Myrsine. pentandria monogynu. 29ft 



iii. 126. t. 202. and it approaches closely to Sideroxylon and Chry- 

 sophj/ltum. — The structures of the flowers, their glandular nature, and 

 above all the anatomy of the ovary prove it to belong to the family 

 of Myrsinea, and probably to the genus under winch I have placed 

 it.-N. VV. 



5. M. ? undulata, Wall. 



Shrubby, climbing, smooth. Leaves lanceolate, membranous, 

 with entire, undulate margins. Racemes lateral 111 the axils of the; 

 fallen leaves. Flowers tetrandrous, four-petalled. Stamina shorter 

 than the corolla. 



This is rather an uncommon shrub in Nipal where I have only 

 found it on Sheopore, blossoming in May. 



A large climbing, smooth, branchy shrub. Bark ash-coloured, 

 somewhat spungy, with numerous, callous dots. Branches slender, 

 round; the old ones sub-pendulous, the young shoots ascending; 

 with terminal, small, subulate buds. — Leaves alternate, membranous,, 

 smooth, lanceolate, acuminate^ base acute ; margins slightly waved, 

 entire, rib brownish, nerves and veins capillary, reticulate; besprink- 

 led with scattered diaphanous minute lines or dots; the upper side 

 shining; from three to four inches long ; taste slightly acidulous — . 

 Petiols very short, furrowed, slightly membrane-margined, jointed 

 at the base. Stipules none.— Racemes scarcely an inch long, sub- 

 sessile, lateral from the axils of the fallen leaves, spreading, numer- 

 ous. — Peduncle thickish, cylindric, pubescent.— Pedicels scattered, 

 spreading, pubescent, three or four lines long, jointed at the base 

 and supported by a small lanceolate bracte. — Flowers small, scentless, 

 yellowish, white, doited. Ca/yxovate, smooth, four-cleft ; lacini<$ 

 ovate, obtuse. — Corolla four times as long as the calyx, spreading, 

 four-petalled \petals lanceolate, acute, thickish, a little concave above, 

 scabrous, somewhat gland-ciliate ; during aestivation two are exte- 

 rior, and two interior. Stamina four, spreading, a little shorter thaa 



the petals, inserted above the base of them, aud from thence decora 



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