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MYRSINEACE^E. XII. 



* Panicles or racemes terminal. 



1 M. PANICULA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 2320. Alph. D. C. in Lin. 

 trans. 17. p. 133.) quite glabrous; leaves broad elliptic, acute 

 at both ends, large, toothed ; racemes axillary and terminal, 

 elongated slender. ^ . S. Native about Tavoy, in the 

 Burman Empire. Leaves 6 inches long, and 3 broad, mem- 

 branous, shining, a little dotted. Flowers approximate. Stigma 

 3-lobed. 



I'anicled-fiowered Msesa. Shrub. 



2 M. MUSCOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 866. under Baeobotrys) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, long-acuminated, rather repand, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, as well as the branchlets ; panicles axillary, fastigiate. 



J? . G. Native of Java, among bushes on the mountains. 



Mossy Maesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 



S M. VIRGA'TA (Blum, bijdr. 864, under Bae6botrys) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, much acuminated, glandularly denticulated above 

 the base, glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branchlets ; 

 racemes compound, twiggy, axillary. fj . S. Native of Java, 

 in mountain woods. 



Par. fi ; leaves quite entire. ^ . S. On the top of Mount 

 Cede. 



Twiggy Msesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 



4 M. LATIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 866, under Bseobotrys) 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminated, glandularly denticu- 

 lated above the base, and are, as well as the branchlets, gla- 

 brous ; racemes axillary, simple. I? . S. Native of Java, on 

 the top of Mrunt Cede. 



Broad-leaved Msesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 



* * Racemes usually lateral. 



5 M. OVA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 2324. Alph. D. C. 1. c. p. 133. 

 t. 4.) glabrous ; leaves ovate, acuminated, rather cordate, entire, 

 shining on both surfaces ; racemes axillary, elongated, slender, 

 rather longer than the leaves. Pj . S. Native of Penang. 

 Branches not dotted. Leaves 2-3 inches long, membranous. 

 Flowers not numerous. Hardly distinct from M . ramentacea. 



Ovate-leaved Msesa. Shrub. 



6 M. RAMENTA CEA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 231.) glabrous ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminated, entire, smooth ; panicles terminal, axil- 

 lary, and lateral, ramentaceous. I? . S. Native of Silhet, 

 where it is called Mulmooriya ; and of the Burman Empire, 

 about Rangoon, Moalmyne, and Tavoy. Bse6botrys lucida, 

 Wall. cat. no. 2323. Leaves 2-6 inches long. Panicles nume- 

 rous, small, crowded with small abortive rusty ramentaceous 

 branchlets. Flowers small, greenish yellow. Berries small, 

 white, succulent. Stigma 2-3-lobed. 



Ramentaceous Msesa. Shrub. 



7 M. MISSIONIS (Alph. D. C. 1. c. p. 134.) glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, entire ; racemes shorter than the leaves. 

 I? . S. Native of the East Indies. Baeobotrys ? missi6nis, 

 Wall. cat. no. 6523. Intermediate between M. ramentacea and 

 M. nemoralis. Leaves 1-3 inches long, acutish at the base, a 

 little toothed. 



Mission Maesa. Shrub. 



8 M. NEMORA'LIS (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, repandly tooihed ; racemes axillary, short and crowded. 



^ . S. Native of Silhet, where it is called Mulmooriya, 

 Baeobotrys nemoralis, Forst. nov. gen. p. 2;>. Vahl. symb. p. 

 19 ?. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 232. Mart, choix. de pi. mun. p. 6. 

 t. 6. Leaves 3-4 inches long. Racemes twice the length of the 

 petioles. Flowers small, white. Stigma 3-lobed. 



Grove Msesa. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1830. Shrub. 



9 M. BLU'MII ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both 

 ends, glandularly serrulated from the middle to the apex, and 

 are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; racemes axillary, simple 



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and compound, shorter than the leaves. ^ S. Native of Java, 

 in mountain woods, where it is called Kipiit burriet. Bseobotrys 

 lanceolata, Blum, bijdr. 865. 



Var. a ; leaves oval, acutish at both ends. J? . S. Native of 

 Java, in the province of Cheribon, and among bushes at Tjiradjas. 



Var. ft ; leaves rounded at the base ; racemes compound. 

 Jj . S. Java, in woods on Mount Salak. 



Blume's Maesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 



10 M. I'NDICA (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves from 

 ovate to lanceolate, coarsely serrated ; racemes axillary and ter- 

 minal : the terminal ones most generally compound. ^ . G. 

 Native of Chittagong and Nipaul. Hook, bot. mag. 2052. 

 Baeobotrys I'ndica, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 230. Baeob. lanceolata, 

 Vahl. symb. 1. p. 19. t. 6. Mae'sa Chisea, D. Don. prod. fl. 

 nep. p. 118?. Mse'sa Forsk. fl. segypt. arab. p. 22. t. 11. 

 Leaves 3-6 inches long, pretty smooth. Racemes usually 

 aggregate. Flowers numerous, pure white. Stigma lobed. 

 The berries, which are white, are eaten by the Parbuteeyas, or 

 hill people of Nipaul. 



Indian Msesa. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1817. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



11 M. LANCEOLA'TA ; glabrous; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 acuminated ; racemes twin, many-flowered. ^ G. Native of 

 Nipaul. Baeobotrys lanceolata, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 148. 

 Leaves 3 inches long. Racemes sometimes by threes, or trifid 

 or bifid from the base. 



Lanceolate-leave A Maesa. Shrub. 



12 M. DU'BIA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 235.) almost 

 glabrous ; leaves ovate, acuminated, coarsely serrated ; panicles 

 axillary, racemose, equal in length to the leaves, fj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, at Wynaad and Coorg. Branches hardly 

 pubescent, dotted. Leaves 5-6 inches long. Panicles composed 

 of long slender racemes. Flowers very small. 



Doubtful Maesa. Shrub. 



13 M. ARGE'NTEA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 233.) young 

 branches villous, old ones downy ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 sharply toothed, downy, of a silvery white colour beneath ; 

 racemes axillary, short. Ij . G. Native of Nipaul, on Chundra- 

 giri. Branches subscandent. Leaves 6-8 inches long. Racemes 

 downy : having a few alternate branches at the base, giving it 

 the appearance of being fascicled. Flowers dense, white, 

 nodding. Berries smooth white. 



Silvery Msesa. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1818. Shrub 5 to 6 

 feet. 



14 M. MACROPHY'LLA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 234. cat. 

 no. 2325,) arboreous, densely villous ; leaves ovate, subcordate, 

 very soft, obtuse or acute, strongly toothed ; panicles axillary 

 and terminal. fj . G. Native of Nipaul, at Hetounra, and on 

 Chundragiri, Naokote, foot of Sheopore, and on hills called 

 Chiriaghaut. Bseobotrys tomentosa, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 

 148.? Young branches ferruginous. Leaves 6 to 12 inches 

 long. Flowers white, smaller than those of the preceding, as 

 also the berries. 



Long-leaved Meesa. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1818. Tree 10 

 feet. 



15 M. MOLLIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 865, under Bceobotrys,) leaves 

 elliptic, oblong, acute, almost entire, soft beneath, as well as the 

 branchlets; racemes axillary, simple. Tj . S. Native of Java, 

 on the mountains. 



Soft Msesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 



16 M. MOLLISSIMA (Blum, bijdr. p. 866, under Bceobotrys) 

 leaves oblong, acute, almost quite entire, clothed with silky down 

 above, but very soft beneath, as well as the branchlets ; racemes 

 compound, axillary. ^ . S. Native of Java, on the mountains. 



Very soft Msesa. Fl. year. Shrub. 



Cult. See Ard'isia, p. 20, for culture and propagation. 



