466 LIX. MYRTACE^I. (J. F. Duthie.) [Tristania. 



5, spreading. Stamens oo, shorter than the petals, usually united in 5 bundles 

 and opposite to them ; anthers versatile, cells parallel and opening longitu- 

 dinally. Ovary inferior or ^-superior, 3-celled ; ovules many in each cell, sus- 

 pended or horizontal. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Perfect seeds few, linear, 

 cuneate, or winged at the upper part; embryo straight, cotyledons broad, longer 

 than the radicle. DISTEIB. Upwards of 1 4 species inhabiting the Malay penin- 

 sula and islands, New Caledonia, and Australia. 



1. T. Wig-htiana, Griff. MSS. ; leaves alternate shortly petioled ob- 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrous closely pinnate-nerved, cymes corymbose dicho- 

 tomous long peduncled terminal and axillary equalling or exceeding the leaves, 

 branches angular pubescent, bracts leaflike, flowers small on short pedicels, 

 staminal bundles 3-androus, capsule very small almost wholly exserted, seeds 

 narrow compressed winged. T. sumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat,. Suppl. 308. 

 Hypericinea pimentifotfa, Wall. Cat. 4828. 



MALACCA, Griffith ; SINGAPORE, Wallich, Lobb PENANG, Walker. DISTRIB. Java, 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 



A shrub. Bark reddish-brown. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2 in., gradually narrowing 

 towards the base, obtusely acuminate or cuspidate, shining above, dull and tawny- 

 coloured beneath, margins revolute, lateral nerves slender uniting in a continuous 

 intramarginal one. Primary and secondary branches of inflorescence very long. 

 Calyx-tube broadly campanulate above, spreading or reflexed in fruit, its inner surface 

 and the ovary clothed with pure white pubescence. Petals nearly round, glandular. 

 Style short. Seeds 4-5 in each cell. 



2. T. burmannica, Griff. MSS. ; leaves alternate or crowded at the 

 ends of the branches shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely 

 acuminate glabrous or tomentose, cymes axillary few-flowered much shorter 

 than the leaves branches angular pubescent, flowers small yellowish on short 

 pedicels 2 or 3 together with linear bracts at the base, calyx-lobes sub-acute, 

 staminal bundles about 5-7-androus, capsule exserted about its length, 

 seeds ^ in. long winged. Kurz in Jburn. As. Soc. Seng. xlvi. (1877) pt. ii. 

 p. 61 ; For. Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 474. " Tristania} facie," Griff. Notul. 648. 

 Hypericinea micrantha, Wall. Cat. 4829. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer ; MOULMEIN and MALACCA, Falconer, Griffith, Wallich ; PEGU, 

 Kurz. DISTRIB. Java and Borneo. 



A shrub upwards of 8 ft. Bark grey. Young parts and upper branches of inflo- 

 rescence pubescent. Leaves 2-4 by f-lf in., shining above, lighter below or rusty- 

 coloured, coriaceous, margins revolute, dots inconspicuous, lateral nerves slender, 

 prominent, uniting in a continuous looping one near the margin ; petiole | in. or less. 

 Cymes compact, dichotomous. Petals nearly round, shining. Ovary silky-pubescent ; 

 ovules many, suspended. Capsule in. Seeds compressed. 



VAR. tomentosa ; leaves ochre-coloured hairy on both surfaces towards the base 

 and along the prominent midrib, cymes nearly sessile compact and densely clothed 

 with yellow tomentum, flowers larger and calyx-tube broader above, style longer, 

 stigma capitate, young capsule rugose pubescent, seeds about 4 in each cell. "A 

 small tree." Tenasserim mountains, 4000 ft., (7. Parish. There are no ripe capsules 

 on the single specimen preserved in the Kew Herbarium. Possibly a distinct species. 



VAR. ? ; leaves longer (2-5 in.), cymes lax, peduncles f in., the capsules and seeds 

 however are similar to those of Wallich's Hypericinea micrantha ; there are no 

 flowers on this specimen. Near Moulmein, alt. 1000 ft., C. Parish. 



3. T. merg-uensis, Griff, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1854, 637 j leaves 

 alternate or the upper nearly opposite very shortly petioled or sessile obovate- 

 lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate glabrous, panicles on long peduncles, 

 branches angular pubescent above, bracts leaflike, calyx-lobes oblong rounded 



