466 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



Leaves attenuate at the base, blunt or retuso. Petiole 1-2 lines long. Pedicels 

 ^1 lino long, slender. Cymes simple or compound, pedunclcd. 



M. EDULE, Ro.xb. E.T. Tenasserim, the Andamans and Cocos. 



11. ramiflorum, Griff. 



Leaves rounded at the base, smooth and shining. Petiole 2-4 lines long. 

 Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Cymes simple or compound, peduncled. 



Kurz adds from the Nicobars : 



M. suBTEnj-ERviuM, Miq. Tropical forests of Kamorta. 



var. grmidifolia, Kurz. 



Leaves 8-10 inches long. 



"A small tree which I identify -with Jliqucl's M. suhtrinervium, on the suppo- 

 sition that the berries in Miquel's plant would, when full grown, reach a similar size. 

 As a species it is a very distinct one, being one of the few that have the berry not 

 globular" (Kurz). 



The genus Memeajhn is in need of a thorough revision. The species are 

 extremely difficult of correct identification without access to the very authentic 

 specimens for the most part deposited in European herbaria, and hence inaccessible 

 to the Indian botanist. Triana's account of the genus is barely more than a compi- 

 lation. I have, therefore, kept the Burmese forms all separate pending a comparison 

 and identification of the same with those already described (Kurz). 



Mason adds : 



M. AMPLESiCATJLE. - {f(Je Parish). 



Order MYRTACEJE, 



Fhiircrs regular, hermaphrodite, or rarely by abortion polygamous. Cah/x-tuhe 

 more or less adnate to the ovary, the limb 4-5- (very rarely 3- or more than 5-)parted 

 or toothed, or reduced to a narrow border, or entirely wanting, imbricate, or open in 

 bud. Petals Tisually as many as calyx-lobes, much imbricate in bud, the outer ones 

 sometimes larger in bud than the inner, or rarely all cohering and falling off in an 

 entire operculum. Stamens indefinite, usually numerous, or rarely few and definite, 

 inserted in 1 or several series on a thinner or thicker disk lining the calyx-tube 

 above the ovary or close round the ovary-summit. Filaments free or rarely united 

 at the base, or separated into as many bundles as calyx-lobes. Anthers versatile, 

 or basifixed, longitudinally dehiscing, or rarely opening in terminal pores. Ovary 

 inferior, or rarely almost superior, but inclosed in the calyx-tiibe, 2- or more- (very 

 rarely l-)cened, with 2 or more uni- or multi-seriate ovules, attached to the parietal 

 or axile placentas. StijJe simple, with a small entire or rarely lobed stigma. Frtdt 

 inferior, very rarely all or almost wholly superior, and supported, by the calyx-tube, 

 crowned with the persistent calyx-limb or its scar, cither loculicidally capsular, with 

 as many valves as ovary-cells, or indehiscent and berry or drupe-like. Ferfed seeds 

 often few, rarely numerous. Albumen none or almost none. Emhryo and Cotyledons 

 various. Trees or shrubs, very rarely under shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite or 

 rarely alternate, usually gland-dotted. Flowers solitary or variously arranged, into 

 axillary or terminal inflorescences. Bracts 1 or more. Braetlets 2, often minute, 

 and very fugaceous. 



LErrOSPERMIE^. 

 Oi-ary 2-5- rarely more-celled. Fruit a capsule, either opening at the summit in as 

 many valves as there are cells, or very rarely indehiscent. 



* Stamens tmited into 5 separate handles. 

 Melaleuca, Linnaus. 

 Staminal bundles alternating with the petals. Flowers in heads or spikes. Leaves 

 alternating. 



