Tristcmia.] lix. MTETACEiB. (J. F. Duthie.) 467 



at the apex, staminal bundles 6-10-androus, capsule roundish large exserted 

 nearly | in., seeds compressed. Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 473. " Tristaniaa 

 affinis," Oriff. Notvl. 660 ; lo. PI. Asiat. t. 636, f. 3. Melaleuca eugeniifolia, 

 Wdl. Cat. 3648. M. decurrens, Wcdl. Cat. 3649. 



Meequi, Griffith ; Tbnassebim or Andaman Islands, Hdfer ; Malacca, Finlayson, 

 Wdlich ; Mount Ophir, Griffith. — Distkib. Borneo. Cap. Eochardo, Wallich. 



A tree with pendent branches. Leaves 2-7 by 2^ in., gradually narrowing 

 towards the base, often retuse at the apex, pinnate-nerved, rusty red beneath, darker 

 above and punctate. Branches of the infloresoence compressed, angular, furrowed, 

 upper part together with the bracts and calyx covered with stiff whitish hairs. 

 C(S/yx-tube rather less than J in., broadly campanulate in fruit, its nearly truncate limb 

 ■spreading or reflexed ; lobes obtuse. Petals small, transversely oblong with a minute 

 claw at the base. Filaments hairy below. Ovary pilose ; style rather long, stigma 

 slightly capitate ; ovules oo, pendulous from the apex of the cells. Valves of the 

 copsafe transversely wrinkled externally. Seeds about 8 in each cell, compressed, 

 J in. long. — Griffith remarks that the flowers are white and disagreeably scented. 

 In WaUich's M. decurrens the blade of the leaf extends to the base, and the leaves 

 are less conspicuously dotted. 



4. T. nXain^ayi, Duthie; leaves alternate shortly petioled narrowly 

 oblanceolate attenuated at each end obtuse coriaceous glabrous, cymes chiefly 

 6om the upper leaf-axils, branches compressed or angular pubescent, flowers 

 sessile 3-4 together, staminal bundles 6-11-androus, capsule rather large about 

 J in roundish exserted j its length, seeds winged 9-10 in each cell. 



Malaya, Maingay ; Kew Distrib. 767 in part. 



Leaves 1J-2J by J-| in., dark and polished above, rusty-yellow beneath, dotted, 

 margins slightly revolute, nerves not prominent. Cymes dichotomously branched ; 

 peduncles j-l^ in. ; pedicels and calyx covered with light yellow tomentum, lobes 

 rounded at the apex or subacute. Petals small, transversely oblong or orbicular, 

 hairy outside. Filaments hairy below. Ovary pubescent with white hairs. Capsules 

 ^ in. in diam. 



5. T. Griffitllii, Kurz in Pegu Rep. Append. B. p. 60 ; leaves crowded 

 towards the ends of the branches lanceolate attenuated at both ends, cymes 

 subaxiUary few-flowered, flowers rather large white, capsule scarcely exserted, 

 SBeds winged. Kurz in Joum. As. Soe. Beng. xlvi. pt. ii. p. 61 ; For. Fl. 

 Brit. Burm. i. 474. T. conferta, Griff. Notul. p. 649 ; not of R. Br. 



Mebgui, Griffith ; Pegu, Kurz. 



A shrub. Leaves coriaceous, pellucid-punctate. Terminal buds with imbricating 

 membranous scales. Calyx-tube turbinate ; lobes 5, ovate, acuminate, falling off cir- 

 eumscissly at the apex of the fruit. Petals round. Filaments nearly equal to the 

 petals. Style filiform, shorter than the stamens ; stigma capitate. — I have not seen, 

 specimens. 



4*. FSXSXVIKE, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, not dotted. Pedwnclea 1- few- 

 flowered ; flowers large, white. Calyx urceolate or obovate ; limb undivided in 

 aestivation, separating valvately into 4-6 lobes when in flower. Petals 4 or 5, 

 free. Stamens oo. Ovary 2- or more-celled with many ovules in each cell. 

 Berry many-seeded. Seeds with hard testa ; embryo curved, radicle long, 

 cotyledons short. — DiSTElB. Tropical and subtropical America ; about 106 

 species have been enumerated. 



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