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53. MYKSlNEiE. 



1. MiESA, Forsk. 



Hreea or shrubs. Leaves entire or serrate. lilowers in simple or 

 compound axillary racemes, small^ 2-bracteolate, 1-2-sexual, 4-5- 

 merous. Calyx J-inferior, in fruit J-adnate, teeth small. Corolla 

 gamopetalous, campanulate, lobes imbricate. Stamens 5. Ovary 

 with numerous ovules on a globose placenta ; style short, stigaia 

 eapitate. Berry globose. 



Leaves and branchlets glabrous ... ... 1. M. ind'ica. 



Leaves and branchlets rusty tomentose 2. M. dubia, 



\, M. indica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. L 558 (i?cpobo^r?/5) ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 509 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. ]36; Brandis For. Fl. 283; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 137. 

 Athi, Vern. ; Gudde hargi, K. 



Throughout India from the Himalayas to Ceylon, common. In the moist 

 forests of the Konkan and North Kanara along the ghats, abundant iu 

 the evergi'een forests of the Sirsi and Siddapur talukas of North Kanara,. 

 Fl. at different times throughout the year. 



A small or large shrub. Wood soft, used for fuel and rough house- 

 posts. (Gambler) Leaves used in curries in North Kdnara. 



2. M. dubia, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. XL 235 ; 

 M. indica, yar., Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 137. t. XVIII. 4. fig. I. only. 



Western gh^ts from the Konkan to Mysore. Throughout the evergreera 

 forests of the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. O.S. Fr. ripe Mch..-ApL 

 A small shrub. 



2. MYIlSINE,;Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers polygamous, in dense 

 clusters, from the axil's of the fallen leaves. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Corolla 

 white, deeply 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5. Ovary free, globose; style 

 eylindric, stigmas 2-5, small sub-combined or spathulate. Fruit small,, 

 globose, red or purple. Seed solitary, albumen pitted ; embryo often 

 curved, horizontal. 



M. eapitellata. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 295 ; 

 FL Br, 1. 3. 512; Brandis For. FL 286 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 234. 



Nepal, Bhutan, Assam and the Khasia mountains, Western and Sou- 

 thern India to Ceylon. In the evergreen forests of North Kdnara from 

 the Ainshi southwards, not common. Fl. Oct.-Nov. Fr. Feb.-Mch. 



A Small tree with hard and durable timber. Bedd. 



3. EMBELIA, Burm, 



Shrubs or woody cliinbers. . Leaves entire or toothed, petiole often 

 glandular. Flowers small, in simple or branched racemes. Calyx 

 free, deeply 5-lobed, persistent. Petals usually b, distinct, spreading. 

 Stamens 5, filaments more or less adnate to the petals. Ovary ovoid 



