Mmhct] LXVII. MYESINACBuii 415 



branches long, scrambling, 1. thinly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, blade 

 4-8, x->f't. \ in. long, sec. n. distant, 6-8 pair. Racemes glabrous, compound, axillary, as 

 long as 1. sometimes longer or shorter. 5. M. andamamca, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 575. Soutli 

 Andaman, rare, very similar to 4, but 1. minutely denticulate. 



6. M, nigosa, Clarke. Sikkim 5-7,000 ft. Bhutan. A stout shrub, 1. coriaceous, 

 lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, remotely and minutely denticulate, sec. ii. 12-18 pair, 

 prominent beneath, as well as tlie tertiary and shorter intermediate nerves, blade 6-8, 

 pet. \~1 in. Hacemes compound, 1-2 in. long, berries yellowish- white. ISfear this are 

 posbibly M. <jrandiflora, Mez, Assam, and M. popuUfolia. Mez, Kohima, IS'aga bills. 



(e) Leaves hairy. 



7. M. dubia, Wall. {M. indlca, Bedd. Manual t. xviii. fig. 4.) Evergreen forests of 

 the Western Ghats, Konkan to Malabar. Branchlets and 1. rustj^-tomentose, L ovate- 

 lanceolate, blade 4-7, pet. -J-l in. long. Racemes compressed, less than half the length 

 of 1. Near this probably M. veliitina, Mez, Bombay. 8. M. argentea, Wall. Garliwal, 

 Iiumaon, Nepal. Sikkim 3-7,000 ft. A large shrub, branchletb sof tlj^ pubescent, 1. often 

 whitish beneath, ovate, acuminate, base acute, blade 6-10, pet. Vl in. long. Racemes 

 1-2 in. long, fr. } in. diam. 9. M. macropliyna, Wall. Nepal. Sikkim, 3-5,000 ft. 

 Bhutan. A large shrub, branches velvety, 1. elliptic or orbicular, evenly serrate, base 

 more or less cordate, blade 6-8, pet. 1-lJ in. long, sec. n. 10-14 pair, prominent beneath, 

 bifurcating near edge of 1. Racemes compound, pubescent, 5-10 in. long, c^ometimes 

 forming a terminal panicle. 



10. To this group belongs a shrub or small tree sent by Montague Hill from the hills 

 east of Bliamo, 1. minutely pellucid-punctate, branchlets, nerves on the undei-side of 

 1. with long slender hairs, racemes covered with a pi'ofusion of wliite ii., 1-3 in. long, 

 with long branches above the base, often fasciculate in the axils, and forming a 

 terminal panicle. Pedicels as long as fi., calyx-segments ciliate, not veined, corolla 

 with prominent brown veins. 



B. Corolla campannlate, lobes shorter than tube. 



11. M. permollis, Kurz.~Syn. M. moUis&ima^ Elurz F. Fl. ii. 100; M. mollis^ Clarke 

 (3f. mollis, A. DO. is a Javan species). Hills of Upper and Lower Burma, ascending to 

 4,000 ft. Yunnan. A slender shrub, branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. hairy, 

 1. elliptic, acuminate, dentate, blade 5-7, pet. |-1 in. long. Inflorescence compact, 

 densely hirsute, shorter than petiole, bracts minute. 



12. M. Kurzii, Mez.~Syn, M. muscosa^ Kurz F. Fl. ii. 100 (Mmm muscosa^ A. DC. is a 

 species of the Malay Archip.). Upper Bui^ma. Branchlets and 1. glabrous, except for 

 a few soattei^ed hairs, 1. elliptic or obovate, acuminate, dentate, blade 5-10, pet, |-1 in. 

 Racemes usually hirsute, compound, twice the length of petioles or longer, bracts 

 lanceolate, persistent, as long as fl. or nearly so. Specimens collected by Smales in the 

 Sbwebo district, 1,000 ft. Natcho seifi, Burm., have 1. entire glabrous and racemes 

 slightly hairy. ' 



2. MYRSINE, Linn. ; El. Brit. Ind. iii. 511. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, 1. coriaceous. Fl. polygamous or dioicons, sub- 

 sessile or on short pedicels, in dense clusters, usually axillary. Calyx small, 

 persistent, 4-5-fid, corolla white, 4-5-partite, segments in bud imbricate or 

 valvate, both with resinous dots. Ovaiy free, globose, stigmas 2-5, erect or 

 spreading, sessile or on a short style. Fr. red or purple, seed 1. Species 80 

 (Clarke), 140 (Mez) chiefly tropical. Mez {Myrslnacece 342) includes under 

 Eapanea the species with sessile stigmas. 



1. M. capitellata, Wall ; Wight Ic. 1211 ; Bedd. Fl. Syly. t. 234. 



A small tree, 1. entire, pellucid-punctate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 3-7, narrowed into a marginate petiole | in. long, FL 5-merous, sessile 

 or shortly pedicellate, in dense fascicles on snort woody protuberances in the 

 axils of fallen 1., stigmas sessile, erect, more or less combined. Berry |-| in. 

 diam., purple. Calyx-segments ciliate, corolla-lobes spreading or reflexed. 

 Anthers nearly sessile in the ^ , on short filaments in the ^ il. 



Outer Himalaya, ascending to 4,000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. Assam, Khasi hills, 

 Burma, Upper and Lower. West side of the Peninsula, chiefly in evergreen forests, 

 from North Kanara southwards. Common in the Nilgiri sholas. Fl. Oct.-June. 

 Ceylon, moist region. Malay Peninsula and Archip. China, Japan. An exceedingly 



