448 



Ordo CXXXIII. MYRSINEACEAE Alph. DC. 



(Alph. DC. ? 

 ! I — 213.) 



Subordo I. JfMAJESEAE Alph. DC. 1. c. 76. 



1. 1227. MAESA Forsk. 

 Alj.h. DC. Prodr. VIU.77.) 



1. M. PICTA Hochstett. Flora It. '/.. XXVL 83. (adn.) — Foliis ellipticis venosis, superne 

 grosse serralis aculis petiolatis giaberrimis; coroliis venis rubenlibus pictis; fructu caly- 

 cis dcntes ereclos superanle. 6 — Appellalur .ib incolis „Sauarja". — Crescil in Abys- 

 sinia, in regione superiori montis Scholoda. 



•2. H. PALUSTRIS Bochstetl. I. c. XXVII. B25. — Foliis 3— 4-pollicaribus elliplicis, utrin- 

 queacutis, serrato-dentalis glabris, peliolis el nervis prominulis ruCs pilosulis; paniculae 

 bipollicaris ex axilla oriundae ramis, bracleis pedicellisque birtellis; calyce extus luber- 

 culato, lobis subacutis ciliatis; corolla glabra. i> — Baeobotrys rufescens E. Mey. mss. 

 — Crescit in Promontorio bonac spei ad (Jmlaasriver. 



Subordo II. JEW/jfMWIiSMJVMHACJEAE Alph. DC. 1. o. 83. 

 Tribus I. EMBEHEAE Alph. DG. I. c. 83. 



II. 4-2-23.) EMBELIA Burm. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. 83.) 



1. *E. ANGUSTIFOLIA Alph. DC. I. c. 84. no. 4. — Deless. Ic. select. pl. rar. V. 13. l. 20. 



2. -E. VESTITA Rxb. - Alph. DC. I. C. 80. no. 17. - Deless. I. c. I. 30. 



III. (4224.) CIIOBIPETALOI Alph. DC. 

 (Alph. DC Prodr. VHL 88.) 

 1. CH. OBOVATUM Bth. in Hook, Lond. journ. ol bot, 1. 490. — Foliis ex obovato ob- 

 lon^is obtusis emarginatisve, subtus glaucescenlibus; racemis multilloris petiolo sub- 

 aequilongis; petalis ovatis. 6 — Crescil in Cbina ad Ilon^-Kong. 



Tribus II. ARDISIEAE Alph. DC. I. c. 89. 



IV. LABISIA Lindl. 



(Lindl. Bot. Regist. [New Ser.] XVIII. t. 48.) 

 Flores spicato-paniculati parvi hermaphroditi. Calyx minimus quinque- 

 dentatus. Corolla coriacea quinquepartita, laciniis aestivatione induplicato- 

 valvatis, apice inflexis apiculatis. Stamina corollae laciniis opposita et involuta. 

 Ovarium ovatum in stylum subulatum productum uniloculare, placenta centralis 

 libera, ovulis immersis. Drupa pisiformis, epicarpio succulento, mesocarpio 

 crustaceo fragili, endocarpio membranaceo separabili. Semen solitarium, ovu- 

 lis reliquis omnibus abortivis, subglobosum, testa membranacea venosa, albu- 

 mine duro corneo, embryone (iliformi transverso. — Herba Indica perennis 

 repens: foliis membranaceis petiolatis, petiolis basi tumidis, vix cum caule 



