Bm&eUa.] myrsinaceje. 205 



minutely pubescent branching racemes, forming a terminal paniele. Sepals 

 minute, acute. Petals spreading, about 1 line long, pubescent on the edges. 

 Stamens rather shorter. Berries small, globular. 



Common in ravines, Champion and others. "Widely spread over southern India, from 

 Ceylon and (lie Peninsula to the Archipelago. Although the flowers are usually pentamerous, 

 some tetranicrous ones may occasionally he met with. 



3. SAMARA, Linn. 

 (Choripctalum, A. DC) 



Flowers of Embelia, except that they are constantly tctramcrous, and the 

 stamens longer than the petals. — Shrubs often half-trailing. Flowers in short 

 axillary racemes. 



A small genus, with the same Asiatic and African range as Embelia. 



Leaves obtuse, not 2 in. long. Sepals ovate, obtuse 1. S. obovata. 



Leaves 2 to 4 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, acute 2. S. longifolia. 



1. S. obovata, Benih. in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 301. A glabrous shrub, 

 with straggling half-trailing branches. Leaves from obovate to narrow-ob- 

 long, always obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, nan-owed into a petiole of 2 or 3 lines, 

 coriaceous, quite entire, smooth above, veined, and somewhat glaucous under- 

 neath. Flowers 6 to 10 together, in axillary racemes, so short as to be almost 

 reduced to clusters. Pedicels seldom 1 line long. Calyx-lobes very short 

 and obtuse. Petals yellowish-white, about 1 line long. Stamens rather 

 longer. Fruit globular, 2 or 3 lines diameter. — Choripetalitm obovatum, Benth. 

 in Loud. Journ. Bot. i. 490. C. Benthamianum, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 10. 



Common in ravines in the Happy Valley woods, and at West Point, Champion, Wilford; 

 also Hance and Wright. Not known from elsewhere. 



2. S. longifolia, Benth. n. sp. Allied to the last species, but the leaves 

 much longer, although not broader, usually about 3 in., sometimes 4 in. long, 

 obtusely acuminate and narrowed into a petiole of 3 or 4 lines. Racemes 

 much looser, about % in. long. Pedicels 1 to 1£ lines long. Flowers larger, 

 and the sepals lanceolate, very acute, full -£- line long. 



Hongkong, Harland and Hance. Not seen in any other collection. 



4. MYRSINE, Linn. 



Calyx 4- or 5-lobed. Corolla deeply 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens as many, 

 with very short filaments ; the anthers much longer, erect and lanceolate. 

 Ovary free. Style short, with a capitate or fringed stigma. — Shrubs or small 

 trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire or rarely toothed. Flowers small, on short 

 pedicels, in dense axillary clusters. 



A considerable genus, spread over the tropical and subtropical regions both of the New 

 and the Old World. 



1. M. capitellata, Wall. ; DC. Prod. viii. 94 j Wight, Ic. tf. 1811. A 



glabrous shrub or small tree. Leaves varying from broadly elliptical or oblong 

 or almost obovate, to narrow-oblong, or almost lanceolate in the Hongkong 

 specimens, usually 3 to 4 in. long, and £ to 1 in. broad, obtuse or obtusely 

 acuminate, narrowed into a short stout petiole, coriaceous, quite entire, the 

 lateral veins usually inconspicuous. Flowers small, white. Pedicels 1 or 



