MYRSINACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder. 



MYRSINE. 



Myrsine semiserrata Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Lid. II. 293 (1824); 

 Tent. Fl. Nepal. 34, t. 24 (1824-26). — A. De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 

 93 (1844). — Brandis, Forest Fl. Brit. Ind. 285 (1874); Ind. Trees, 416 

 (1906). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 105 (1877). — Clarke in 

 Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 511 (1882). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. 61 (1889). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 518 (1900). — Mez 

 in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-236, 339 (1902). — Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. 

 Edinburgh, VII. 41, 43, 262 {PL Chin. Forrest.) (1912). — Leveille, Fl 

 Kouy-Tcheou, 287 (1914). 



Myrsine sessilis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 146 (1825). 



Samara sessilis Hamilton ex D. Don, 1. c. (pro synon.) (1825). 



Myrsine subspinosa D. Don, 1. c. 147 (1825). — A. De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 



94 (1844). 

 Samara subspinosa Hamilton ex D. Don, 1. c. 147 (pro s>Tion.) (1825). 

 Myrsine excelsa D. Don, 1. c. 147 (1825). — A. De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 94 



(1844). 

 Myrsine acuminata Royle, III. Bot. Himal. 265 (1839) (nomen nudum). — 



Madden in Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, XVII. 1, 368 (1848). 

 Myrsine khasyana Kurz in Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, XLVI. pt. 2, 21 (1877). 



Western Hupeh : Ichang, glens, alt. 30-600 m., March and June 

 1907 (No. 3297, in part; bush 1.25-2 m. tall, flowers whitish, fruit 

 purple); same locality, A. Henry (Nos. 3277, 3277^ 3277^^): Changlo 

 Hsien, side of streams, alt. 900 m., May 1907 (No. 3091, bush 2-2.25 m. 

 tall); without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 7685). Western 

 Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, cliffs, alt. 300 m., May 1908 (No. 3297, in 

 part; bush 1.25-2 m. tall, flowers whitish); Kuan Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 900-1200 m., September 1910 (No. 4605; bush 2-3 m. tall, fruit purple). 

 Yunnan: south of Red River from Manmei, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 9173^); Mengtze, alt. 1600-1800 m., A. Henry (Nos. 9173 «, 

 9173^9173^); Yuan-chiang, alt. 1500 m., A.Henry (Nos. 13270, 13311). 



Myrsine africana Linnaeus, Spec. 196 (1753). — Lamarck, Tab. 

 Encycl. Meth. II. 49, t. 122 (1793). —A. De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 93 



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