'^'^fJ LXI. EUBIACE^ [MiisscGncla 



A large shrub, tomentose or nearly glabrouSj 1. acuminate, cymes softly 

 silky-tonientofee, calyx-lobes lanceolate t\yice the length of oyary or'lonoer 

 corolla orange, pubescent or hirsute, lobes acute or acuminate. Berries obo- 

 yoid, glabrous. 



SiiWiimalayaa traet and outer Mils from Kepal eastwards, in Sikldm to 4,000 ft 

 |\ est side of llie Peninsula, > ilgiri^ Upper Burma. PL May-Ang -China. Malay 

 Aicliip. 2. M. macropnyua, AVall PL As. Ear. t. 180. Nepal. TSikkim 4-6,000 ft 

 IvhaM and :Naga lulls Inmian. A large ^lirul") or small tree, branclilets, petioles 

 nndorsido of 1. and inflorescence hirsute or villous, 1. elliptic acute, blade 4-5 pet ^^ 

 m. long Bractbonclcalvx-lnbcs foliac ecus, oblanceol ate oLtuse, corolla orano-e 'tube 

 luisute lobe^ orbKndar, apiculate. Berry hairy. To this in PL Biit. Ind. in 89 is 

 r^'teiied J/. caJpcuw \s aO.. Kurz P. PL ii. 5S of Burma. 8. M. glabra, Yahl. Sikkim 

 tmmllieTeraitoo.OOOft. Assam. Khasi hills, Cacliar, Chittagong; Martaban and 

 Tenasseiim hills. Malay PeniUbula. China. A rambling, almost climbino- shrub 

 glabious, excepting the appressed hairy inflorescence, calyx-teeth varyiuff in leno-th' 

 e.s than twice the length of ovary Corolla-tube slender, usually with appre.sed haii^; 

 lobes short, acute, berry globose glabrous. Species 1-8 vary exceedingly and are often 

 diiUcult to distinguish. 4 M. variolosa, ^Vall. Arakan. Pegu Yoma%outhprn slopes 

 Tenassermi coninion at Aniher.t. Hispid, with spreading rufSus hairs I. hairy beneath 

 and otten above, lanceolate, usually sessile, the lower sometimes petiolate. 



B. Galj^x-teeth persibtent. 



5 M. EoxburgHii. Hook. f. Sikkim Terai to 4,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills, Manipur, 

 taoliar, Ghittagong. Perak. A shrub, I. membranous, glabrous above, lanceolate 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-12, pet. |-1 in. long. Cymes very dense, many-fld. 

 calyx-teetli long filiform hairy, petioles of the enlarged lobes long and slender, corolla 

 siencler silky, lobes orange, small with filiform tips, berries glabrous, crowded in lars-e 

 rounded heads. On the Khasi hills a variety, the branches hirsute with lono; hairs 

 b. M. tomeatosa. Wight. Gingee hills, Karnatik, branchlets, leaves and inflorescence 

 clensely clothed with soft grey velvety tomentum, 1. ovate, blade 3-4, pet. l-l in. lono- 

 Cymes, without leafy colouied calj-x^obes. 7. M. WallicMi, G. Don (united by Ku?z 

 witii M. glabra, Jahl). Lower Burma. L. ovate-lanceolate, appressed hairs on nerves 

 beneath, blade 4-6, petiole |, stipules 2 in. long, subulate, entire or 2-fid. Inflor- 

 escmice and corolla-tube entirely glabrous, bracts and calyx-teeth long, subulate. 

 fcJ. M-mcana, Wl An underslirub, chiefly in grass lands of the Sikkim Terai and 

 the lihasi hills. Chu.tia Nagpur. Shan hills. Yunnan. Softly grey tomentose fl 

 and enlarged calyx-lobes lemon-j^ellow. The stems above ground probably burnt down 

 by tiie annual fires of the hot season. Analogous is perhaps 9. M. uniflora, Wall, 

 lenas&erim. Cochinohina, stems 6 in. high, from a stout rootstock, fl. solitary, terminal, 

 all caJyx-segmentb Imear, tube hirsute, berry ellipsoid, hairy with a few teeth 



remaining. 



Aulacodiscus premoldes, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. A small tree, 

 wiT? ^f'l^'i obtusely 4-angled. L. coriaceous, glabrous, shining, elliptic-oblong 

 w i ' P ;^"^ '-S; ^'''^^ '^^- '"• ^^-^^ 1'^^'^' ^-^I'ching, stipules from a triangular bale 

 i3fZn^^ ?'t- ^^' P^^y/^r'l'' 8-16.merous, m axillary trichotomous pubescent 

 cymes, bi acts foliaceous at the lowest pair of ramifications, none higher up. Calyx 

 truncate corolla broadly campanulate, disk large prominently lobed, lobes opposite 



lumeron ^^^^^^^^^ ^1^^ B^ie^celled, stigma lar|e peltate. Berry J in. cliam.f seeds 

 numerous, minute, albumen oily. 



Myrioneuron nutans, Wall. Bhutan, Assam, Khasi and Naga hills. Chittagrons:. 

 Upper Burma. Tonkin. A small shrub sometimes climbing, branches stout, bail: 

 +K'J^.!' ?n^^' Q-^' coriaceous, obovate-elliptic, minutely pubescent beneath along 

 vL^th ti tfif ^ii''''™'^if\ \^^^,.P^^i°l^ J~J ii^- ^ong, sec. n. 18-20 pair, prominent 

 beneath, as well as the parallel tertiary nerves, stipules i^| in. long. PL yellow, in 

 r^M wirt^'f ^1' bracteate heads, in the axils of the uppermost 1., bracts 

 +.£.10^1 It Oalyx^teeth lanceolate, persistent, much exceeding corolla. Corolla 

 tubular, lobes short erect pubescent on the back- Berries fleshy, white, crowned by 

 the long scarious calyx-lobes, seeds numerous, angular, black. 



^^r°M Jrl"^^ ^ M^^°^r^ ^'^^! f ^* ^' ^^^^ (Axanthes). ( K strigosum, Kurz P. PL ii. 

 and n nrS; 3flZ^^'^^'^!' / ^^^^t^^^rgreen shrub, young shoots, stipules, petioles 

 W ?i^ r^^^^^^^ pubescent L. membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 5-11, pet. J in. 

 pT^^t^U n*7tilSr^ I'^i** n. slender, but conspicuous, stipules linear i in. long. 

 PL smiall 5-7-merons, white, glabrous, in" small axillary pubescent oynies, bracts 



