Memecyion. MEMECYLE. 319 
I. MEMECYLON. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 284; Gertn. fr. 2. t. 127, 179.— 
Valikaha. Adans.—Scutia. Lour. 
Limb of the calyx small, obtusely 4-toothed or repand, or almost entire. 
Petals 4, oval. Stamens 8, usually longer than the petals: anther-cells open- 
ing by a short cleft at the end next the beak.—Shrubs. Branches knotty at 
the origin of the leaves; young branches usually 4-angled. Leaves when 
young seldom truly 3-nerved, usually feather-nerved, the divarieating nerves 
being often confluent near the margin, and forming apparently two lateral 
ones ; adult ones coriaceous, exhibiting only a midrib, the other nerves being 
concealed within the substance of the leaf. 
In one or two species the parts of the flowers occasionally follow the quinary ar- 
rangement ; and then we scarcely know of any character to distinguish Mouriria 
Jussieu. In all the species of Memecylon which we have examined, the anthers open 
near the junction of the beak or produced part of the connectivum : in Mouriria Gui 
nensis, the only species we have seen, the dehiscence takes place at the extremity ; 
or in other words, the clefts in Memecylon are at the base, in Mouriria at the apex, 
of the anther. It remains, however, yet to be ascertained, if this difference of struc- 
ture be common to all the species of each genus respectively. Both genera have 
been described with several cells to the fruit; and De Candolle has obviously mis- 
taken in Memecylon the testa of the seed for the nucleus of the fruit: Gertner’s de- 
scription is correct. The structure of the seed of Mouriria is yet unknown: the 
ovary and ovules are certainly as in Memecylon ; in both, after the expansion of the 
flower-bud, several ovules immediately become abortive and often disappear: of 
others the remains may be traced even when the fruit is almost ripe. 
983. (1) M. ramiflorum (Lam. :) branches terete: leaves shortly petioled, 
ovate or oblong, retuse or obtuse or slightly acute, ]-nerved ; peduncles 
axillary and below the leaves on the older branches, inerassed at the apex, 
and forming a kind of small receptacle, sometimes wanting with the recep- 
tacle sessile: pedicels 1-flowered, fascicled on the receptacle, each springing 
from a small sessile cup-shaped scale or bractea: stamens elongated: style 
about twice the length of the filaments: fruit 1-seeded.—Lam. enc. meth, 4. 
».8; DC. prod. 3. p. 6; Wight ! cat. n. 1057,—M. umbellatum, Gertn, fr. 2. 
t. 127. f. 4; Blume? s Wall.? L.n. 4109.—Melaleuca bicolor, Poir. enc. meth. 
suppl. 3. p. 624.— Burm. Zeyl. t. 81. i : 
Burmann, in his figure of this and of M. capitellatum, has only noticed 4 
Stamens, thereby leading Linnseus and others to refer t. 31. to the very diffe- 
Tent Samara læta. 
984. (2) M. tinctorium (Koen.:) arborescent, branches terete : leaves 
shortly petioled ovate or oblong, 1-nerved: peduncles axillary and below the 
leaves on the older branches, Lena: a more or less compound corymb of 
pedicellate flowers: stamens shortish : style about the length of the stamens : 
fruit globose, crowned with the 4-toothed limb of the calyx: fruit 1— 
—2; leaves obtuse or retuse.— Wight / cat. n. 1058.—M. tinctorium, Willd. 
sp. 2. p. 847 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 235.—M. edule, Roxb. Cor. 1. t. 82 ; fl. Ind. 2. 
p. 260; DC. prod. 3. p. 65 Wall.! L. n. 4101.—5 ; leaves more or less au- 
minated.— Wight ! cat. n. 1059.—Rheed. Mal. 5, t. 19. OR 
We possess the second variety also from Perion : it may perhaps be Smith’s 
M. ovatum, or De Candolle's M. laxiflorum, but the inflorescence of both of 
these species is too vaguely described to permit us to refer to them with any 
kind of certainty. Roxburgh’s figure (Cor. 1. t. 82) is somewhat between the 
two varieties, having leaves more ovate than is usual in z, and not so taper- 
Pointed as in 5. The peduncles vary from about a line to upwards of an 
Inch in length. 
985. (3) M. Heyneanum (Benth :) branches terete: leaves petioled, lan- 
Ceolate, much scanpuated: sonoma aggregated, axillary or on the older 
