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free or half-inferior, 1-celled ; ovules sunk in a fleshy, central 
placenta. Fruit indehiscent, usually drupaceous, with a thin 
flesh.—Trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple, mostly entire, 
petioled, exstipulate leaves. Often resiniferous. 
Ovary half or wholly inferior. Corolla 5-lobed . . . . 1. Masa. 
Ovary quite free. 
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Corolla 4—5-lobed . 3. MyrsIne. 
1. MASSA, Forsk. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx adnate, 2-bracted at base, 5- 
lobed. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, the lobes short, blunt, twisted 
or imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, included; anthers cordate, 
Ovary inferior or half-inferior ; style short; stigma capitate. 
Berry concrete with the calyx, ovoid. Seeds numerous.— 
DC. Prod. vii. p. 77; Thes. Cap. t. 129. 
Asiatic or African shrubs or trees.—2 Cape species, both from Caffraria 
and Natal. 
2. EMBELIA, Burm. 
Calyx 5-parted or coarsely 5-toothed. Petals 5, imbricate 
or twisted. Stamens 5, each connate with the base of the op- 
posing petal; anthers much shorter than the filament, ovoid. 
Ovary ovoid or depressed; style short ; stigma obtuse or ca- 
pitellate ; ovules 4—1, often abortive, attached to the bottom of 
the ovarian cavity. Drupe globose, 1-seeded.—DC. Prod. viii. 
p. 83; Thes. Cap. t. 127. 
Shrubs or small trees, often climbing. Flowers racemose or panicled, 
small. Leaves entire—#. Kraussii, the only Cape species, occurs near 
Natal. 
3. MYRSINE, Linn. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-5-fid. Corolla subrotate, 
4—5-parted. Stamens 4-5; filaments very short, inserted at 
the base of the corolla; anthers erect, lanceolate, longer than 
the filament. Ovary globose; style short; stigma capitate ; 
ovules 4-5, imbedded in a spherical placenta, peltate. Drupe 
globose, with a hard seed.—DC. Prod. viii. p. 92. 
Small shrubs or trees.—3 or more Cape species, dispersed. M. Africana, 
a small twiggy shrub, with myrtle-like leaves, is common everywhere. 
Orper LXXVI. PRIMULACEZ. 
Flowers bisexual. Calyx 4~5-lobed, persistent, free or half- 
adnate. Corolla regular, 4-5-lobed (or rarely 5-petaled), 
rarely 0. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the tube of corolla, 1 oppo- 
