ANTlDi:,SMACK.E MYRICACEiE. 295 



4. lanceolariutn, Wall. {Cat. — Stilago lanceolaria, Roib. fl. ind. 3, p. 



760.) L. 5 Chittagong. Fl. minute, greenish. May and June ; fr. 



C. S. 

 b.pubescens, Roxb. {Corom. 2, t. 167; — fl. ind. 3, p. 770; — Spreng. 



syst.p. 826;— J. Qrah. Cat. B. pi. p. 186;—Rhced. 5, t. 11.) 5 Cir- 



car Mountains. S. Concan. Fl. minute, greenish-yellow, H. S. ; fr. 



R. S. Berries eaten by the natives. {Roxb.) 

 6. paniculatum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 770 ; — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 826 ; — J. 



Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 186.) «{1^ ^^I Khoodi-jam. 5 S. Concan. Penang. 



Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. Nepal. Fl. minute, pale greenish, April 



and May ; fr. July. Berries acidulous, of a pleasant taste. 



7 . macrophyllum, "| 



8. acuminatum, Wall. MSS. Silhet. In H. C. G. Fl. 



9. rugosum, J 

 Falconeria, Royle, (ill. p. 354.) 



1. WaUichiana, Royle. (o. c. t. 98, /. 3.) b Nepal. Lately introduced. 



* Antidesma sylvestre, Lam. Rheed. 5, t. 26. S S. Concan. — Falconeria 

 insignis, Royle, ill. t. 98, f. 2, b Deyra-Dhoon. 



ORDER CXXIII.— MYRICACEyE,_Lind]. Nat. Syst. p. 179. 



THE GALE TRIBE. 



Aromatic shrubs or trees, by Lindl. referred to 4 genera. Of these, 

 according to Spreng. syst. 10 species are natives of S. America ; 3 of 

 N. America; 4 of S. Africa; I of the Azores; 1 of Europe; 4-5 are 

 found in the E. Indies. The latter are 3-4 Myricas ; (Nepal Moun- 

 tains. Singapore. Peninsula of India.) and 1 Putranjiva, (Assam, and 

 Khassya Mountains, Oude, Coromandel.) Royle observes that Myrica 

 sapida is in his opinion not distinct from M. integrifolia. — M. esculenta 

 and octandra, Buch. w^e find only in Spreng. c. p. pag. 47 and 48. Are 

 they really distinct from Roxburgh's plant .'' Properties of no great im- 

 portance. " Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait. posesses astringent and tonic 

 properties, and is much used in the domestic medicine of the United 

 States in cases of diarrhoea. Barton. 1, p. 224. The root of Myrica 

 cerifera, L. is a powerful astringent, and wax is obtained in great abun- 

 dance from its berries," {Lindl.) 

 Myrica, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 374, No. 554 ; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, 271.) 



1. integrifolia, Roxb. (fl. ind. 3, p. 765.) L. S Khassya Mountains. In 

 H. C. G. fl. December and January ; fr. May. Fruit pickled by the 

 natives, and used as a condiment. {Roxb.) 



2. sapida. Wall. {tent. fl. nep. t. 45.) Himalayas, from the Sutlej to 

 Silhet. Fruit agreeably flavoured. Introduced in 1840. 



