80 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 2, 



Leaves attenuate at the base, very acuminate, glossy ; petiole 1 — 2 lin. long ; pedicels 



hardly a line long, thick ; cymes very short, almost sessile, M. IcBvigatum. 



Leaves attenuate at the base, sharply acuminate ; pedicels 1 — 1| lin. long ; umbel-like 



cjTues shortly peduncled, 31. plebejunu 



Calyx about 1| lin. across, tubercled. 

 Pedicels short and thick ; calyx undulate-truncate with a hemispherical tubercled base j 



leaves bluntish or retuse, shortly acuminate, M. puncfafum. 



t t Branchlets sharply 4-lined or almost 4-winged and appear- 

 ing more or less 4-cornered. 



Calyx smooth, about 1^ lin. across, expanded, obsoletely undulate-lobed ; cymes almost 



sessile or shortly peduncled ; leaves as in preceding species, M. scutellatu/n. 



Calyx about | lin. wide, sharply 4.toothed ; leaves only i — 1|- in. long ; pedicels about 

 a line long ; cymes much reduced, almost sessile, few-flowered, . . . .M. pauciflorum, 

 A A Berries the size of a cherry, sappy. 



. . M. cerasiforme. 

 + + Cymes more or less ample, peduncled. Berries the size of a 

 pea or smaller, 

 t Leaves rather thin-coriaceous, the lateral nerves more or less 

 conspicuous and arcuately anastomosing towards the mar- 

 gin. 

 Cymes simple, the pedicels slender ; calyx 1 — IJ lin. wide. Leaves those of ilf. cerasiforme, 



. . 31. celastrimim, 

 Umbellets in thyrsoid cymes, the pedicels 1 — 2 lin. long ; calj^x f lin. wide, the limb 



sinuate 4-angular, 3f. GriffitJdanum. 



t t Leaves more or less thick-coriaceous, the lateral nerves not 

 or barely visible. 

 O Leaves sessile, with a cordate base. 

 Leaves large ; cymes lax, peduncled, rather slender : pedicels 2 — 3 lin. long, slender^ 



. . 31. pulchrum. 

 Leaves petioled, more or less tapering, very rarely 

 rounded, at the base. 

 A Branchlets sharply 4-cornered. Leaves tapering at 

 base. 



Cymes rather short-peduncled, but slender ; leaves 3 — 4 in. long, M. elegans. 



A A Branchlets terete or with only faint lines. 



Leaves attenuate at the base, blunt or retuse, almost opaque when dried ; petiole 1 — 2 



lin. long; pedicels | — 1 lin. long, slender; cymes simple, peduncled, ,. Jf. ovatum. 



Leaves rounded at the base, smooth and shining ; petiole 2 — 4 lin. long ; pedicels 2 — 3 



lin. long ; cymes simple or compound, peduncled, 31. edule, 



1. M. UMBELLATUM, Bumi. Thes. Zeyl. t. 31 and Fl. Ind. 87 ; Bth. 

 Fl. Austr. III. 293 ; Triana in Linn. Trans. XXVIII. 159 ; Bedd. FL 

 Sjlv. t. 206 (M. tinctorium, Koen. in Willd. sp. pi. II. 347 ; Wight 111. 

 I. 215. t. 93 ; M. ramijlorum, Lamk. Diet. IV, 88 ; DC. Prod. III. 6. ex 

 parte). 



Hab. In the tropical forests of Boronga island opposite Akyab, Arra- 

 can. 



