494, LXXIX. MYRSINEZ (BAKER). [ Myrsine. 
obovate-oblong, 2—4 in. long, 14-13 in. broad above the middle, nar. 
rowed gradually from the middle to the base, entire, subcoriaceous, 
without any perceptible dotting, the main veins fine and arching. 
Flowers in dense sessile clusters of 6-10 each on the stout branchlets 
below the leafy part. Calyx campanulate, ;, in. diameter in the 
flowering stage, with a very short tube and 5 round-deltoid much im- 
bricated segments. Corolla ;}; in. long, with a short tube and 5 oblong 
segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the tube, with a filament 
nearly or quite as long as the exserted lanceolate anther. Fruit glo- 
bose, glabrous, } in. diameter, clasped by the accrescent spreading 
rigidly coriaceous calyx (now # in. diameter) and furnished with a 
very short stout pedicel. 
Mozamb. Distr. Querimba, Dr, Peters ! Rovuma Bay, Quiloa and Quillimane, 
in jungles near the sea, with Avicennia, Dr. Kirk ! 
3. M. melanophleos, FR. Br.; A. DC. Prodr. viii.97. Anerect 
tree, 40-50 ft. high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves crowded near 
the top of rather stout branchlets ; petiole very short (4-4 in.) winged 
nearly to the base ; blade oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 3-5 in. long, 
18-21 lines broad at the middle, subobtuse, entire, deltoid at the base, 
green and glabrous on both sides, without any perceptible dotting, the 
close erecto-patent main veins not much raised. Flowers in crowded 
clusters of 4-6 placed mainly below the leaves, often on raised nodes, 
on glabrous pedicels about as long as the flower or fruit. Calyx cam- 
panulate, coriaceous, glabrous, j/; in. across when fully expanded ; 
teeth deltoid, as long as the tube. Corolla 3 in. long, with a short 
tube and oblong reflexing segments. Anthers lanceolate, subsessile at 
the throat of the corolla-tube, shorter than the segments. Fruit glo- 
pease glabrous, 2 in. diameter, tipped with the very short persistent 
style. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains, at 4000-7500 ft., Mann! 
A widely-spread Cape species, 
_ 4. M. simensis, Hochst.; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 97. A tall tree 
with a slender straight trunk, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves crowded 
near the top of the stout branchlets ; petiole very short, winged nearly 
to the base; blade oblong, 3-4 in. long, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, 
obtuse, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both sides, 
entire, without any perceptible dotting and the main veins little raised, 
fine, and wavy. Flowers in crowded clusters of 8-12 each, placed on 
the stout branchlets below the leaf-bearine part ; pedicels stout, gla- 
brous, 4-3 in. Calyx campanulate, coriaceous, glabrous, ;}y in. diameter, 
with 5 deltoid teeth as long as the tube. Corolla + in. long, with @ 
very short tube and 5 oblongsegments. Anthers lanceolate, subsessile 
at the throat of the corolla-tube, shorter than the segments. Fruit 
not seen. 
Wile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
Differs from M. melanophiaos mainly by its longer pedicels and more numerous 
flowers in a cluster. 
