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Dbccan Peninsula; I^^^^^, No. 1069, Cetlon ; up to 2000 ft. alt.; Thwaites, 

 Shrub 6 8 ft. high. Inflorescence dense, extending hardlj J in. ; peduncles usually 

 ^-| in., clustered. Flowers blue, as of M, edule. Calyx-tube at the time of flower- 

 ing saucer-shaped, limb truncate. Disc on the apex of the ovary depressed, very ob- 

 scurely rayed. Berry size of a pea, black-purple. (Thwaites.) 



Vab. 1. atienuata; leaves still narrower elongate attenuate apex obtuse. — Ceylon, 

 ThwaiteB, 



Var. 2. Helferi ; branchlets quadrangular, berries \ in. diam. 

 damans; Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2334). 



Tenasserim or An- 

 This has been placed with M, an^itsti- 



folium because of its narrow leaves, which are, however, more obtuse and less petioled 

 than those of M. angustifolmm. If not placed here, it must form an additional 

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' 38. IKE. pbyllantbifolium, Thtcaites ex Triana in Traits, Linn, Soc. 

 xxviii. 159 ; leaves ^ in. nearly sessile narrow-oblong obtuse narrowed at the 

 base coriaceous opaque. 



^ Ceylon, alt. 5000 ft. ; Thwaites, 



Branches wiry, leaves approximate, resembling a small woody Phyllanthus, 

 powers very small, usually 3 on an axillary peduncle about ^ in. Berry small, sphe- 

 neal, crow*ned prominently by the calyx-limb, but not ripe. — Entirely unlike every 

 olher species in the genus, 



39. M, campanulatuxn, C J?. Clarke; leaves 2^-4 in. eubepetiolate 

 eiuptic acute base attenuated opaque, calyx-tube at the tune of flowering dia- 

 tmctly campanulate. 



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Griffith, Memecylon No. 5 (No. 2325 (not 2325-1 nor 2325-2) of Kew 



'Leaves suddenly narrowed, sometimes very shortly acuminate. Peduncle ; pedicels 

 8-5 in., clustered. Calyx-tube even in the bud campinulate, limb truncate. 



Buds 



somewhat acute. Disc ^on the apex of the ovary depressed, very obscurely rayed. 

 I his has been treated as a var. of No. 23 M, cmruleum, Jack; it seems very much 

 i^earer M. l<Bvigatnm, from which it differs chiefly in the jound (not acute) base of 

 t^e calyx-tube at the time of flowering. 



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M. edule, Roxb. Cor. PI t. 82 ; leaves ^~^ in. elliptic or ovate acute 

 ^t both ends hardly acuminate; petiole ^-\ in., nerves obscure^, calyx-tube at 

 ^e time of flowering saucer-sliaped limb truncate, 



Eastern Pkxinsula and Ceylox. 



. blowers medium-sized, blue rarely white ; buds obtuse or at least not very acute. 

 r^^y^-iube Q.t the time of flowering saucer-shaped, limb truncate. DiscoX the apex of 

 ^^e ovary depressed, obscurely raved. Berry \ in. dfam., black-purple, globose or 

 Rightly ovoid, mouth about ^ in. wide.— The first three varieties run completely toge- 

 «ier which will account for the variety of quotation of the synonyms by authors : var. 

 ai tvf^*^^® further from th^ type. The remaining varieties are called species by most 



^tbors. M, 7)iyrsi?ioides, Blume, differs from M. edule by its quadrangular branch- 

 Ij/®' Triana reduces M. umbellatnm, Wall Cat. 4109. to M. myrsinoides, Bliune: 



^t the examples of Wallich 4109 have the branchlets exactly round. 

 7? ^ • ^' typica; peduncles clustered i~i in., leaves acute or obtuse. M. edule. 

 ^p. n Ind. ii. 260; DC. Prodr, iii. 6; Wall. Cat. 4107; DaU, # Gibs. Bomb, 

 /■ P- ^3 ; Kurz For. FL I 512. M. edule var. a., Thwaites Enum. 111. M. umbel - 

 lU^- ^^'^^' ^^- ^y^' t- 31. M. tinct^rium, K(xn. ex W. # A, Prodr, 319 ; Wiyht 

 n' : ^^' M. globiferum, Wall. Cat. 4108. M. pyrifolium, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 



^'f.^ynl p. 277. . 



(hnf ^' 2. rawi^om ; inflorescence densely clqthing the branches, peduncle often 

 ^ ^^ not always) wanting. M. edule, LainL Diet. iv. 88 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 6 ; r. # A. 



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