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of the corolla ovate-obtuse : stamens inserted at the base of the 

 corolla, not monadelphous : anthers large, subsessile, erect : »tyl^ 

 ^liforni, elongated. 

 Fun4ua. Silhet. 



ORDER XCVII. MYRSINACE^. 



Trees or shrubs :. leaves alternate, undivided, serrated op 

 entire, coriaceous, smooth, stipules none, sometimes under 

 shrubs with opposite or ternate leaves ; inflorescence in umbels,, 

 corymbs, or panicles> axillary or terminal : flowers bisexual 

 or sometimes unisexual: calyx 4-5-cleft, persistent; corolla 

 usually deeply 4-5-clefty rarely 4Tpetaled,. equal : stamens 4^5, 

 opposite the lobes of the corolla, into the base of which they 

 are inserted ; filaments distinct, rarely connate, sometimes want-, 

 ing : anthers attached by their emarginate base, two-celled, 

 dehiscing longitudinally : ovary free, or partially adherent 

 with a single cell and a free central placenta, in which is im- 

 jge^sed the campulitropal ovules.: style l^ short:, stigma lobed 

 or undivided ; fruit drupaceous or baccate, usually l^seeded 

 sometimes with two. o^ more : seeds angular or subglobose 

 with a hoHow hilum and simple integument : albumen copious, 

 homy, of the same shape as the seed: embryo taper, usually 

 curved, lying acrogs the hilum when the seed is solitary or 

 inferior and touching the hijum wheft the seeds are nunjerpua 

 (ind lateral ; cotyledons short. 



GENUS I. M^SA. 



Pentandria aEonogynia. Ser-.St/^: 



Beriv. From Maas, the Arabic name of one of the species. 

 Gen. Char. Shrubs or trees^ often herpiaphrodite : leavea 

 alternate : racemes axillary or rarely terminal, simple or composite 

 at the base, many-flower?d : flowers small, whitish: bracts per- 

 sistent, small : bracteoles narrower, adpressed to the flower : calvx 

 bihracteolate at the base, 5-lobed ; lobes 2 outer, 3 inner : corolla 

 Srcleft, subca,mpanulate : lobes obtuse, in aestivation one lobe ex- 

 terior, another interior, 3 middle onesi imbricately-convolute at th^ 



