Lobhiane. N. O. Myrsinaceee. 
TAB, DOCCXXV. 
Myrsine Myrritius, Hook. 
Ramis puberulis, foliis bifariis brevissime petiolatis ovatis acutis 
obsoletissime serratis coriaceo-membranaceis subtus punctatis, 
umbellis axillaribus folio duplo brevioribus, floribus puberulis 
dioicis lineatim nigro-punctatis, corolla rotata, staminibus Jon- 
gitudine laciniarum. 
Has. Lucon, Thomas Lobb (n. 478). 
A small shrub with slender straggling branches and dark 
brown obscurely pubescent bark. Leaves bifarious, a good deal 
resembling those of Vaccinium Myrtillus, dotted beneath when 
seen under a lens. Flowers very small, apparently dioicous: 
ours having only an abortive pistil. Calyx 4-lobed, downy : lobes 
acute, with black oblong dots or glands. Corolla with black 
oblong streaks. Filaments inserted at a little distance from the 
base of each lobe of the corolla. Anthers large for the size of 
the flower, ovate. Ovary globose. Style a little longer than the 
ovary: stigma 4-cleft—Its nearest affinity is with Wallich’s 
M. bifaria: but the two are very different. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same more expanded. /. 3. Abor- 
tive pistil :—magnijied. 
