JfcBsa.] Lxxxviii. MTRsiNE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 511 



3002), but applies chiefly to the var. folio-wing. Wallich's M. moUiseima is a very 

 different plant. 



Var. latifolia?, Kurz; leaves 6J by 4 J in. more hairy, racemes very compound. — 

 Namyoon, in the Patkoye district a.E. of Assam ; Cfriffitk (Kew Distrib. n. 3555).— 

 Leaves roundly elliptic ciliate cuspidate sprinkled with fulvous long hairs on both 

 surfaces, base rounded or rhomboid, primary nerves 12 on each side, ending in a 

 strong tooth. Racemes densely panicled, subsessile, hardly longer than the petioles. 

 Possibly a distinct species, the locality being remote from Prgu ; but, from Kurz's 

 descriptions, M. mollis is a very variable species. 



11. nX. muscosa, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, pt. ii. 87 ; 1877, 

 pt. ii. 220, and For. Fl. ii. 100 ; leaves large obovate, nerves sparingly pilose 

 teneath, racemes rusty-hirsute short densely panicled, bracts prominent. 



South-east Assam ; Nempean, in the Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. a. 

 8566). 



Branches stout, glabrous. Leaves 9^ by 5 in., snbobtuse, cuspidate, narrowed to 

 the petiole, glabrescent, nerves 11 on each side, slightly denticulate ; petiole 1 in. 

 Panicles 1|— 2 in., exceedingly dense ; bracts Jj in., linear, persistent ; pedicels very 

 short. Flowert very numerous, resembling closely those of M. mollis. Fruit not 

 seen. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



M. (B.a:oBOTKT8) acxjminata. Wall. Cat. 2321, is Gymnospora acuminata, Hook.f. 



2. mVXtSINE, Unn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or serrate. Flowers polygamous or often 

 dioecious, fascicled, axillary or on exceedingly short branches ; pedicels short, 

 bracts at their base densely imbricate. Calyx small, 4-5-fid, persistent. Corolla 

 4-6-partite, white , segments imbricate or valvate (not contorted) in the bud, 

 recurved. Stamens 4-5, filaments short ; anthers ovate. Ovary free, glo'bose ; 

 style cylindric ; stigmas 2-5 small, or subcombined, or patent spathulate ; 

 ovules several or many. Fi-uit small, globose, dry or fleshy, red or purple. 

 Seed solitary, albumen more or less pitted, scarcely ruminate ; embryo often 

 curved, horizontal. — Species 80, chiefly tropical. 



* Style 2-4r-Jid, branches spreading jlnt spathvlate-ovate. 



1. lU. afrlcana, Linn.; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 93; brancUeta pubescent, 

 leaves subsessile oblong narrowed to the base seiTate glabrous, flowers and 

 fruits subsessile. Lamh. III. t. 122; Brand. For. Fl. 286; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 31. M. glabra and M. scabra, Gaertn. Fi-uct. i. 282, t. 59, fig. 1. M. retusa^ 

 Ait. ; Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 86 ; Jaeg. Sort. Schoenh. iv. t. 424. M. rotundifolia, 

 Lamk. Diet. iv. 194. M. bifaria. Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey iSf- Wall. ii. 

 296, and Cat. 2294. M. Potama, Don Prodr. 146. 



Himalaya ; from Kashmir and the Salt Enng6 to Nipal, alt. 1-8500 ft., frequent. 

 DiSTEiB. Affghanistan. Afri a to the Cape and the Azores. 



A shrub or small tree ; sometimes 20 ft. Leaves (at most) 1 J by J in. Flowers 

 in clusters of 3-8, 4- (or 5-)merous, less than ^ in. diam. Style branches 2-4 

 spathulate. Berry ^-J in. diam. 



2. m. semiserrata, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey S^ Wall. ii. 293 ; 

 Tent. fl. Nep. t. 24, and Cat. 2295 ; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate acute 

 sparingly denticulate or entire, pedicels shorter than the fruits. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 93: Brand. Far. Fl. 285 ; Kurz in Joum. As. /Soc. ii. 221, and For. Fl. ii 105. 

 M. acuminata, Boyle lU. 265 ; Madden in Joum. As. Soc. xvii. pt. i. 368. M. 

 gessilis, Don Prodr. 146 ; A. DC. I. c. 104. 



NiPAi. ; Wallieh. Khasia, alt. 3-5000 ft., common. Biema, Kurz. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 3^ by f in., narrowed at both ends, ciriaceous ; 



