Myrdn>'.] LXXIV. MYRSINE^. 949 



fringed stigma. — Shrubs or small trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire or rarely 

 toothed. Flowers small, often polygamous, in umbels or clusters, sessile in the 

 axils or at the nodes, usually on the old wood. Bracts minute, deciduous. 



A considerable genus, spread over the tropical and subtropical regions of both the New and 

 the Old World. The 5 Australian species appear to be endemic, although 2 of them are very 

 nearly allied to a common south Asiatic one. — Benth. (in part). 



Corolla urceolate; the lobes shorter than the tube ,, 1. M. urceolnta. 



Corolla scarcely li line long, not constricted at the throat, o-fid . . .2. M, campanulata. 

 Corolla-lobes much longer than the short open tube. 

 Leaves nearly sessile or the petiole not 2 lines long , .... S. M. crassifolia. 



Leaves on petioles of J to lin. long. 

 Calyx not J as long as the corolla. Corolla-lobes narrow . . ... i. M. variabilis. 

 Calyx oampanulate, more than half as long as the corolla. Corolla,- , 



lobes broad and thick .... . . 5. M. achradifolia. 



1. VH. urceolata (jug-shaped), R. Br, Prod. 634 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 274. 

 A small tree, quite glabrous. Leaves elliptical-oblong or broadly lanceolate, 

 obtuse, entire, narrowed into a rather long petiole, 2 to Sin. long. Pedicels 

 slender, 2 to 3 lines long. Calyx very small, with short broad lobes. Corolla 

 narrow-urceolate, about 1^ line long, the lobes (usually 4) scarcely half as long 

 as tube. Anthers nearly sessile, near the base of the corolla-tube and included 

 in it.— A. DC. Prod. viii. 96. 



Hab.: Endeavour Eiver, Banks and SoUmder, A. Cunningham. 



Besembles the narrow-leaved forms of M. variabilis, except in the corolla, which is less divided 

 than in almost any species.- -Benth. 



2. M. campanulata (corolla bell-shaped), F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 235. A 

 glabrous close-branched shrub 8 to 4ft. high. Leaves 1 to Sin. long, 3 to 6 lines 

 broad, obovate-oblong, cuneate to a very short petiole, margins entire. Flowers 

 few or many in each cluster, axillary or lateral. Pedicels 2 or 3 times longer 

 than the flowers. Calyx about f line long ; lobes deltoid-lanceolate. Corolla 

 scarcely 1^ line long, Hot contracted at the throat, deltoid-lanceolate. Anthers 

 about \ line long, minutely apiculate, hastate-ellipsoid. Stigma slightly dilated. 



Hab.: Basaltic rocks, Fletcher's Creek, R. Daintree (F. v. M.) ; Taylor's Eange. 



3. IMI. crassifolia (leaves thick), H. Br. Prod. 534 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 275. " Marada," Cape Grafton, Mrs. Gribble. A small tree, quite glabrous. 

 Leaves very shortly petiolate or almost sessile, oblong-lanceolate, elUptical or 

 almost obovate, obtuse, quite entire, 3 to 4in. long or sometimes more, usually 

 but not always more coriaceous than in M. variabilis, and much less so than 

 in M. achradifolia. Pedicels almost always shorter than the flowers and 

 sometimes not above ^ line long. Calyx small, with acute lobes often longer 

 than in M. variabilis. Corolla divided nearly to the base into 4 or 5 narrow lobes a 

 little more than 1 line long when fully out. Anthers obtuse, almost sessile at the 

 base of the lobeS and not exceeding them. Fruit small, globular. — A. DC. Prod, 

 viii. 96 (as to the Australian plant) ; M. subsessilis, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 81 ; 

 M. porosa, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 108. 



Hab.: PortBowen, iJ. JJrou™; Endeavour Biver, ^1. Cunningham; MoveionBaj, Leichhardt ; 

 Mount Lindsay, W. Hill ; Bockingham Bay, Dallachy. 



The species is nearly allied to the smaller-leaved forms of the E. Indian .1/. capiVfZia (a. — 

 Benth. 



4. M. variabilis (plant variable in foliage). Pi. Br. Prod. 534 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 275. A glabrous tree, attaining 80 to 40ft. Leaves mostly obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse or rarely shortly acuminate, entire or irregularly bordered by acute teeth, 

 coriaceous and 1-J- to 2jin. long or in other specimens, nearly twice as large and 

 thinner, narrowed into a petiole varying from scarcely J to above ^in. -Pedicels 

 usually ahouc 2 lines long. Calyx very small, with broad sliprt lobes. Cprolltv 



