494 Lxxix. MTRSiNEiE (bakeb). [Myrsine. 



obovate-oblong, 2-4 in. long, 1-^1| in. bro?;d above the middle, nar- 

 rowed gradually from the middle to the base, entire, snbcoriaceons, 

 without any perceptible dotting, the main veins fine and arching. 

 Flowers in dense sessile clusters of 6-10 each on the stout branchlets 

 below the leafy part. Calyx campanulate, ^ in. diameter in the 

 flowering stage, with a very short tube and 5 round-deltoid much im- 

 bricated segments. Corolla ^ in. long, with a short tube and 5 oblong 

 segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the tube, with a filament 

 nearly or quite as long as the exserted lanceolate anther. Fruit glo- 

 bose, glabrous, ^- in. diameter, clasped by the accrescent spreading 

 rigidly coriaceous calyx (now J in. diameter) and furnished with a 

 very short stout pedicel. 



Mozamb. Oistr. Querimba, Br. Peters ! EoYuma Bay, Qniloa and Quillimane, 

 in jungles near the sea, with Avicennia, Dr. Kirk ! 



3. UK. melanophlaBOS, B.Br.; A. DG. Prodr. Yiii. 97. An erect 

 tree, 40-50 ft. high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves crowded near 

 the top of rather stout branchlets ; petiole very short (J-J in.) winged 

 nearly to the base ; blade oblong or oblanceolate- oblong, 3-5 in. long, 

 18-21 lines broad at the middle, subobtuse, entire, deltoid at the base, 

 green and glabrous on both sides, without any perceptible dotting, the 

 close erecto-patent main veins not much raised. Flowers in crowded 

 clusters of 4-6 placed mainly below the leaves, often on raised nodes, 

 on glabrous pedicels about as long as the flower or fi'uit. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, coriaceous, glabrous, -^^ in. across when fully expanded ; 

 teeth deltoid, as long as the tube. Corolla J in. long, with a short 

 tube and oblong reflexing segments. Anthers lanceolate, subsessile at 

 tlie throat of the corolla-tube, shorter than the segments. Fruit glo- 

 bose, glabrous, ^ in. diameter, tipped with the very short persistent 

 style. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountains, at 4000-7500 ft., Mann / 

 A widely-spread Cape species. 



4. M. slmensis, Hochst. ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 97. A tall tree 

 with a slender straight trunk, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves crowded 

 near the top of the stout branchlets ; petiole very short, winged nearly 

 to the base ; blade oblong, 3-4 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad at the middle, 

 obtuse, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both sides, 

 entire, without any perceptible dotting and the main veins little raised, 

 fine, and wavy. Flowers in crowded clusters of 8-12 each, placed on 

 the stout branchlets below the leaf-bearing part ; pedicels stout, gla- 

 brous, :^-| in. Calyx campanulate, coriaceous, glabrous, ^^2 i^- diameter, 

 with 5 deltoid teeth as long as the tube. Corolla ^ in. long, with a 

 very short tube and 5 oblong segments. Anthers lanceolate, subsessile 

 at the throat of the corolla-tube, shorter than the segments. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Wile Ziand. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



DiiFers from M. melanoph/aos mainly by its longer pe{^icels and more numerous 

 flowers in a cluster. 



