Mosa.] LXXXVIII. MYRSINEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 509 
qt 
Var. Grifithii; leaves ovate-lanceolate from a rounded base.—Bhotan, alt. 
5-7000 ft.; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3554), Ee, Assam; Simons, Leaves 74 by 3$ 
in, in Griffith's example from Chaki in East Bhotan; but in the West Bhotan ex- 
amples, intermediate between this and the type. 
tt Leaves, or some of them, distinctly toothed. 
4. M. Chisia, Don Prodr. 148; leaves lanceolate or elliptic acuminate 
base cuneate, primary nerves approximate secondary distinctly reticulated, 
racemes axillary about half the length of the leaves. M. dioica, A. DC. 
Prodr. viii. 70. M. montana, A. DC. l.c. for the most part. Beeobotrys indica, 
Wall. Cat. 2318, A and B only. 
From NiPar to Buoran, alt. 2-6000 ft.; common. Kuasia Mrs., alt, 3—5000 ft. ; 
common. 
A tree 30 feet, or more often a shrub. Leaves 44 by 1} in., primary nerves about 
: 12 on each side at right angles to the midrib ; teeth 1-2 to each primary nerve, often 
obscure; petiole 4 in. KRacemes compound, 11-3 in. 
5. M. indica, Wall. note in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 230; 
leaves coriaceous lanceolate or elliptic shortly acute or acuminate base rhom- 
boid secondary nervation obscure, racemes axillary shorter than the leaves. 
A, DC. Prodr. viii. 80; Scheff. Myrsin. 22; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 156; 
Brand. For. Fl. 283; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 220, and For. Fi. ii. 99; 
M. montana, A. DC. l. c. partly. Beeobotrys indica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, 
and 77. Ind. i. 557 ; Wight Ic. t. 1206; Bot. Mag. t. 2052; Wall. Cat. 2318, 
except A, B. B. nemoralis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 559; Wall. Cat. 2319; Mart. 
Dflanz. Gart. Münchens 9, t. 6 (not of Vahi.). 
Throughout Inpra, alt. 0-6000 ft. ; from the Himaraya, eastward from the Ganges 
(Brandis), to CEYLON and SINGAPORE, in and near the hills, very common.—DISTRIB. 
Malaya, S. China, ? Madagascar, ? Africa. 
An erect tree, 30 feet ; or a shrub on lands gone out of cultivation. Leaves 5 by 
12 in., primary nerves about 7 on each side the midrib, oblique thereto; teeth 1-3 to 
each primary nerve; petiole A in. .Hacemes compound, 14-4 in.—The leaves in 
B. indica of Roxburgh, from Chittagong, are large, broadly elliptic, coriaceous, sub- 
entire; in B. nemoralis, Roxb., smaller, distinctly toothed; in M. indica, var. 
angustifolia, H. f. & T., very narrowly lanceolate. M. indica, var. latifolia, H. f. & 
T. (from Khasia), has ovate, subentire leaves, and short racemes; it is M. pyrifolia, 
Mig. (Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1008), and hardly differs from M. latifolia (A. DC. 1. e. 78) 
unless by its compound racemes. M. indica, var. Wightiana (South Indian and 
Ceylon) has more membranous leaves, the reticulated nervation somewhat prominent; 
this form, abundant in Malaya, is M. virgata (A. DC. 1. c. 78). There are other forms 
described as species by Javan botanists. 
Var. Perottetiana, A. DC. 1. c. 80 (sp.); leaves 5 by 21 in. cinereous regularly 
acutely serrate.— Nilgherries, alt. 7000 ft., common. 
Van. maxima ; leaves 7 by 5$ in. subcordate orbicular, panicles dense, primary 
branches again panicled.—Assam, Simons.—Panicles 34 by 3 in. 
6. M. paniculata, 4. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 133, and Prodr. 
vii. 78; leaves membranous elliptic acute base rounded or rhomboid secon- 
dary nervation obscure, racemes axillary and terminal lax compound much 
longer than the leaves. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 220, and For. FL. ii. 
99. Beobotrys paniculata, Wall. Cat. 2320. 
Brust ; Pundua, alt. 250 ft., H. F. 4 T. Tavoy, Wallich. Tunasserm, Griffith, 
Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 3559). 
A shrub, or probably sometimes a tree; branches verrucose. Leaves 8} by 4 in. 
(in Wallich's plant, not 2 in. in other examples), slightly toothed, primary nerves 
about 7 on each side, the ultimate reticulations obscure beneath; petiole $ in. 
Panicle (even a single axillary) 16 in. long in the examples of H. f. & T. (which have, 
