Empelu.J MYRSIXACE&. 7 



^-superior, 5-fid. Corolla perigynous, subeampanulate, 5-putite. 

 Stamen* 5, nlternating with staminodes, filament* very short. 

 Ovarii subglobose, style short ; ovules many, anatropous. Capsule 

 |-infer.| ovoid, crown 5-valved. Seeds many, angular ; hilum 

 basilar. — Species 8, in temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



S. Valerandi, Linn. Sp. PI. 443 ; lioyle III. 310; F. B. I. Hi, 506 

 Collett Fl. Siml. 303— (Brook-weed.) 



A glabrous perennial herb ; root-stock short. Stem £-2 feet, erect decum- 

 bent or ascending, often rooting at the base. Leaves 1-i in. long, 

 entire, radical rosulat?. Racemes £-6 in. long ; pedicels filiform, spread* 

 i ng in fruit, bracteate above the middle. Calyx hemispheric, lobes 

 triangular. Corolla $ in. in diam. ; lobes short, obtuse. Capsule 

 shorter than the calyx. Seeds rugose. 



Bundelkhand (Edge.vorth), rare. Distrib.: Punjab Plain and W. Him . 

 up to 4,000 feet, extending westward to Europe and found in most 

 temperate regions. 



LXV. -MYRSI NACE M. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, undivided, usually gland- 

 dotted, exstipulate. Flowers 2 -sexual or polygamo-diojcious, regular. 

 Calyx inferior (in Mobs a more or less adnate to the ovary) ; limb 4-6- 

 (usaally 5-) lobed, persistent and somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla- 

 tube short or none ; segments usually 5, rarely 3 or 7, contorted or 

 imbricate, rarely valvate. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes and 

 opposite to them, free or adnate to the tube ; filaments usually short, 

 five or more or less connate (in Reptonia alternating with staminodes). 

 Anthers dehiscing longitudinally, rarely by terminal pores. Ovary 

 1-celled, globose or ovoid, usually free (fc -infer, in Mcesa), usually 

 narrowed into a simple style ; stigma capitate, rarely shortly lobed ; 

 ovules few or many, inserted on a free central placenta. Fruit 

 ngually small and globose. 



Cor .-lobes imbricate in bnd, anthers not longer 

 than the filaments, ovules few * . • 1 Embelia. 



Cor.-lobes contorted in bnd, anthers much 

 longer than the filaments, ovules many . . 2 Ardisia.. 



1. EMBELIA, Burm. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 512. 



f^Shrubs mostly climbing, or smili trees. Leaves entivd or toothed ; 

 petiole often margined or glandular. Racemes axillary or terminal, 



