492 Lxxix. MYRSiNE^ (baker). [Moisa. 



very abundant minute whitish flowers in simple or panicled axillary 

 racemes with minute persistent bracts and bracteoles. 



A genus of 30-40 species, spread through the tropical and warm temperate zones 

 of the Old World. 



A climber, with entire leaves cordate at the liase . . . . I. M. cordifolio. 

 An erect tree, with serrated leaves, cuneate at the base . . 2. M. lanceolata. 



1. M. cordifolia, Baker. A climbing shrub, reaching a height 

 of 15-20 ft., with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaves distinctly 

 petioled, not visibly gland-dotted ; petiole ^-1 in. ; blade ovate, sub- 

 acute, broadly rounded at the base in the young leaves, cordate in 

 those that are fully developed, which reach a length of ^ ft., and a 

 breadth of 4-5 in. below the middle ; both surfaces green and glabrous ; 

 texture moderately firm ; the main veins rather raised, parallel and 

 arching, with usually a strong branch before they reach the edge. 

 Flowers in shortly-peduncled axillary panicles 4-8 in. long, with com- 

 pound spreading or ascending glabrous or slightly pilose branches ; 

 pedicels J-1 line ; bracts lanceolate, very minute, persistent. Flower- 

 calyx 1 line in diameter when expanded, the adnate campanulate gla- 

 brous tube clasped by two veiy minute ovate ciliated bracteoles ; teeth 

 minute, deltoid. Corolla ^ in. across when expanded ; lobes orbicular. 

 Stamens inserted in the corolla-tube ; minute globose anther as long 

 as the filament. Fruit globose, glabrous, ^ in. diameter, free at the 

 top from the calyx. Style very short ; stigma entire. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains, 2500 ft., Mann ! 



2. US. lanceolata, Forsk. ; A. DG. Prodr. viii. 38. An erect 

 tree 20-30 ft, high, with slender usually glabrous branchlets. Leaves • 

 distinctly petioled, not perceptibly gland-dotted ; petiole j-1^ in. ; 

 blade oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad at the middle, 

 acute, sharply serrated, cuneate at the base, moderately firm in tex- 

 ture, with distinctly-raised arcliing parallel main veins. Flowers in 

 copious short-peduncled axillary panicles 2-4 in. long with compound 

 lower branches ; branches glabrous or finely pilose ; pedicels finally 

 about i line long ; bracts deltoid, persistent, about as long as the 

 pedicel. Calyx under a line across when expanded ; tube campanulate, 

 clasped by 2 minute ovate ciliated bracteoles ; teeth deltoid, minutely 

 ciliated. Corolla ^ in. diameter when expanded ; segments deltoid. 

 Stamens much shorter than the corolla-segments ; anthers minute 

 globose ; filament scarcely any. Fruit globose, glabrous, ^ in. dia- 

 meter, free from the calyx for a space at the top, filled by the very 

 numerous angular brown seeds ; style much longer than in 31. cordi- 

 folia ; stigma capitate. — M. jiicta^ Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss, no. 



186 ; M. indica, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi.' 16, vii. 206, non 

 A. DC. ; M. rufescem, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 81. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains, at 4000-7000 ft., and Clarence Peak, 

 Fernando Po, at 5000 ft., Mavn ! 



KTile Ziand. Mountains of Alijs.sinia, -Sc/i/y/<!j^c?-.' Cayt. TulUn '. Dr. Hoth I 

 Mozamb. Bistr. Mount Kilima-njaro, liev. C. New. 



