscósa (Blum. bijdr. p. 866. under Baeóbotrys) leaves 
ovate-oblong, long-acuminated, rather repand, glabrous on both 
surfaces, as well as the branchlets; panicles axillary, fastigiate. 
h.G. Native of Java, among bushes on the mountains. 
Mossy Mesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 
3 M. vinca'rA (Blum. bijdr. 864, under Bæóbotrys) leaves 
ovate-oblong, much acuminated, glandularly denticulated above 
the base, glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branchlets ; 
racemes compound, twiggy, axillary. k.S. Native of Java, 
in mountain woods. 
Var. (9; leaves quite entire. 
Gede. 
Twiggy Mesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 
4 M. rariróLi (Blum. bijdr. p. 866, under Bedbotrys) 
leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminated, glandularly denticu- 
lated above the base, and are, as well as the branchlets, gla- 
brous; racemes axillary, simple. h.S. Native of Java, on 
the top of Mount Gede. 
Broad-leaved Mesa. 
h. S. On the top of Mount 
Fl. year. Shrub. 
* * Racemes usually lateral. 
5 M. ova'rA (Wall. cat. no. 2324. Alph. D. C. l. c. p. 133. 
t. 4.) glabrous; leaves ovate, acuminated, rather cordate, entire, 
shining on both surfaces; racemes axillary, elongated, slender, 
rather longer than the leaves. kh. S. Native of Penang. 
Branches not dotted. Leaves 2-3 inches long, membranous, 
Flowers not numerous. Hardly distinct from M. ramentàcea. 
Ovate-leaved Mesa. Shrub. 
6 M. ramenta cea (Roxb, fl. ind. 2. p. 231.) glabrous ; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminated, entire, smooth; panicles terminal, axil- 
lary, and lateral, ramentaceous. h. S. Native of Silhet, 
where it is called Mulmooriya; and of the Burman Empire, 
about Rangoon, Moalmyne, and Tavoy. Bedbotrys lucida, 
Wall. cat. no. 2323. Leaves 2-6 inches long. Panicles nume- 
rous, small, crowded with small abortive rusty ramentaceous 
branchlets. Flowers small, greenish yellow. Berries small, 
white, succulent. Stigma 2-3-lobed. 
Ramentaceous Mesa. Shrub. 
7 M. uissiówis (Alph. D. C. l. c. p. 134.) glabrous; leaves 
ovate, acuminated, entire ; racemes shorter than the leaves. 
5. S. Native of the East Indies.  Baóbotrys? missionis, 
Wall. cat. no. 6523. Intermediate between M. ramentàcea and 
M. nemoràlis. Leaves 1-3 inches long, acutish at the base, a 
little toothed. 
Mission Mesa. Shrub. 
8 M. nemora‘uis (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves ovate- 
oblong, repandly toothed ; racemes axillary, short and crowded. 
S Native of Silhet, where it is called Mulmooriya. 
E. s. 
Baeóbotrys nemoralis, Forst. nov. gen. p. 22. Vahl. symb. p. 
19?. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 282. Mart. choix. de pl. mun. p. 6. 
t. 6. Leaves3-4incheslong. Racemes twice the length of the 
petioles. Flowers small, white. Stigma 3-lobed. 
Grove Mesa. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1830. Shrub. 
9 M. Brvurr; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both 
ends, glandularly serrulated from the middle to the apex, and 
are, as well as the branches, glabrous; racemes axillary, simple 
12 
MYRSINEACE. XII. Mzsa. 
and compound, shorter than the leaves. 5 .S. Native of Java, 
in mountain woods, where it is called Kipin burriet. Bzedbotrys 
lanceolàta, Blum. bijdr. 865. 
Var. a; leaves oval, acutish at both ends. b. S. Native of 
Java, in the province of Cheribon, and among bushes at Tjiradjas. 
Var. (3; leaves rounded at the base; racemes compound. 
h. S. Java, in woods on Mount Salak. 
Blume’s Mesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 
10 M. Vwoica (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves from 
ovate to lanceolate, coarsely serrated ; racemes axillary and ter- 
minal: the terminal ones most generally compound. kh. G. 
Native of Chittagong and Nipaul. Hook, bot. mag. 2052. 
Baeóbotrys Indica, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 230.  Baeob. lanceolata, 
Vabl. symb. 1. p. 19. t. 6. Mee'sa Chísea, D. Don. prod. fl. 
nep. p. 148?. Masa Forsk. fl. egypt. arab. p. 22. t. 11. 
Leaves 3-6 inches long, pretty smooth. Racemes usually 
aggregate. Flowers numerous, pure white. Stigma lobed. 
The berries, which are white, are eaten by the Parbuteeyas, or 
hill people of Nipaul. 
Indian Mesa. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1817. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
11 M. raxcrora`ra ; glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 
acuminated ; racemes twin, many-flowered. 5. G. Native of 
Nipaul. Bzdbotrys lanceolata, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 148. 
Leaves 3 inches long. Racemes sometimes by threes, or trifid 
or bifid from the base. 
Lanceolate-leaved Maesa. Shrub. 
12 M. pvu‘sra (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 235.) almost 
glabrous; leaves ovate, acuminated, coarsely serrated ; panicles 
axillary, racemose, equal in length to the leaves. h.S. Native 
of the East Indies, at Wynaad and Coorg. Branches hardly 
pubescent, dotted. Leaves 5-6 inches long. Panicles composed 
of long slender racemes. Flowers very small. 
Doubtful Mesa. Shrub. 
13 M. ancE'sTrEA (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 233.) young 
branches villous, old ones downy; leaves ovate, acuminated, 
sharply toothed, downy, of a silvery white colour beneath; 
racemes axillary, short. 5 .G. Native of Nipaul, on Chundra- 
giri. Branches subscandent. Leaves 6-8 inches long. Racemes 
downy: having a few alternate branches at the base, giving it 
the appearance of being fascicled. Flowers dense, white, 
nodding. Berries smooth white. 
Silvery Mesa. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1818. Shrub 5 to 6 
feet. 
14 M. macropuy’tra (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 234. cat. 
no. 2325,) arboreous, densely villous ; leaves ovate, subcordate, 
very soft, obtuse or acute, strongly toothed; panicles axillary 
and terminal. b. G. Native of Nipaul, at Hetounra, and on 
Chundragiri, Naokote, foot of Sheopore, and on hills called 
Chiriaghaut. Bæóbotrys tomentosa, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 
148.? Young branches ferruginous. Leaves 6 to 12 inches 
long. Flowers white, smaller than those of the preceding, as 
also the berries. 
Long-leaved Mzesa. 
feet. 
15 M. wórris (Blum. bijdr. p. 865, under Bedbotrys,) leaves 
elliptie, oblong, acute, almost entire, soft beneath, as well as the 
branchlets; racemes axillary, simple. h.S. Native of Java, 
on the mountains. 
Soft Mesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 
16 M. mortissima (Blum. bijdr. p. 866, under Bæóbotrys) 
leaves oblong, acute, almost quite entire, clothed with silky down 
above, but very soft beneath, as well as the branchlets; racemes 
compound, axillary. | 5. S. Native of Java, on the mountains. 
Very soft Mesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 
Cult. See Ardisia, p. 20, for culture and propagation. 
Fl. April, July. Cit. 1818. Tree 10 
