492 LXXIX. MYRSINEH (BAKER). [ Mesa, 
very abundant minute whitish flowers in simple or panicled axillary 
racemes with minute persistent bracts and bracteoles. 
A genus of 30-40 species, spread through the tropical and warm temperate zones 
of the Old World. 
A climber, with entire leaves cordate at the base . . . . 1. mM. cordifolia. 
An erect tree, with serrated leaves, cuneate at the base . . 2. M. lanceolata. 
1. M. cordifolia, Baker. A climbing shrub, reaching a height 
of 15-20 ft., with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaves distinctly 
petioled, not visibly gland-dotted ; petiole 4-1 in.; blade ovate, sub- 
acute, broadly rounded at the base in the young leaves, cordate in 
those that are fully developed, which reach a length of 4 ft., and a 
breadth of 4—5 in. below the middle; both surfaces green and glabrous ; 
texture moderately firm; the main veins rather raised, parallel and 
arching, with usually a strong branch before they reach the edge. 
Flowers in shortly-peduncled axillary panicles 4-8 in. long, with com- 
pound spreading or ascending glabrous or slightly pilose branches ; 
pedicels 4-1 line ; bracts lanceolate, very minute, persistent. Flower- 
calyx 1 line in diameter when expanded, the adnate campanulate gla- 
brous tube clasped by two very minute ovate ciliated bracteoles ; teet 
minute, deltoid. Corolla 4 in. across when expanded ; lobes orbicular. 
Stamens inserted in the corolla-tube; minute globose anther as long 
as the filament. Fruit globose, glabrous, 3 in. diameter, free at the 
top from the calyx. Style very short; stigma entire. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains, 2500 ft., Mann / 
2. M. lanceolata, Forsk.; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 38. An erect 
tree 20-80 ft. high, with slender usually glabrous branchlets. Leaves 
distinctly petioled, not perceptibly gland-dotted; petiole 3-15 in; 
blade oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, 2-24 in. broad at the middle, 
acute, sharply serrated, cuneate at the base, moderately firm 10 tex- 
ture, with distinctly-raised arching parallel main veins. Flowers ™ 
copious short-peduncled axillary panicles 2-4 in. long with compound 
lower branches ; branches glabrous or finely pilose ; pedicels finally 
about 3 line long; bracts deltoid, persistent, about as long as the 
pedicel. Calyx under a line across when expanded ; tube campanulate, 
clasped by 2 minute ovate ciliated bracteoles ; teeth deltoid, minutely 
ciliated. Corolla 4 in. diameter when expanded ; segments deltoid. 
Stamens much shorter than the corolla-segments ; anthers minute 
globose ; filament scarcely any. Fruit globose, glabrous, 4 in. dia- 
meter, free from the calyx for a space at the top, filled by the very 
numerous angular brown seeds; style much longer than in M. cordi- 
folia; stigma capitate—M. picta, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. 2° 
186; M. indica, Hook. f.in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 16, vii. 206, 00” 
A. DC.; M. rufescens, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 81. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains, at 4000-7000 ft., and Clarence Peak, 
Fernando Po, at 5000 ft., Mann ! 
Wile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper f Capt. Pullen ! Dr. Roth?! 
Mozamb. Distr. Mount Kilima-njaro, Rev. C. New. 
