4l8 iqO. MYKSINACEAE 



Tropical and South Africa. Some are used medicinally. (Plate 121.) 



[Subfamily MAESOIDEAE.] Maesa Forsk. 



Ovary superior. Ovules sunk into the placenta. Fruit one-seeded. 

 [Subfamily MYRSINOIDEAE.J 2 



2. Ovules in several rows. Petals free, pink. Flowers hermaphrodite, 



5-merous, in short racemes. Stigma punctiform. Filaments long. — 

 Species i. Madeira and Canary Islands. (Under Ardtsia Swartz or 

 Myrsine L.) [Tribe ARDISIEAE.] .... Heberdenia Banks 

 Ovules in a single row. Petals united below, more rarely free, but then 

 flowers dioecious and stigma peltate. [Tribe M YRSINEAE. ] . . 3 



3. Ovules numerous, about ten. Anthers opening by a single pore at the 



apex. Sepals unequal-sided. Petals united below. Filaments short. 



Stigma punctiform. Trees. Flowers in panicles, dioecious, 5-merous. 



— Species 6. Madagascar. (Under /I r^/ma Swartz). Monoporus A.DC. 



Ovules few. Anthers opening by two slits or pores 4. 



4. Stigma punctiform. Style thin. Flowers hermaphrodite, 5 — 7-merous. 



Petals united below. Filaments short, free or nearly so 5 



Stigma more or less dilated. Style thick 6 



5. Sepals and petals with imbricate, not contorted aestivation ; petals white, 



equal-sided. Trees or tall shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers sessile 

 or nearly so, in heads or umbels arising from lateral dwarf-shoots. — 

 Species i. Madeira and Canary Islands. (Under Myrsine L.) 



Pleiomeris A. DC. 

 Sepals and petals with contorted aestivation ; petals red, unequal-sided. 

 Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs. Flowers in axillary umbels or racemes, 

 5-merous. — Species 10. West Africa. (Under Ardisia Swartz). 



Afrardisia Mez 



6. Petals free or nearly so. Filaments usually free. Flowers unisexual. — 



Species 25. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some are used medicinally. 



{Samara L., Pattara Adans.) Embelia Burm. 



Petals obviously united below 7 



7. Filaments wanting 8 



Filaments distinctly developed, more or less united. Style present. . 9 



8. Style wanting. Flowers in umbels upon sometimes imperceptible dwarf- 



shoots. — Species 10. Tropical and South Africa. (Under Myrsine L.) 



Rapanea Aubl. 



Style present. Flowers in axillary racemes or panicles. — Species 10. 



Mascarene Islands and Madagascar. (Under Ardisia Swartz or Icacorea 



Aubl.) Badula Juss. 



9. Flowers dioecious, in umbels arising from dwarf-shoots. Petals imbricate 



in bud. Anthers free. — Species 2. Tropical and South Africa and 

 Azores. They yield timber and are used as ornamental, medicinal, or 



fodder plants Myrsine L. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, in axillary umbels racemes or panicles. — Species 

 55. Madagascar and neighbouring islands. . Oncostemon A. Juss. 



