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MYRSINEACE^E. VI. MYRSINE. 



Corolla pale pink. Drupe size of a pea, round, smooth and 

 shining ; flesh soft and pulpy. The wood of this tree is of a 

 chocolate colour, radiated, compact, and heavy ; it is much es- 

 teemed by the hill people for various carpenter's work. They 

 eat the ripe fruit. 



Half-serratcd-\ea.ved Myrsine. Fl. Dec. March. Clt. 1822. 

 Tree 30-40 feet. 



7 M. VARIA'BILIS (R. Br. prod. p. 532. Sieb.pl. exsic. nov. 

 holl. no. 262.) leaves obovate, oblong, entire, or toothed ; flowers 

 in umbellate sessile fascicles ; pedicels glabrous ; flowers tetran- 

 drous and pentandrous, polygamous ; anthers sessile, tj . G. 

 Native of New South Wales. 



Variable Myrsine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 



8 M. URCEOLA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 quite entire ; flowers in axillary sessile umbels ; pedicels gla- 

 brous ; flowers tetrandrous, polygamous ; corolla of the male 

 flowers urceolate ; stamens inclosed. J? . G. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic. 



frceo/aie-flowered Myrsine. Shrub. 



9 M. CRASSIFOLIA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves obovate, coriaceous, 

 entire ; flowers axillary, aggregate, almost sessile. }j . G. 

 Native of New Holland, within the tropic ; and of Norfolk 

 Island. Endlicher, prod. fl. ins. norf. p. 48. Bauer, ill. ins. 

 norf. t. 124. Leaves 2 or 2j inches long. 



Thick-leaved Myrsine. Shrub. 



10 M. EXCE'LSA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 147) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acute, quite entire, glabrous, attenuated at the base ; 

 flowers dioecious, pentandrous; umbels sessile, glomerate, woolly ; 

 lobes of stigma oblong. T? . G. Native of Nipaul, in woods. 



Tall Myrsine. Tree 30-40 feet. 



11 M. CAPITELLA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 295.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, coriaceous ; flowers pen- 

 tandrous, polygamous, sessile: in heads, from the axils of the 

 fallen leaves, in which case they appear lateral ; calycine teeth 

 ovate-acute ; anthers oblong, large. ^ . G. Native of Nipaul, 

 where it is called, in the Newar language, BhoollaBilloo. Branches 

 angular. Leaves 5-7 inches long, copiously dotted. Flowers 

 greenish, with copious resinous elevated brown dots ; aestivation 

 valvate. Calyx urceolate. Corolla with lanceolate-recurved 

 segments and short tube. Stigma slightly 2-lobed. Drupes like 

 those of M. semiserrdta, but smaller. 



Far. fi, parvifolia (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 106) 

 leaves smaller ; heads few- flowered. Jj . G. Native of Silhet. 

 M. lanceolata, Wall. cat. no. 2297. Leaves 2-3 inches long. 

 Flowers scattered. 



Small-headed Myrsine. Fl. Dec. March. Clt. 1822. Tree 

 30-40 feet. 



12 M. LUCIDA (Wall. cat. no. 2298.) leaves lanceolate, quite 

 entire, glabrous, with dotted margins ; flowers lateral, in fascicles, 

 pentandrous, polygamous ? calycine lobes ovate, acute, . a little 

 ciliated, fj . G. Native of the Burman Empire, on Mount 

 Taong Dong. Branches brown. Leaves 4-5 inches long, 

 acuminated or bluntish, coriaceous. Berries globose, deep 

 purple. 



Shining-leaved Myrsine. Tree small. 



IS M. PORTERIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6525. Alph. D. C. in 

 Lin. trans. 17. p. 106.) glabrous; leaves lanceolate, acute at 

 both ends, entire ; flowers sessile, glomerate, few, pentandrous, 

 polygamous ? ; calycine lobes ovate, acute, ciliated. f? . G. 

 Native of Penang. Branches with white dots, leafy at top. 

 Leaves 1-| to 2 inches long, beset with depressed dots beneath. 



Porter's Myrsine. Tree small. 



14 M. WIGHTIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 2300. Alph. D. C. 1. c.) 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, scabrous from 

 dots ; flowers few, sessile, pentandrous, polygamous ? ; calycine 

 lobes ovate, acute, ciliated. Jj . G. Native of the East Indies. 



Branches inflated at the origin of the leaves and flowers. Leaves 

 approximate at the tops of the branches, 2-3 inches long, some- 

 times obtuse, coriaceous, beset with elevated dots. 

 Wight's Myrsine. Tree. 



15 M. LINEA'RIS (Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 709.) leaves linear, 

 quite entire, flat, shining, crowded at the tops of the branches ; 

 flowers pentandrous, in fascicles. ^ G. Native of Cochin 

 China, in woods. M. athrurophy'llum, R. Br. Athrurophy'llum 

 lineare, Lour. coch. p. 148. Flowers small, whitish red. 



Zinear-leaved Myrsine. Tree tall. 



16 M. MITIS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 663.) glabrous; leaves ob- 

 long, acute at both ends ; flowers lateral, sessile, aggregate, 

 pentandrous ; lobes of calyx roundish, obtuse ; corolla rotate, 

 with oblong, obtuse, concave segments ; stigma sessile. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sideroxylon mite, Lin. syst. 

 p. 193. Jacq. coll. 2. p. 249. Scleroxylon mite, Willd. spec. 

 1. p. 1089. Sider6xylon mas inerme, Mill. fig. t. 299. Manglilla 

 Milleriana, Pers. ench. 1. p. 237. Chrysophyllum Millerianum, 

 Lam. ill. no. 2477. In Miller's figure the peduncles are 

 lateral and axillary, cymose. 



Mild Myrsine. Fl. July. Clt. 1692. Shrub 6-feet. 



17 M. MELANOPHLE'OS (R. Br. prod. p. 533.) glabrous; 

 leaves elliptic or lanceolate-oblong, bluntish ; flowers axillary, 

 aggregate, on short angular pedicels, pentandrous. ^ G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sideroxylon melanophleum, 

 Lin. mant. p. 48. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 89. t. 71. Burm. afr. 

 238. t. 84. f. 2. Comm. hort. 1. p. 195. t. 109. Manglilla 

 melanophleos, Pers. ench. 1. p. 237. Chrysophyllum melano- 

 phleum, Lam. diet. Scleroxylon melanophleum, Willd. enum. 1. 

 p. 249. Rcemeria melanophlea, Thunb. nov. gen. in Roam, 

 arch. 2. B. p. 1. Flowers hermaphrodite. 



Black-paper Myrsine. Fl. ?. Clt. 1 783. Shrub. 



18 M. SAMA'RA (R. Br. 1. c. Room, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 511) leaves elliptic ; flowers pentandrous, in small corymbs. 



^2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Samara pentandra, 

 Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 160. Willd. spec. 1. p. 665. Flowers 

 small. Branches leafy at top. 



Samara Myrsine. Fl. Feb. Nov. Clt. 1770. Shrub. 



19 M. AVE'NIS (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 107.) leaves 

 lanceolate, bluntish at the apex, narrowed at the base, quite 

 entire, coriaceous, glabrous, nearly veinless ; flowers in axillary 

 and lateral fascicles ; calycine teeth acute. ^ S. Native of 

 Java, on the top of Mount Burangrang. Ardisia avenis, Blume, 

 bijdr. t. 691. 



Reinless Myrsine. Tree 20 feet. 



20 M. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, entire, glabrous, coriaceous, thick, beset with black dots 

 beneath ; flowers in fascicles, pentandrous, polygamous. ? caly- 

 cine lobes ovate, a little ciliated ; berries globose, pedicellate. 

 \l . S. Native of Madagascar. Leaves 2-4 inches long, emar- 

 ginate, attenuated into the petioles. Pedicels three lines long. 



Madagascar Myrsine. Shrub or tree. 



21 M. RAPA'NEA (R. Br. prod. 533. Ream, et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 509.) glabrous ; leaves obovate, entire, full of ex- 

 cavated dots on both surfaces : flowers pentandrous, male 

 and hermaphrodite, in axillary and lateral fascicles ; corolla 

 white ; calycine segments ovate, acute. f; . S. Native 

 of French Guiana, Island of Trinidad ; and about Bahia, in 

 Brazil. Rapanea Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 121. t. 46. 

 Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 262. Lam. ill. t. 121, f. 1. Samara pen- 

 tandra, Swartz, descr. 262. but not of Ait. Samara floribiinda, 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 665. Caballeria coriacea, Meyer, esseq. p. 

 118. Berries globose, violaceous, size of a grain of pepper. 

 Flowers white. Leaves 4-5 inches long. 



Rapanea Myrsine. Shrub 5-6 feet. 



22 M. CORIACEA (R. Br. prod. p. 533. Rocm. et Schultes, 



