364 BURMA, ITS P EOF IE AXD mODUCTIOyS. 



Sub-order EU-MYRSmEyE. 

 Fruit an imlehiseent berry or drupe. Seeds -with albumen. 



AEDISIEJE. 



Staminodes none. Anthers not fransrersel;/ cliamhered. Orary inferior to superior. 



* Ovary inferior or Italf-inferior {Missece). 



M.ESA, Forsl<ahl. 



Corolla bell-shaped or nearly so, imbricate in b>id. Culy.i- 2-bracted. Brujie 

 crowned by the calyx-limb, globular. Erect shrubs or trees. 



* All parts, also the inflorescence, quite glabrous. 

 X Inflorescence very short {hardly as long as the jjelioles). 

 M. ANDAMANic.i, Kz. Tropical forests of South Andamans. 



M. verrucosa, Schcfl". 

 Branehlets vcrrucose. Leaves minutely and remotely callus-toothed. 



X X Inflorescence very much longer than the petioles. 

 ] Leaves entire. 

 M. RAMF,>-TACEA, Roxb. All ovor Burma, the Andamans, and 



M. glabra, Eoxb. Kamorta. 



M. Siimalrana, Scheff. 

 Eacemes compound, shorter than the leaves. 



f f Leaves coarsely serrate. 



M. Indica, D.C. C'hittafjonfc. Khalcyen Hills. Pegu Range. 



Tenasserim up to 3000 feet. 



Racemes compound, shorter than the loaves. Caly.x only A line long. 

 M. rANicn.ATA, A. D.C. Tavoy. 



Eacemes compound, very slender, as long as or longer than the leaves. C'aly.t 

 nearly a line long. 



** Inflorescence, and more or less also tlie sinuate-tootlied leaves and softer parts, 

 pubescent or otherwise hairy. 



M. MOLLissiJiA, A. D.C. Khakyen Hills. Pegu Range and 



21. pirmoJIis, Kz. Maitaban. 



Leaves softly pubescent, especially beneath. Panicles or racemes dense, rusty 

 pubescent, shorter than the petiole. Bracts minute. 



M. MUScosA, Kz. Ava (probably). 



Leaves glabrous, midrib beneath sparingly hairy. Panicles densely rusty-hairy 

 and mossy, much longer than the petioles. Bracts about as long as the pedicels. 



Mason gives M. l.^nceolata, Voight, -which is probably one of the above species. 



** Ovary -niperior. Drupe glabrous {Ardisiea). 

 X Flowers pedicelled, dust end, lateral or a.villary. 

 MrEsiNE, Linnaus. 

 Corolla gamo- or rarely poly-petalous, imbricate or valvate. Flowers often poly- 

 gamously dicccious. Ovules few. Erect trees or shrubs. 



* Stigma 2-3 lohid, usually fringed. 

 X Style longer or shorter. Leaves more or less serrate, especially towards the apex. 

 M. SEMISEREATA, Wall. BiUs East of Toung-ngoo at 6000 feet. 



Pedicels thick, 1-21 lines long. 



