Myrsine. pentanbria monogynia. 205 



the calyx ; tube very short. — Filaments extremely short, inserted 

 immediately under the base of, and opposite to the laciniae. An* 

 titers large, ovate, erect, orange-coloured, bursting longitudinally on 

 each side.— Pistil longer than the stamens, dotted. Ovary ovate, 

 one-celled, from three to four-seeded; the ovula semi-immersed in a 

 horizontal circular line, round a fleshy, globular, erect and free pla- 

 centa. Style columnar, short. Stigma fleshy, with sub-iufundibuli- 

 f'oim base, and a large, dimidiate, unilateral, fimbriated, three-lobed, 

 sub-laciniate limb.— Male flutters smaller than the united ones, with 

 lilac anthers and a rudiment of the pistil. Drupe the size of a pea, 

 red, globular, apiculate, a little depressed, supported by the unal- 

 tered, minute calyx ; smooth and shining. Flesh soft and pulpy. 

 Seed one, erect, round. Put amen crustaceous, smooth. Integument 

 membranous. Perisperm conform to the seed, cartilaginous, pitted 

 and slightly ruminate externally ; pearl-coloured- Seed cylindric, long, 

 slightly curved, very nearly horizontal, almost equalling the perisperm 

 in length, its extremities reaching almost to the surface. Cotyledons 

 seuii-cylindric, blunt, their inside flat ; radicula obtuse. 



Obs. The wood of this species i3 of a Chocolate-colour, ra- 

 diated, compact and heavy ; it is much esteemed by the hill people 

 for various carpenters works. They eat the ripe fruit. — N. VV. 



2. M. capitellata, Wall. 



Arboreous, erect. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, most entire, leathery' 

 Flowers sessile in axillary heads. Style long and thick. Stigma 

 blunt, smooth, entire. 



This I have found as common as the preceding and inhabiting the 

 tame places. Time of flowering the same. 



Parb. Syade. 



"N ewar. Bhooee Billoo. 



A tree, resembling the preceding in stature and general appear- 

 ance. Branchlets thick and angular. Leaves scattered, approxi- 

 mate, spreading, tough and leathery, from oblong-lanceolate to 



