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



X X Inflorescence very much longer than the petioles, 

 t Leaves entire. 



Eaccmes compound, shorter than the leaves, M. ramcntacea. 



t t Leaves coarsely serrate. 



Eacemes compound, shorter than the leaves ; calyx only | lin. long, M. Indica. 



Eacemes compound, very slender, as long as or longer than the leaves ; calyx nearly a 



line long, , M. paniculata. 



* * Inflorescence^ and more or less also the sinuate-toothed leaves and softer parts, 

 pubescent or otherwise hairy. 

 Leaves softly pubescent, especially beneath ; panicles or racemes dense, rusty pubes- 

 cent, shorter than the petiole ; bracts minute, M. molUssima. 



Leaves glabrous, midrib beneath sparingly hairy ; panicles densely rusty-hairy and 

 mossy, much longer than the petioles ; bracts about as long as the pedicels, 



. . M. muscosa, 



1. M. Andamanica, Kurz For. Fl. Burm. II. 575. (Jf. verrticosa, 

 Kurz For. Fl. Burm. 11. 98, non Scheff.). 



Has. In the tropical forests of South Andaman. — Fl. May, June. 



2. M. EAMENTACEA, Eoxb. Fl. Bid. I. 230 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 77 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1006 ; Schefe. Comment. Myrsin. 15. (M. glabra, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 560 ; M. Sumatrana, Scheff. 1. c). 



Hab. Common in the tropical and moister mixed forests, all over 

 Burma, from Chittagong and Ava down to Tenasserim and the Andamans, 

 up to 2000 ft. elevation ; freely springing up in deserted toungyas. — Fl. 

 Jan. ; Fr. March, April. 



8. M. Indica, DC. in Linn. Trans. XVII. 134 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 

 SO ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 11. 1008. (Bceobotrijs Indica, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 

 557; Wight Icon. t. 1206). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of 

 the Pegu Yomah and more so in those from Martaban down to Tenasserim 

 up to 3000 ft. elevation ; Chittagong ; Ava, Khakyen hills. — Fl. March. 



4. M. PANicuLATA, A. DC. in Linn. Trans XVII. 133 and Prod. 

 VIII. 78. (M. montana /3. elongata, DC. Prod. VIII. 79 ?). 



Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 3559) ; Tavoy (Wall.).— Fl. Dec. 



5. M. MOLLissiMA, A. DC. Prod. VIII. 81. {M. mollis, A. DC. 1. c. 

 82 ; M, permollis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1871. QQ, forma latifolia). 



Hab. Eather frequent in tbe tropical forests of the eastern slopes of 

 the Pegu Yomab and more so from Martaban down to Upper Tenasserim, 

 Thoungyeen (Brandis) ; Ava, Khakyen hills. — Fl. March, April. 



6. M. MUSCOSA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873. 87. 

 Hab. Burma, j)robably Ava (Griff. 3556). 



Myrsine, L. 



Conspectus of Species, 

 * Stigma 2 — Z-lobed, usually fringed. 



X Style longer or shorter. Leaves more or less serrate, especially towards 

 the apex. 



