434 MYRSINEH (Harvey). | Lmbelia. 
calyx 5-toothed, its teeth broadly deltoid, acute ; petals oblong, 
spreading, twice as long as the calyx. FE. ruminata, Mez in Engl. 
Pflanzenr. Myrsin. 331.  Myrsine? ruminata, FE. Meyer in Drege, 
Zwei Pfl. Documente, 155, 159; DC. Prodr. viii. 104. Celastrus 
oleoides, Lam. Il. ii. 93; Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 304. 
Coast Reaion: Komgha Div. ; near Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanegan, 284! 
Eastern Reaion: Pondoland; between Umtentu River and Umzimkulo 
River, Drége. Natal; near Durban, Drége! Krauss, 407! Wood, 1850! Mount 
Edgecombe, Wood, 1149! and without preeise locality, Gerrard, 292! Wood! 
Cooper! : 
Leaves 1-1} in. long, thin and membranous. Racemes from old leaf-scars, 
4-3 in. long, 8-12-flowered, Ovary half sunk in a fleshy disk. Fruiting 
specimens of Myrsine ? ruminata, EK. Meyer, agree in foliage with our E. Kraussit, 
and come from Natal; the account of the inflorescence given by A. Decandolle 
also agrees with our plant, and to my eye the two are identical.—W.H.H. 
III. MYRSINE, Linn. 
Flowers polygamo-dicecious. Calyx 4-5-partite. Corolla 4—5- 
partite, usually imbricate. Stamens free, inserted on the base of 
the corolla; anthers longer than the filaments. Ovary globose ; 
style cylindrical, short, caducous; stigma capitate. Placenta 
spherical ; ovules 4-5 round the apex of the placenta, peltate. 
Drupe globose, with a erustaceous stone, 1-seeded. DC. Prodr. viii. 
92. 
Trees or shrubs of warm climates. Leaves alternate, rarely toothed. Flowers 
small, in axillary tufts; calyx-lobes very small. Name, uvpown, myrrh, which 
is not a product of these plants. 
M.? racemosa, Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, ii. 176 is Ocotea bullata, EK. Meyer 
(Laurinea). 
Leaves serrulate beyond the middle, elliptic. (A 
bush) ... me on ae Te ‘ ee 
Leaves quite entire. (Shrubs or trees) : 
Leaves veinless beneath, narrow; drupes ellip- 
(1) africana. 
o 
soid, acute ve Be a see ... (2) gilliana. 
Leaves more or less veined beneath; drupes 
globose : 
Leaves 3-5 in. long, 1-1} in. wide, taper- 
ing at the base into longish petioles ... (3) melanophleos. 
Leaves 1-14 in. long, 4 in. wide, acute at 
the base, on shortish petioles iad ... (4) Gerrardii. 
1. M. africana (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 196); twigs slightly puberu- 
lous; leaves glabrous, coriaceous, acute or obtuse, elliptic, acute at 
the base, serrulate beyond the middle; tufts about 3-flowered ; ealyx- 
and corolla-lobes ovate, acute, spotted, the corolla longer than the 
calyx and shorter than the stamens. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 
195; Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 60, 115, 136; DC. Prodr. viii. 
93; C. B. Cl. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 511; Mez in Engl. 
Pflanzenr. Myrsin. 340. M,. retusa, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 271 (with 
blunt leaves); Jacg. Hort. Schenbr. iv. t. 424. M. africana, var. 
retusa, A.DO, in Trans. Linn, Soc, xvii. 105. M. dioica, Aschers, 
