226 LXXXV. PLANTAGINE^E. [PlaillagO. 
ovoid. Seeds 4 to 8. Hah. Weed in waste ground and gardens, 
sporadic, Singapore, Tanglin; Chan Chu Kang, Malacca 
(Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tumiang (Cantley); Selangor, 
Petaling. Penang Hill. Distrib. Europe and Asia, spreading as 
a weed all over the world. Use: A decoction of the plant used 
for cough. 
Order LXXXVL MYRSINE^). 
Trees, shrubs, sometimes climbers or under-shrubs. Leaves 
usually alternate, usually gland-dotted or streaked. Stipules o. 
Flowers regular, pink or white, bisexual, small. Calyx inferior 
(in Maesa adnate to ovary) 4- to 5-lobed, often glandular. Corolla 
4- to 5-lobed, tube very short or none, lobes twisted to the left 
or right, often gland-dotted. Stamens opposite corolla-lobes and as 
many. Ovary globose ovoid or oblong free (except Maesa ); ovules 
inserted on or immersed in a free central placenta; style cylindric. 
