286 XLVII. MYKSlNE^gE. [Myrslne. 



2. M. capitellata, WaU. ; Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 295 ; Tent. Fl. Nep. 

 t. 25 ; Wight Ic. t. 1211 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 234. 



A small or moderate-sized glabrous tree. Leaves coriaceous, lanceo- 

 late elliptic- or obovate-oblong, 3-7 in. long, gradually narrowed into a 

 short, marginate petiole, entire, with resinous dots near the edge, midrib 

 prominent, lateral nerves numerous, slender, parallel, indistinct. Flowers 

 polygamous, greenish, with copious minute, elevated, resinous, brown dots ; 

 on short pedicels, in lateral rounded heads, sessUe, or on short woody, 

 peduncles, axQlary, or on the previous year's wood. Calyx smaU, per- 

 sistent. Corolla-tube short, lobes oblong, recurved. Anthers oval, partly 

 exserted. Stigma blunt or 2-lobed. Drupe globose, ^ in. diam. 



Mountains of South- Western India and Ceylon, Burma, and Eastern Bengal. 

 Nepal. Fl. and fr. Dec-March. The fruit is eaten ; wood similar to that of 

 M. semiserrata. 



3. M. africana, Linn. — Syn. M. b if aria, Wall. Vern. ShamsMd, 

 Afg. ; Bebrang, kahhum, koMiuri, Ttaruk, gugul, jidru, chachri, prdtshu, 

 branahu, khushin, pdpri, handdru, hinsin, atulgan, Pb. ; Guvaini, pahdri 

 cha (hiU tea), chupra, N.W.P. 



A shrub; branchlets, petioles, and lower part of midrib pubescent 

 with short, ferruginous hairs. Leaves bifarious, coriaceous, lanceolate 

 or obovate, narrowed into a very short petiole, ^-1 in. long, sharply ser- 

 rate, the serratures cuspidate, midrib prominent ; main lateral nerves few, 

 inconspicuous, anastomosing by reticulate veins. Flowers small, white, 

 with a pale pink tint, dotted with brown resinous dots, male and bisexual, 

 tetrandrous, nearly sessile, ia axillary fascicles of 4-6. Anthers oblong, 

 purple, twice the length of the corolla. Style short ; stigma large, flat, 

 verrucose. Drupes solitary, globose, red, smooth, -5^^ in. diam. 



Common in N.E. Afghanistan and the hiUs trans-Indus, in the Salt range, 

 and the outer Himalaya from 2500 to 8500 ft., extending eastward into Nepal. 

 Abyssinia, Cape of Good Hope. Fl. March-May ; fr. Jan. -Nov. Attains 20 

 ft., branching from the ground. Bark grey, with numerous elevated spe(4;s, 

 and shallow longitudinal wrinkles, occasionally a whitish peUiole peelii% off. 

 WeU worth tryiug for garden-hedges. The wood is used for fuel ; the fruit is 

 sold in the bazaars of North-West India under the name of Bebrang. 



4. AEDISIA, Linn. 



Trees shrubs or undershrubs. Flowers larger than in other Myrsi- 

 nacecB, in umbels or short corymbs, axillary or terminal, solitary, or form- 

 ing branched panicles. Calyx free, 5-lobed. Corolla deeply 5-lobed, 

 lobes spreading or reflexed, convolute in bud, tube very short. Stamens 

 5 ; filaments short ; anthers erect, lanceolate, appendiculate at the top ; 

 base emarginate or bifid. Ovary 1-ceUed ; style subulate, usually long 

 and persistent, the stigma not enlarged; ovules generally 6-12. Fruit 

 fleshy, globose, 1-seedecL 



Flowera in axillary corymbs shorter than leaf . . 1. A. humilis. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles . . . . . 2. A. ' 



