68 Myrsinece. [Afyrsine^ 



small, with a minute bract below cal., on short ped., in lax; 

 axillary panicles usually shorter than 1.; cal. glabrous, segm. 

 oval, subacute; cor.-lobes broad, spreading; berry small, about 

 I in., globose, with truncate top, covered in by thickened cal.- 

 segm., smooth, bluntly ribbed, pale orange-cream-coloured;, 

 seeds black. 



Shady places in moist region up to 6000 ft., commonj especially in- 

 montane region. Fl. Feb., March ; white. 



Throughout India and in Malaya and Africa. 



Our plant is var. Wtghtiana, A. DC, and does not vary. 



2. BIVRSINS, Z. 



Bush or small tree, 1. alt., crowded, fl. very small, in axillary 

 clusters, often polygamous; cal.-segm. 5, deep; cor.-tube very 

 short, lobes linear-lanceolate, very acute, imbricate; stam. 5, 

 inserted on base of cor.-lobes; ov. superior, i -celled, ovules 

 few, on large central placenta, style short, bifid ; berry globose ; 

 seed solitary, embryo axile in endosperm. — Sp, 80 ; 3 in. 

 FL B. Ind. 



"SH. capitellata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. {ed. Carey and Wall.) ii. 

 295 (1824). 



Thw. Enum. 173. C. P. 1806. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 512. 



A bush or small much-branched tree, branchlets thick, dark 

 brown, marked with scars of fallen 1., young parts glabrous; 1. 

 closely placed, sessile, or with very short stout petioles, ^^-6 in.,. 

 oval or oblong -lanceolate, tapering to base, obtuse and often 

 emarginatc at apex, entire, glabrous, thick ; fl. very numerous,, 

 on slender glabrous ped. varying in length and bracteate at 

 base, in small rounded clusters, on nodules in axils of fallen 1.; 

 cal. glabrous, persistent; cor. \-\ in. diam., lobes often re- 

 curved; fil. very short, anth. large; berry \ in., shining, purple. 



Var. /3, lanceolata, Clarke. Var. parvifolia and var. grandifloray 

 Thw. 1. c. Wight, Ic. t. 121 1. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 234. 

 C. P. 623, 2598, 3009. 



L. smaller, 1-4 in., linear-lanceolate often slightly obovate; 

 fl. rather larger. 



Var. y, sesslliflora, Thw. C. P. 285. 

 Fl. quite sessile. 



Moist region, principally in the montane zone, throughout which it is 

 common. Var. /3, at the higher elevations. Var. y, perhaps the commonest 

 form. Fl. Feb.-April ; pale yellowish-pink. 



Throughout India, Burma, Malaya. 



