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MEMECYLE2E. I. MEMECYLON. 



toothed limb. Petals 4. Stamens 8. Berry dry, globose, 2-4- 

 celled. 



2 SCU'TULA. Calyx with a truncate, spreading, fleshy, saucer- 

 formed limb. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Berry 8-celled; 

 cells 1 -seeded. 



3 MOURI'RIA. Calyx furnished with 2 scales at the base ; 

 limb urceolate, 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Berry 

 1-4-celled, 1-4-seeded. 



I. MEME'CYLON (from /w^-i/Xov of Dioscorides, the 

 Greek name of the fruit of the A'rbutus). Lin. gen. no. 481. 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 88. ill. t. 284. Pet. Th. obs. p. 57. and p. 58. 

 but not of Mitch. D. C. prod. 3. p. 5. Valikaha, Adans. fam. 

 2. p. 84. 



LIN. SYST. Octtindria, Monogynia. Calyx with a hemis- 

 pherical or subglobose tube, and a small limb striated at the 

 bottom, and with a bluntly 4-toothed, repand, or entire border. 

 Petals 4, oval. Stamens 8, longer than the petals ; filaments 

 free ; anthers incurved, fixed by the middle, acutely beaked at 

 one end, and blunt at the other, and bearing 2 polliniferous cells 

 each. Style 1, filiform, bearing a simple stigma. Berry nearly 

 dry, globose, crowned by the limb of the calyx ; when young 

 2-4-celled, cells 2-seeded ; but when mature 1 -celled, and 1- 

 seeded. Nut brittle, easily separated from the calyx. Seed 

 pendulous, exalbuminous. Cotyledons foliaceous, convolute. 

 Radicle superior, acute. Shrubs having the branches nodose, at 

 the origin of the leaves. Leaves glabrous, rarely 3-nerved, 

 usually feather-nerved. Flowers axillary, in fascicles, or in 

 racemose heads, of a bluish-violet colour. Bracteoles small, 

 opposite, sometimes connate under the flowers and at the bifur- 

 cations of the pedicels. 



* Branches tetragonal. 



1 M. TRINE'RVE (D. C. prod. 3. p. 5.) branches acutely tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves almost sessile ; flowers in fascicles, nearly sessile, 

 at the knots of the branches. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Leaves bluntish, with revolute margins, 2 inches long 

 and 1 broad. 



Three-nerved-]eaved Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



2 M. ANGULOSUM (Reichb. in Sieb. pi. exsic. rnaur. 2. no. 

 116.) branches acutely tetragonal; leaves on very short pe- 

 tioles, oval, rather attenuated at both ends, bluntish, 1 -nerved; 

 flowers pedicellate, in fascicles at the knots of the branches. 

 Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Melaletica ovalifolia, Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 624. Petioles 1-2 lines long. Leaves 2 inches 

 long and 10-12 lines broad. Pedicels usually bifid and 2- 

 flowered. 



Angular -\i\nnc\\ed Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 M. OIO'PTEUUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 5.) branches 4-winged ; 

 the wings curled ; leaves sessile, ovate-roundish, somewhat 

 emarginate at the apex, shining on both surfaces, scarcely 1- 

 nerved. T? . S. Native of Madagascar. Leaves 5-6 lines 

 long and 4 lines broad. Flowers solitary, pedicellate in the 

 specimen examined but it is badly preserved. 



4ll-ninged-stemmcd Memecylon. Shrub 2 feet. 



4 M. SUBQUADRANGULA'RE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 6.) branches 

 tetragonal at the apex; leaves sessile, ovate, bluntish, 1-nerved; 

 flowers pedidellate, in fascicled umbels at the knots of the 

 branches, fy . S. Native of the East Indies. Leaves 2 inches 

 long and an inch broad. Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Border of 

 calyx entire. Flower-bud tetragonal, acute. 



Subquadrangular-branchcd Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 4 feet, 



* Branches terete. 



5 M. CAPITULA TUM (Lin. spec. 497.) branches nearly terete ; 



leaves oval, on short petioles, bluntish, 1-nerved; peduncles 

 axillary, 3-times longer than the petiole, bearing a head of 

 flowers. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon. Burm. zeyl. t. 30. Lam. 

 ill. t. 284. f. 1. Blum, bijdr. p. 1094. Fruit globose, rather 

 ventricose at the base, crowned by the bluntly 4-toothed calyx. 



Small- headed-fiowered Memecylon. Fl. July. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



6 M. SPHJEROCA'RPUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 6.) branches nearly 

 terete ; leaves on short petioles, oval, obtuse, sub-attenuated at 

 the base, 7-nerved ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, hardly 

 longer than the petioles. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. M. 

 tinctorium, Sieb. pi. exsic. maur. 2. p. 115. and perhaps of 

 Willd. Leaves yellowish when dried, with rather revolute 

 margins, 2 inches long and 1 broad. Fruit exactly globose, 

 smaller than those of the preceding, with the limb of the calyx 

 caducous. Flower-bud conical, acute. Border of calyx nearly 

 entire. 



Round-fruited Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



7 M. LAXIFLORUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 6.) branches nearly 

 terete; leaves on short petioles, ovate, acutish, 1-nerved; pe- 

 duncles axillary, twice the length of the petiole ; flowers um- 

 bellate. T? . S. Native of the Mauritius. Rheed. mal. 5. 

 t. 19. ? M. tinctorium, Willd. spec. 2. p. 347. ? Blum, bijdr. 

 p. 1094.? Fruitovate. Leaves 12-15 lines long and 6-7 lines 

 broad. Border of calyx repandly toothed. 



Loose-flowered Memecylon. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



8 M. RAMIFLORUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 88.) branches nearly 

 terete; leaves on short petioles, elliptic, bluntish, 1-nerved; 

 flowers in umbellate fascicles, borne in the axils and beneath 

 the leaves ; style twice the length of the stamens, fj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Mauritius and Ceylon. M. umbellatum, Blum, bijdr. 

 p. 1094. ? Melaleuca bicolor, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 624. The 

 figure in Burm. zeyl. t. 31. agrees well with this species, but the 

 flowers are there represented as tetrandrous, not octandrous. 



Branch-flowered Memecylon. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



9 M. EXCE'LSUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 1094.) branches?; leaves 

 on short petioles, elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminated, glabrous, 

 and rather veiny, pale beneath ; fascicles of flowers corymbose, 

 axillary ; fruit oval. I; . S. Native of Java, on Mount 

 Salak. 



Tall Memecylon. Tree 30 feet. 



10 M. OVA'TUM (Smith, inRees'cycl. vol. 23. no. 3.) branches 

 nearly terete ? leaves on long petioles, ovate, bluntly acumin- 

 ated ; peduncles rising on the naked parts of the branches, 

 aggregate, umbelliferous ; base of calyx 8-nerved. Jj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Petioles half an inch long. Leaves 

 3 inches long. 



Ovate-leaved Memecylon. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



11 M. EDU'LE (Roxb. cor. 1. t. 82.) branches terete; leaves 

 on short petioles, broadly ovate, obtuse, 1-nerved ; peduncles 

 tetragonal, usually rising from the knots beneath the leaves, 

 umbellately racemose, many-flowered ; style about equal in 

 length to the stamens. Jj . S. Native of Coromandel, in every 

 jungle. Fruit juicy, crowned by the 4-toothed limb of the 

 calyx ; when ripe they are eaten by the natives ; they have 

 much pulp of a bluish-black colour, and of an astringent quality. 



Edible Memecylon. Clt. 1820. Tree 1 to 1 2 feet. 



12 M. ACUMINA'TUM (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 4.) branches 

 terete ? leaves on short petioles, elliptic, acute ; peduncles ax- 

 illary, very short, umbelliferous ; style about equal in length to 

 the petals, fj . S. Native country unknown. 



/4cuminated-]eaved Memecylon. Tree. 



13 M. GRA'NDE (Retz, obs. 4. p. 26.) arboreous; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, 1-nerved, on short petioles ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, 4-5-cleft, many-flowered. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Blum, bijdr. p. 1095. Nedum-Schatti, Rheed. mal. 2. 



