Masa.) LXXXVIII, MYRSINEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 511 
3002), but applies chiefly to the var. following. Wallich’s M. mollissima is a very 
different plant. 
Van. (atifolia?, Kurz; leaves 63 by 44 in. more hairy, racemes very compound,— 
Namyoon, in the Patkoye district S.E. of Assam ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3655).— 
Leaves roundly elliptic ciliate cuspidate sprinkled with fulvous long hairs on both 
surfaces, buse rounded or rhomboid, primary nerves 12 on each side, ending in a 
strong tooth. Racemes densely panicled, subsessile, hardly longer than the petioles. 
Possibly a distinct species, the locality being remote from Pegu; but, from Kurze 
descriptions, M. mollis is a very variable species. 
11. M. muscosa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc, Beng. 1873, pt. ii. 87 ; 1877, 
P ii. 220, and For. Fi. ii. 100; leaves large obovate, nerves sparingly pilose 
neath, racemes rusty-hirsute short densely panicled, bracts prominent. 
SOUTH-EAST Assam; Nempean, in the Patkoye Mts, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. | 
3566). 
Branches stout, glabrous. Leaves 9} by 5 in., subobtuse, cuspidate, narrowed to 
the petiole, glabrescent, nerves 11 on each side, slightly denticulate ; petiole 1 in. 
Panicles 14-2 in., exceedingly dense; bracts {5 in., linear, persistent ; pedicels very 
short. Flowers very numerous, resembling closely those of M. mollis, Fruit not 
seen. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
M. (Bmosorrys) acuminata, Wall. Cat. 2321, is Gymnospora acuminata, Hook. f. 
9. MYRSINE, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. eaves entire or serrate. Flowers polygamous or often 
dicecious, fascicled, axillary or on exceedingly short branches; pedicels short, 
bracts at their base densely imbricate. Calyx small, 4-5-fid, persistent. Corolla 
4-5-partite, white, segments imbricate or valvate (not contorted) in the bud, 
recurved. Stamens 4-5, filaments short; anthers ovate. Ovary free, glébose ; 
style cylindric; stigmas 2-5 small, or subcombined, or patent spathulate ; 
ovules several or many. Fruit small, globose, dry or fleshy, red or purple. 
Seed solitary, albumen more or less pitted, scarcely ruminate; embryo often 
curved, horizontal.—Species 80, chiefly tropical. 
* Style 2-4-fid, branches spreading flat spathulate-ovate. 
1. M. africana, Linn.; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 93; branchlets pubescent, 
leaves subsessile oblong narrowed to the base serrate glabrous, flowers and 
fruits subsessile. Lamk. Ill. t. 122; Brand. For. Fl. 286 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
iv. 31. M. glabra and M. scabra, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 282, t. 59, fig. 1. M. retusa, 
Ait. ; Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 86; Jacq. Hort. Scheenb. iv. t. 424. M. rotundifolia, 
Lamk. Dict. iv. 104. M. bifaria, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 
296, and Cat. 2294. M. Potama, Don Prodr. 146. 
HiwALAYA: from Kashmir and the Salt Range to Nipal, alt. 1-8500 ft., frequent. 
—Disrris. Affghanistan. Africa to the Cape and the Azores, 
A shrub or small tree; sometimes 20 ft. Leaves (at most) 1} by à in. Flowers 
in clusters of 3-8, 4- (or 5-)merous, less than j; in. diam. Style branches 2-4 
spathulate. Berry à-$ in. diam. 
2, M. semiserrata, Wail. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wail. ii. 293 ; 
Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 24, and Cat. 2295; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate acute 
sparingly denticulate or entire, pedicels shorter than the fruits. .4. DC. Prodr. 
viii. 93; Brand. For. Fl. 985; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. ii. 221, and For. Fl. ii 105, 
M. acuminata, Royle IU. 265; Madden in Journ. As. Soc. xvii. pt. i. 3608. M. 
sessilis, Don Prodr. 146; A. DC. l. c. 104. 
Nreat; Wallich. Kuasta, alt. 3-5000 ft., common. BIRMA, Kurz. 
A shrub or small tree. Leaves 3} by $ in. narrowed at both ends, coriaceous ; 
