Myrlstica] XC. MYEISTIOACE^ 625 



II. Horsficldia^ Willd. ; Warburg I.e. 262. PL small, globose, anthers. 

 12-30, stigma minute, sessile, S fl. in large compound panicles, bracteoles 0. 

 Aril frequently not lacioiate. Species 51 from India to New Gruinea. 



A. Perianth usually 3-valved, anthers connate, entirely enclosing the 

 globose column. 



{a) Staminal-column sessile. 



6. M. amygdalina, Wall. PI As. Bar. t. 90 ; Xing, Ann. iii. 1. 128. Assam. Khasi hills« 

 Cacliar. Andamans. Southern spurs of the Pegu Yoma, Martaban, Tenasserim. — 

 Malay Penins. A moderate-sized glabrous tree, 1. membranous, blade 4-7, i3et. J -J in. 

 $ panicles spreading, 3-4 in. long, perianth ^V?^ i^^- diam. Fr. narrowly ovoid, l^.im 

 long, aril laciniate at the apex. Xing, Ann. iii. 310, refers the Andaman and part of 

 the Burma specimens to M. gJahra, Bl. 7. M. Kingii, Hook. f. ; Xing, Ann. iii. t. 127. 

 Sikkim 1-2,000 ft. Assam. Cachar. Young shoots scurfy pubescent, 1. tliinly coria- 

 ceous, blade 6-10, pet. ^-1 in. long. ^ panicles 3 in. long, branches short, perianth ^ in. 

 diam. Fr. 1] by 1 in., supported by the persistent perianth. Aril entire. 



(b) Staminal-column shortly "stipitate. 



8. M. Prainii, Xing, Ann. iii. t. 126. Andamans. A large tree, glabrous, only inflor- 

 escence rusty-pubescent. L. thinly coriaceous, blade 6-10, pet stout, ^-J in- c? panicles 

 lax, broader than long, 5-7 in. wide. Pr. ovoid, 1^ in., peduncle stout, J in. long, aril 

 deeply laciniate. 



B. Perianth 2-valved, anthers free. 



9. M. Irya, G-sertn. ; Xing, Ann. iii. t, 141, 141 (b). Tenasserim. Andamans. Ceylon^ 

 Malay Penins. and Archip. A middle-sized tree, youngest shoots slightly pubescent^ 

 branchlets glabrous, more or less angular. L. chartaceous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 blade 5-8, pet. J in. ^ panicles axillary, 3-5 in. long, ii, -^ in. diam , fascicled on short 

 pedicels. Anthers 6-18, free, on the edge of a flat topped obovate column. Pr. globose, 

 I in. diam., aril red, undivided, completely enclosing the seed. 



III. Oymnacranthera^ Warb. I.e. 354. Anthers 6-12, linear, lower portion 

 adnate to an ovoid column, upper portion free, stigma sessile, more or less 2- 

 lobed. Aril laciniate nearly to the base. PI. in axillary panicles, bracteoles 0. 



10. M. canarica, Bedd. MSS. ; Xing, Ann. iii. t. 138.— Syn. i¥. Farquhariana, Hook. f. 

 & Thorns. ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 270. Yern. Undgi pdnu, Mai. Western G-hats in ever- 

 green forests. Xonkan (?). Plains of South Xanara. Coorg. Wainad. Tinnevelli 

 and Travancore. A moderately-sized tree, immense in Travancore, youngest shoots 

 minutely pubescent, 1. coriaceous, glaucous beneath, $ panicles rufoufe pubescent^ 

 perianth obovoid, ^ in. long. Pr. globose, 1 in. diam. 



IV. Knema, Lonreiro ; Warburg I.e. 543. PL obconical or snbglobose^, 

 anthers 8-20, sessile or nearly so on the edge of a circular stipitate and peltate 

 disk, style short thick. Bracteoles on the pedicel, in the middle, above or 

 below it. Pericarp tomentose, aril laciniate at the apex only. Species SS^ 

 from India to New Gruinea, 



A. 3 fl. more than ^ in. diam. 



11. M. attemiata, Wall.; Xing, Ann, iii. 1. 152.— Syn. M.corticosa, Bedd. PI. Sylv, t. 

 271. Vern. Chora panu^ Mai. Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from the 

 Xonkan southwards ascending to 3,000 ft. A middle-sized or large tree, young branch- 

 lets and inflorescence densely rusty-tomentose, 1. glaucous beneath, lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, blade 6-8, pet. J-| in. long. Sec. n. prominent beneath, tert. n. 

 slender, parallel. $ fl. nearly globose, J-J in. diam. Pr. ovoid, 1| in. long, densely 

 tomentose. 



12. M. linifolia, Eoxb. ; Warb. I.e. 558.— Syn. M. longifoUa, Wall. ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. 110 

 (partly) ; Xing, Ann. iii. t. 164, 166. Assam. Xhasi hills. Chittagong. Arakan. 

 tJpper Burma. Young shoots and inflorescence densely dark-brown tomentose, 1. 

 coriaceous, blade 12-30, pet. J-j in. long, base usually rounded or cordate, sec. n. con- 

 spicuous, 25-85 pair, distinctly anastomosing under the margin, tert. n. parallel. 

 $ fl. obconical, J m. long, bracteole small at or below the middle of pedicel. Pr. on 

 thick woody tubercles, often solitary, ellipsoid, velvety, 1^ in. long. M, Clarkemia^ 

 Xing, Ann. 1. 165, Chittagong, is a form with narrower 1., the fr. more pointed at both 

 ends. 13. M. angustifolia, Eoxb. ; Warb. I.e. 561,— Syn. M. longifolia, Wall., var* 

 erratica, Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 110 5 M. erratica, Hook, f . & Thonis. ; Xing^ Ann. iii. t. 162. 



