952 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA TUBAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



XiSyrsiue africana, 



Behraiig, kakhum, gham- 



shad. 

 Myrsine^. 

 F. B. I. iii.Cll. 

 Salt Range- 

 Himalaya, 1-8,500 ft. 

 Simla (Collect). 

 Murree (Douie), 



Petals United. 

 see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small or large, branchlets rusty velvety ; leaves f-1^ 

 ins. long, nearly sessile, laiiceolate, gland dotted, 

 sharply toothed ; flowers small, neaily sessile in 

 clusters of 3-8, calyx 4-lobed, free, pei-sistent, corolla 

 4-lobed, rotate, stamens 4, stigma rounded, style 2-4 

 branched ; beiry i in. dia., red, round, edible. The 

 fruit IS sold in bazaars as a strong purging vermifuge. 



Myrsiae semiserrata, large, bark ashy, smooth ; leaves 2-5 by |-1| ins., 

 Farwana, gogsa, gamita. smooth, leathery, lanceolate sharply toothed towards 



the tip, gland dotted, stalk xo-i in. long ; flowers in 

 axillary clusters, stalks | in. long, calyx and corolla 

 4 — rarely 5-lobed, j^ in, diam., stamens 4, rarely 5, 

 style with 2-4 flat spreading branches, berry red, round 

 |-| in. diam. 



Myebine^. 

 F. B, 1. iii. 511. 



Himalaya 3-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, The Glen 

 (Colleti). 



Emlssliai ro))usta, 



Sayahirang. 



Myesine^e. 



F. B. I. iii. 5] 5. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Near the Jumua. 



Ardisia humuliSy 



Myesine^. 



F. B. I. iii. 529. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft,] 



large, bark brown with horizontal cracks on the 

 branches, and small warty excrescences ; leaves 3i-7 by 

 2-3| ins., oblong or lanceolate with broader tip, base 

 narrowed, margin undulate, short-pointed, rusty velve- 

 ty beneath, nerves prominent, stalk glandular, usually 

 grooved ; flowers small in simple or clustered racemes 

 of 1-2 ins. in length, calyx 5 lobed, persistent, petals 5, 

 oblong, reflexed, stamens 5 on the petals, styles short 

 persistent ; fruit a dry berry, red, round with ribs and 

 crowned by the style ; seed usually one, round with a 

 hollow base. The fruit is used for the same purpose 

 as that of 11 yr sine africana, 



large, smooth, branched; leaves 4-8 by l|-3^ins., 

 oblong or ovate with broad tip, short pointed, leathery, 

 fleshy, margin smooth ; flowers pmk, ^ in. diam., in 

 axillary clustered racemes, stalks 1-2 ins. long, bracts 

 soon falling off, ca.yx lobes 5, blunt, oval, corolla 5- 

 lobed, stamens 5 ; fruit round, black when ripe, size of 

 a jea, crowned with 4Le style, full oi pink juice, seed 

 one. 



