Mcesa.] LXXXVIII. MYRSINEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 509 



VAR. Griffithii ; leaves ovate-lanceolate from a rounded base. Bhotan, alt. 

 5-7000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 35541. &c. Assam; Simons. Leaves 7^ by 3$ 

 in , in Griffith's example from Ctouki in East Bhotan j but in the West Bhotan ex- 

 amples, intermediate between this and the type. 



ft Leaves, or some of them, distinctly toothed. 



4. 1H. Chisia, Don Prodr. J48 ; leaves lanceolate or elliptic 8 eliminate 

 base cuneate, primary nerves approximate secondary distinctly reticulated, 

 racemes axillary about half the length of the leaves. M. dioica, A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 79. M. montana, A. DC. I.e. for the most part. Bseobotrys indica, 

 Wall. Cat. 2318, A and B only. 



From NIPAL to BHOTAN, alt. 2-6000 ft.; common. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft. ; 

 common. 



A tree 30 feet, or more often a shrub. Leaves 4 by 1 \ in., primary nerves about 

 12 on each side at right angles to the midrib ; teeth 12 to each primary nerve, often 

 obscure; petiole in. Racemes compound, 1^-3 in. 



5. ZH. indica, Wall, note in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 230 ; 

 leaves coriaceous lanceolate or elliptic shortly acute or acuminate base rhom- 

 boid secondary nervation obscure, racemes axillary shorter than the leaves. 



A. DC. Prodr. viii. 80 ; Scheff. Myrsin. 22 ; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 136 ; 

 Brand. For. FL 283 ; Kurz in Jonrn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 220, and For. Fl. ii. 99 ; 

 M. montana, A. DC. I. c. partly. Baeobotrys indica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, 

 and Fl. Ind. i. 557 ; Wiyht Ic. t. 1206; Sot. Mag. t. 2052; Wall. Cat. 2318, 

 except A, B. % B. nemoraHs, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 559; Wall. Cat. 2319; Mart. 

 IJlanz. Gart. ' Munchens 9, t. 6 (not of Vahl.). 



Throughout INDIA, alt. 0-pOOO ft. ; from the HIMALAYA, eastward from the Ganges 

 (Brandis), to CEYLON and SINGAPORE, in and near the hills, very common. DISTKIB. 

 Malaya, S. China, ? Madagascar, ? Africa. 



An erect tree, 30 feet ; or a shrifb on lands gone out of cultivation. Leaves 5 by 

 If in., primary nerves about 7 on each side the midrib, oblique thereto ; teeth 1-3 to 

 each primary nerve; petiole in. Racemes compound, 1^-4 in. The leaves in 



B. indica of Koxburgh, from Chittagong, are large, broadly elliptic, coriaceous, sub- 

 entire ; in B. nemoralis, Roxb., smaller, distinctly toothed; in M. indica, var. 

 angustifolia, H. f . & T., very narrowly lanceolate. M. indica, var. latifolia, H. f. & 

 T. (from Khasia), has ovate, subentire leaves, and short racemes ; it is M. pyrifolia, 

 Miq. (Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1008), and hardly differs from M. latifolia (A. DC. I.e. 78) 

 unless by its compound racemes. M. indica, var. Wightiana (South Indian and 

 Ceylon) has more membranous leaves, the reticulated nervation somewhat prominent; 

 this form, abundant in Malaya, is M. viraata (A. DC. 1. c. 78). There are other forms 

 described as species by Javan botanists. 



VAR. Perottetiana, A. DC. I.e. 80 (sp.) ; leaves 5 by 2^ in. cinereous regularly 

 acutely serrate. Nilgherries, alt. 7000 ft, common. 



~VAB. maxima ; leaves 7 by 5f rn. subcordate orbicular, panicles dense, primary 

 branches again panicled. Assam, Simons. Panicles 3 by 3 in. 



6. IMC. paniculata, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 133, and Prodr. 

 viii. 78 ; leaves membranous elliptic acute base rounded or rhomboid secon- 

 dary nervation obscure, racemes axillary and terminal lax compound much 

 longer than the leaves. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 220, and For. Fl. ii. 

 99. Bseobotrys paniculata, Wall. Cat. 2320. 



SILHET ; Pundua, alt. 250 ft., H. F. $ T. TAVOY, Wallich. TENASSEKIM, Griffith, 

 Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3559). 



A shrub, or probably sometimes a tree ; branches verrucose. Leaves 8 by 4 in. 

 (in Wallich's plant, not 2 in. in other examples), slightly toothed, primary nerves 

 about 7 on each side, the ultimate reticulations obscure beneath ; petiole f in. 

 Panicle (even a single axillary) 15 in. long in the examples of H. f. & T. (which have. 



