510 LXXXVIII. MYRSINEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Mcesa. 



however, been referred to M, indica). Except in the very long, lax, narrow panicles 

 tills does not differ from M. indica. 



** Leaves hairy, ivhen old somtime9 glabrescent. 



7. Iff. dubia, Watt, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey and Wall. ii. 235; leaves 

 elliptic acute, racemes compound about half as long as the leaves, fruit ~ in. 

 broad. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 81. M. canarana, Miq. in PI. Hohenack. n. 429. 

 M. indica, var., Bedd. For. Man. 137, t. xviii. 4, fig. 1 only. Baeobotrys dubia, 



Wall. Cat. 2317, right-hand fragment only. 



MALABAR Mrs. ; Canara, Ritchie. Hohenacker ; Concan and Mysore, Stocks, Law. 



A shrub, more or less hairy ; branches villous, at least at the tips. Leaves 7 by 

 3 in., or only half as large, toothed, base rounded or cuneate, villous on both surfaces, 

 or sparingly so beneath when young, ultimately glabrescent, primary nerves about 1 

 on each side. Racemes rusty- villous or pubescent, or sparingly pilose. The left-hand 

 example in the type sheet of Wall. Cat. 2317 is M. indica, var. Perottetiana, but it 

 comes from the same locality as M. dubia and, except that it is perfectly glabrous, it 

 is hard to say how it differs. 



8. M. argentea, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 233; 

 leaves large ovate-lanceolate more or less hairy when young often white beneath, 

 racemes snort sparsely pilose or glabrescent, fruits - in. broad. A. DC. in 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. t. 5 B, and Prodr. viii. 81; Brand. For. Fl. 283. 

 Bseobotrys argentea, Wall. Cat. 2316. 



WESTERN and CENTRAL HIMALAYA ; Gurwhal, alt. 4000 ft., Stewart. KUMAON, alt. 

 5000 ft., Strach. $ Winterb., Madden. NIPAL, Wallich. EAST NEPAL, alt. 3-7000 ft., 

 J. D. H. 



A large shrub ; branches hairy, at least at the tips. . Leaves 8 by 4 in., narrowed 

 at both ends, more or less hairy above, and at least on the midrib beneath, primary 

 nerves about 11 on each side, reticulated nerves obscure. Racemes l-l in. in fruit, 

 usually once branched. This species is easily distinguished by the fruits being larger 

 than in the other Indian species. 



9. HI. macropiiylla. Watt, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 234; 

 leaves large elliptic or orbicular softly hairy on both surfaces base cordate, 

 racemes panicled often as long as the leaves shortly pubescent. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 81. M. tomentosa, Don Prodr. 148. Baeobotrys macrophylla, Wall. 

 Cat. 2325. 



From NIPAL to BHOTAN, alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent, Wallich, Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



A large shrub, 6-14 ft. ; branches closely pubescent. Leaves 8 by 5 in., obtuse, 

 regularly serrate; petiole 1 in. Panicles 5-10 in., axillary and sometimes terminal, 

 compound. Fruit ~ in. diam., nearly as of M. indica. 



10. UK. mollis, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 134, and Prodr. viii. 

 82; leaves lanceolate acuminate toothed ferruginous hairy on the nerves 

 beneath base cuneate, racemes very small hirsute, flowers 5-merous, fruits 

 hirsute. Scheff. Myrsin. 26. M. mollissima, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 100, and in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 220 (not of A. DC.). M. permollis, Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 66. M. fulvinervis, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. 80, and 

 Prodr. I. c. 82. Bseobotrys mollis, Blume Bijd. 865. 



PEGU ; Kurz, n. 3002. TENASSERIM ; Brandts. DISTRIB. Java. 



A shrub, 6 ft. (Kurz). Leaves 7^ by 2 in., primary nerves 9 on each side, oblique; 

 petiole -f in., fulvous-hairy. Ba- r ernes hardly as long as the petioles, little divided, 

 densely fulvous -hirsute ; bracts and bracteoles minute. Fruits, when nearly ripe, 

 fulvous-hirsute. Described from Kurz's n. 3002 (named by him M. mollissima, 

 Wall., a name not found in Wallich's Herbarium), which agrees closely with authentic 

 Javan specimens of M. mollis, but the leaves are rather larger. Kurz's description of 

 M. mollissima, Wall. (For. Fl. ii. 100), does not exactly suit his own example (n. 



