PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 87 



MlMUSOPS. 



Mimusops elengi. In gardens. 



Xylocarpus. 



Xylocarpus granatum, Willd. 2, p. 328. Granatum littoreum. 

 Rumph. 3, p. 92, t. 61. Kayo Neeree. Mai. Found 

 near Soongey Clooan, in thickets within reach of the tide. 



Lawsonia. 

 Lawsonia inermis. Cultivated in gardens. 

 Melicope. 



Melicope tetrandra, Roxb. (Tetractonia Boxburghii Hook. fil.). 



Stem : arboreous, straight, tall. Branches only near 

 the top, crowded, dichotomous, covered with a rough bark. 

 Leaves towards the extremities of the branches, crowded, 

 opposite, decussated, petioled, obovate, most entire, smooth, 

 below sprinkled with glandular points, petioles short, round, 

 smooth, thick at both ends. Panicles axillary, and terminal, 

 diffuse. Peduncles partial, nearly opposite, cross armed. 

 Flowers minute, whitish, sweet scented. Calyx Perianth one 

 leafed four cleft ; segments triangular. Corolla petals four, 

 ovate, acute, spreading. Nectary, a glandular circle, surround- 

 ing the germ. Stam : Filaments four, thread form, spreading, 

 the length of the corolla, inserted between the nectary and the 

 calyx, anthers reniform. Pist : Germ four, cleft ; style 

 thread form, erect, stigma obtuse. 



I did not see the ripe fruit. Found on the hill. Flowers 

 in May. 



ENNEANDRlA— MONOGYNIA. 



Laurus. 



1. Laurus cinnamomum, Y/illd. 2, 477. 



Folis trinervis ovato-oblongis, nervis versus apium 

 evanescentibus." " Leaves opposite, three nerved, ovate, 

 oblong; Panicles terminal. Nectarial glands clavate." Roxb. 

 Kayo-manis. Mai. The Cinnamon Tree. A few cul- 

 tivated in gardens, as a curiosity or for ornament. 



R. A. Soc, No. 53. 1909. 



