MYRSINEACE.E. VI. MYRSINE. VII. BADULA. 



well as the petioles, young branches, and buds, beset with more 

 dense rusty down ; flowers aggregate on short pedicels. T? . G. 

 Native of Mexico, at Jalapa. Leaves 3-4 inches long, and 8-10 

 lines broad. Fruit small, globose, bluntly mucronate, seated on 

 the 5-cleft stellate calyx, marked with lines, brownish. Calycine 

 segments slightly ciliated. Stigma pentagonal. 

 Myrica-like Myrsine. Fl. March, May. Shrub. 



* * Stigma simple. 



37 M. ARDISIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 249.) leaves oblong, somewhat acuminated, cuneated at the base, 

 quite entire, membranous, glabrous ; corymbs axillary, sessile, 

 few-flowered; pedicels glabrous ; flowers pentandrous ; calycine 

 segments roundish-ovate, obtuse, dotted with glands. Tj . G. 

 Native of Peru. Branches glabrous, brown. Leaves 4-5 lines 

 long. Fascicles 6-7-flowered. Corolla white?, with revolute, 

 ovate, obtuse segments, which are full of glandular dots. Berries 

 dry, depressedly globose. 



Ardisia-like Myrsine. Tree small. 



38 M. PENDULIFLORA (Moc. et Sesse, icon. fl. mex. ined. 

 Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 110.) glabrous; leaves ovate, 

 bluntish, entire, narrowed into the petioles ; umbels axillary, pen- 

 dulous, one-half shorter than the petioles ; flowers pentandrous ; 

 teeth of calyx ovate, acute, small ; lobes of corolla ovate, acute, 

 3 times as large as the calyx ; anthers lanceolate, sessile, inserted 

 in the middle of the lobes of the corolla, and shorter than them ; 

 style acute, inclosed ; berry globose. Tj . G. Native of Mexico. 

 Leaves an inch long. Flowers either solitary, or 2-5 in a fascicle. 

 Corolla pale red. 



Pendulous-flowered Myrsine. Tree or shrub. 



39 M. CANARIE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 663.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, bluntish, almost sessile, large, glabrous, coriaceous, 

 entire ; flowers axillary, in fascicles, sessile ; calyx 5-6-toothed ; 

 corolla 5-6-cleft : having the lobes linear-lanceolate ; stamens 

 inclosed, inserted in the middle of the corolla ; anthers acute ; 

 style inclosed, acuminated. Jj . G. Native of Teneriffe. 

 Scleroxylon Canariense, Willd. mag. berol. nat. freund. 3. p. 59. 

 Manglilla Canariensis, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 505. 

 Branches spotted with white. Leaves 4-6 inches long, and 2-4 

 broad. Flowers 3-8 in a fascicle. Lobes of calyx ovate, obtuse, 

 a little ciliated. Berry globose. There are varieties of this 

 having the leaves more or less full of pellucid dots, which are 

 either round or oblong. Flowers whitish. 



Canary Island Myrsine. FL? Clt. 1850. Tree 30-40 feet. 



40 M. PACHYSA'NDRA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 297. cat. 

 no. 2284.) branches velvety ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 

 entire, dotted, glabrous above, rather pilose beneath, having the 

 lateral nerves arched ; flowers fascicled, pedicellate, hermaphro- 

 dite, pentandrous ; calycine lobes ovate, ciliated ; corolline lobes 

 reflexed ; anthers large, triangular, connate at the time of 

 flowering ; style acuminated. T? . S. Native of Penang and 

 Singapore. This is an anomalous species : the dots on the 

 leaves and flowers are more like those of Ardisia than Myrsine ; 

 but the inflorescence is that of Myrsine. The alabastrum is 

 spirally twisted, and the aestivation imbricate. Perhaps a new 

 genus. 



Thick-anthered Myrsine. Tree small.. 



f Species unknown, or very doubtful. 



41 M. SCA'BRA (Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 282.) T; . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps the same as M. Africana, 

 var. fl, retu.ia. 



Scabrous Myrsine. Shrub 3-6 feet. 



42 M. LS'TA (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 112) leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, or lanceolate-elliptic, even on both sides ; flowers 

 fascicled, pedicellate, hardly longer than the petioles. ^ . S. 



Native of the West Indies. Samara lae'ta, Lin. mant. 199. syst. 

 159. Swartz, prod. 151. Memecylon umbellatum, Lin. fl. 

 zeyl. no. 469. Burm. ind. 87. fl. zeyl. 76. t. 31. Branches 

 purplish. Flowers numerous, yellow. 

 Joyful Myrsine. Shrub 6-10 feet. 



43 M. MYRTIFOLIA (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, acute ; 

 flowers white, ^ . G. Native of South America. Samara 

 myrtifolia, Rcem. et Schultes, mant. 3. p. 220. This plant 

 is entirely unknown to Kunth, see Linnsca, 1830. p. 376. It 

 is perhaps the same as M. dependens, which is marked Caballeria 

 myrtifolia in Deless. herb. 



Myrtle-leaved Myrsine. Shrub or tree. 



44 M. SALIGNA (Alph, D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, narrowed at the base, clothed with rufous tomentum on 

 the middle nerve beneath, as well as the petioles and branches ; 

 flowers pentandrous. J? . G. Native of South America. 

 Samara saligna, Willd. mss. ex Roam, et Schultes, mant. 3. p. 

 220. This species is also unknown to Kunth. see Linnaea. 1830, 

 p. 367. Flowers sometimes tetrandrous and hexandrous. 



Willowy Myrsine. Shrub or tree. 



Cult. The species of this genus grow well in any light rich 

 soil, or a mixture of loam, peat, and sand ; and cuttings, not too 

 ripe, root readily if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass 

 placed over them : those of the tropical species require a little 

 heat. 



VII. BA'DULA (a name used by Burman, in his Flora Zey- 

 lanica.) Juss. gen. 420, exclusive of the syn. Burm. zeyl. Alph. 

 D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 112. Barthesia, Comm. in herb. mus. 

 par. Anguillaria species, Lam. ill. Myrsine species, Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. vol. 4. 



LIN. SYST. Petitdndria Monogynia. Calyx 5 -lobed (f. 4. a.). 

 Corolla 5-cleft (f. 4. 6.). Stamens 5, shorter than the corolla ; 

 anthers almost sessile, acute, free, 2-celled (f. 4. d.); cells burst- 

 ing by a longitudinal chink. Style shorter than the stamens ; 

 stigma thick, capitate or obscurely-lobed (f. 4. c.). Berry glo- 

 bose. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, dotted. In- 

 florescence like that of Ardisia, that is, the pedicels are ap- 

 proximate or umbellate at the extremities of the peduncles. The 

 species are all natives of the Mauritius or Bourbon. 



1 B. MICRA'NTHA (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 112.) 

 peduncles velvety ; leaves broad-oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; 

 panicles terminal, pyramidal, many-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers small, velvety ; alabastra globose. T? . S. 

 Native of the Island of Bourbon and the Mauritius. Leaves 1J 

 to 2 inches long, dotted. Lobes of calyx small, acute ; those of 

 the corolla ovate, obtuse. Stigma obtuse. 



Small-flowered Badula. Shrub or tree. 



2 B. BARTHE'SIA (Alph. D. C. 1. c. p. 113.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acutish, tapering a long way at the base, glabrous, thin, 

 dotted ; peduncles racemose, many-flowered, rather shorter 

 than the leaves ; calycine lobes obtuse, ciliated ; anthers acute ; 

 stigma capitate, obscurely-lobed. J; . S. Native of the Mauri- 

 tius. Barthesia, Comm. in herb. mus. par. Badula, Juss. gen. 

 p. 240. Anguillaria Barthesia, Lam. ill. no. 2742. Myrsine 

 Barthesia, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 507. Bark of branches 

 yellow. Leaves half a foot long, besprinkled with reddish dots. 

 Corolla white. 



Barthesia Badula. Shrub or tree. 



3 B. INSULA'RIS (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, coriaceous ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 

 alternate ; calyx 5-parted ; alabastra ovate ; stigma obtuse. 

 1? . S. Native of the Isle of Bourbon or the Mauritius. 

 Branches rusty. Leaves 1-3 inches long. Lobes of calyx acute, 

 ciliated a little. 



Island Badula. Shrub or tree. 



