Hcesa.] LXXXVIII. MYRSINE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 51.1 



3002), but applies chiefly to the var. following. Wallich's M. mollissima is a very 

 different plant. 



VAB. Latifolia ?, Kurz ; leaves 6 by 4 in. more hairy, racemes very compound. 

 Namyoon, in the Patkoye district ti.E. of Assam ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3555). 

 leaves roundly elliptic ciliate cuspidate sprinkled with fulvous long hairs on both 

 surfaces, base rounded or rhomboid, primary nerves 12 on each side, ending in a 

 strong tooth. Racemes densely panicled, subsessile, hardly longer than the petioles. 

 Possibly a distinct species, the locality being remote from Prgu ; but, from Kurz's 

 descriptions, M. mollis is a very variable species. 



11. M. muscosa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Seng. 1873, pt. ii. 87 ; 1877, 



pt. ii. 220, and For. Fl. ii. 100 ; leaves large obovate, nerves sparingly pilose 

 beneath, racemes rusty-hirsute short densely panicled, bracts prominent. 



SOUTH-EAST ASSAM ; Nempean, in the Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 

 3556). 



Branches stout, glabrous. Leaves 9^ by 5 in., subobtuse, cuspidate, narrowed to 

 the petiole, glabrescent, nerves 11 on each side, slightly denticulate ; petiole I in. 

 Panicles l-2 in., exceedingly dense ; bracts -^ in., linear, persistent ; pedicels very 

 short. Flowers very numerous, resembling closely those of M. mollis. Fruit not 

 seen. 



EXCLUDER SPECIES. 



M. (B^oBOTEYs) ACUMINATA, Wall. Cat. 2321, is G-ymnospora acuminata, HooJc.f. 



2. 1VIYRSINE, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or serrate. Flowers polygamous or often 

 dioecious, fascicled, axillary or on exceedingly short branches ; pedicels short, 

 bracts at their base densely imbricate. Calyx small, 4-5-fid, persistent. Corolla 

 4-5-partite, white , segments imbricate or valvate (not contorted) in the bud, 

 recurved. Stamens 45, filaments short ; anthers ovate. Ovary free, globose ; 

 style cylindric ; stigmas 2-5 small, or subcombined, or patent spathulate ; 

 ovules several or many. Fruit small, globose, dry or fleshy, red or purple. 

 Seed solitary, albumen more or less pitted, scarcely ruminate ; embryo often 

 curved, horizontal. Species 80, chiefly tropical. 



* Style 2-4-/&Z, branches spreading flat spathulate-ovate. 



1. Itt. africana, Linn.; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 93 ; branchlets pubescent, 

 leaves subsessile oblong narrowed to the base serrate glabrous, flowers and 

 fruits subsessile. Lamk. III. t. 122; Brand. For. Fl. 286; Boise. Fl. Ch'ient. 

 iv. 31. M. glabra and M. scabra, Gaertn. Fruct. i 282, t. 59, fig. 1. M. retusa, 

 Ait. ; Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 86 : Jacq. Hort. Schcenb. iv. t. 424. M. rotundifolia, 

 Lamk. Diet. iv. 194. M. bifaria, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 

 296, and Cat. 2294. M. Potama, Don Prodr. 146. 



HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir and the Salt Range to Nipal. alt. 1-8500 ft., frequent. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan. Afri -a to the Cape and the Azores. 



A shrub or small tree ; sometimes 20 ft. Leaves (at most) 1 \ by in. Flowers 

 in clusters of 3-8, 4- (or 5-)merous, less than ~ in. diam. Style branches 2-4 

 spathulate. Berry |- in. diam. 



2. IK. semiserrata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall ii. 293 ; 

 Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 24, and Cat. 2295 ; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate acute 

 sparingly denticulate or entire, pedicels shorter than the fruits. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 93: Brand. For. Fl. 285 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. ii. 221, and For. Fl. ii 105. 

 M. acuminata, Rnyle 111. 265 ; Madden in Journ. As. Soc. xvii. pt. i. 368. M 

 sessilis, Don Prodr. 146 ; A. DC. I. c. 104. 



NIPAL ; Wallich. KHASIA, alt. 3-5000 ft., common. BIBMA, Kurz. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 3 by f in., narrowed at both ends, oriaceous ; 



