iModamnia.] Lix. myrtaoe^. (J. F. Duthie.) 



469 



fewer 2 or solitary. E. spectabilis, Blume Mm. , „ , ...^ „ , 



R. cinerea, Jack in MaL Misc, Monoxora spectabilis, Wight III. ii. 12, t. 97*, f/5! 

 R. Nageli, Miq. Lc. E. subtriflora and E. Mulleri, BL I.e. 79. 



6. rkodoihtrtus, na 



Trees or fomentose shrubs. Leaves opposite^ 5- or 3-nerved. Flowers Tather 

 I^e, axillary. Calyx'tithe turbinate, oblong or subglobose, hardly produced 

 above the ovary ; lobes 5 rarely 4, herbaceous, persistent. Petals 5, rarely 4, 

 spreading. Stamens od, free, in many series. Ovari/ 1- 2- 3-celled with spuri- 

 008 partitions, or divided into numerous 1-ovuled superposed cells ; style fili- 

 !!^' ^^^S^ capitate. Berry drupelike, globose or ovoid, with few or numerous 

 tifieas not distinctly superposed in rows. Seeds compressed, reniform or nearly 

 orbicular, horizontal, testa hard; embryo curved or spiral, radicle very long, 

 cotyledons small.— Distrib. 6 species, 4 of them inhabitants of E. Australia, 

 ™ 1 widely distributed over Tropical Asia, especially throughout the Indian 

 ^^hipelago as far as China. 



1. ft. tomentosa, Wtyht Spicil. Neilyh. i. 60, t. 71 ; branches downy 

 Jwve slightly compressed, leaves elliptic or obovate obtuse shortly petioled 



,°®^®d hoary on the underside with soft tomentum, peduncles axillary shorter 

 '^ the leaves 1-3-fl., flowers with 2 ovate bracteoles at the base, calyx 



nientose 5-cleft, lobes unequal, berry oval or subglobose 3-celled, seeds com- 

 Pya^ forming 2 rows in each cell. Miq. Ft. hid. Bat. \. pt. i. 477 ; Benth. 

 r\n^^' ^^1 5 Sedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xiv. Myrtus tomentosa, Ait. ; 

 fo^o"^^' '^^^' 240 ; Fahl Symh. ii. 56 : Blume Bijdr. 1081 ; W. ^' A. Prodr. 

 rw Q^^^*^^^ ///. ii. 12, t. 97* f. 3, 7c, 522 ', Roxb. Fl. Ind, ii. 498; Wall. 

 Jf • ;iC30 ; K(yrth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. i. 197. M. canescens, Lour. Fl. 



<khi 



. i. 311, 



m^^^^^ Pkninsttla, Pulney Hills, Beddome ; Nilghiris, Adam. Eastern Prn- 

 rC^' Malacca, Griffith, Mahiqay : Singapore and Penanq, Thomsmi^ Anderaon. 

 ^W alt. 6-8000 ft., WalAer, |/ 



A shrub, 4-5 ft. ; young parts clothed with thick tomentum. Lower leaves \n 

 ^es, upper ones and those of the hranches opposite, 1-2^ in. with 3 or rarely 5 pro- 

 shin ^r^'^^ starting from near the base, dark brown above, at length glabrous and 

 t/ng, hoary beneath and rugose. Peduncles about half the length of the leaves, 

 irn^^h'^ large pink flowers f-f in, across. Petals downy outside, shortly clawed. 

 j^ about the size of a cherry, dark purple, pulp fleshy, sweet and aromatic— Col. 

 J^aome says that this is abundant on the higher mountains in the Madras Presi- 

 OTm H ^^^ ^^ known at Ootacamund as *' Hill Gooseberry." The fruit is eaten raw, 

 d^ J^^ jam called '*Thaonty." Its wood is white with pink heart, the grain 

 and cutting like cheese, but splitting when seasoned ; useful for small turnery. 



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V. 



BfiCASPSRMVIH 



^^hrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, pinnate-nerved. 



Fl07C 



l!?iygal 



•mous. 



fiiif; 



•ticbe campanulate, scarcely 

 )r 5. soreadinff. Stamens 



leafy 



ftan V ^*^™^ ; anthers small, versatile, with parallel cells opening longitudi- 

 „£l "'' _. wa/'v 4* nv /^L^oHa/i -nn'+K 9 nr vprv fpw nviiles in each cell ; cells 



or &-celled with 2 or very few ovules n 

 spurious dissepiments j style filiform, stigm 



Berry 





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