150 
RUBIACE-2E. 
Corolla ^ in. long ; lobes as long as the tubes. Berry the size of a 
small pea. Pavetta coriacea and diversifolia, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 172 
(names only.) 
Mauritius, in the woods of Moka, Pieter Both, and Nouvelle Decouverte. Also 
Bourbon. 
17. MYONIMA, Comm. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx campanulate, with an obscurely-toothed 
limb. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube short, cylindrical ; lobes 4, obtuse, 
spreading, twisted in bud. Ovary 4-6-celled, with a single ovule in a 
cell ; style filiform ; stigma clavate, forked. Fruit indehiscent, dry or 
fleshy, containing 2-6 pyrenes. — Glabrous shrubs with flowers in ter- 
minal corymbs. The only species. 
Flowers very many in a dense corymb 1. M. multiflora. 
Flowers few in a very lax corymb. 
Fruit the size of a pea 2. M. myrtifolia. 
Fruit the size of a hazel nut 3. M. obovata. 
1. M. multiflora, A. Rich. DC.; Prod. iv. 463. An erect glabrous 
shrub, 4-8 feet high, with stout terete branchlets. Leaves quite sessile, 
coriaceous, shining, venose, oblong, obtuse, 4-6 in. long, broadly rounded 
or cordate at the base ; stipules short, broad, obtuse. Flowers in 
dense terminal corymbs ; pedicels \ in., pilose. Calyx turbinate, 
in. long. Corolla tube very short; lobes obovate, 1-in. long, white in- 
side, red without. Fruit a glabrous drupe, as large as a pea, with 2-4 
pyrenes. HooJc. Dot. Misc. t. 87. M. latifolia, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 169. 
Ixora parviflora, Lam. III. t. 66. I. mauritiana, Bojer olim. 
Mauritius, in the woods of the Pouce and Savanne ranges, etc. Endemic. 
2. M. myrtifolia, Lam. ; DC. Prod. iv. 463. A much-branched 
shrub, with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaves nearly sessile, oblong 
or oblanceolate-oblong, subacute, or subobtuse, cuneate in the lower hal£ 
1-1 J in. long, coriaceous, shining ; stipules minute, deltoid, deciduous. 
Flowers 5-10, in lax terminal corymbs, with minute bracts ; pedicels as- 
cending, £-|in. long. Calyx obconic, in- long. Corolla white, \ in. 
across when expanded ; lobes obtuse, oblanceolate. Fruit fleshy, the 
size of a small pea ; pyrenes 4-5. M. lanceolata, Willd. 
Mauritius, in the woods of the Pouce range, etc. Also Bourbon. M. heterophylla, 
Bojer, Hort. Maur. 169, is a form with some of the leaves linear and 1 -nerved. 
3. M. obovata, Lam.; DC. Prod. iv. 463. A much-branched gla- 
brous shrub. Leaves nearly sessile, obovate, obtuse, shining, venose, 
coriaceous, 1-2 in. long, cuneate in the lower half ; stipules minute, 
deltoid, deciduous. Flowers few, in lax terminal corymbs with minute 
bracts ; pedicels slender, J-lin. long. Calyx campanulate, T V in. long, 
with four obscure teeth. Corolla in. long ; lobes oblong ; expanded 
limb \ in. across. Fruit indehiscent, depresso-globose, \ in. thick ; 
pyrenes 4. 
Mauritius, in the gorges of the Riviere Noire and at Tamarin. Also Bourbon. 
Bois de Rat. 
