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I.XXXVI. MYRSINEiE. 
[Maesa. 
base round or cordate, entire, 3 to 8 in. long, i'5 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles ‘3 in. long. Inflorescence axillary or falsely terminal of 
simple or panicled slender racemes, 3 to 6 in. long, glabrous. 
Flowers very small. Calyx-tube ’025 in. long, lobes as long. 
Corolla white, *075 in. long. Fruit globose, *i in. long. Hab. 
Very common in woods all over the whole peninsula from Singapore 
to Penang and Lankawi islands and Kelantan. A form with 
inflorescence modified into a light green mossy mass is very common. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native names: Gamber-Gamber; Kayu 
Pesat. 
(3) M. impressinervis King and Gamble, l.c. 97. 
Bush or small tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic, shortly 
acuminate, base cuneate, entire or faintly toothed near tip; nerves 
7 to 8 pairs deep impressed above, elevate beneath; 3 to 3*5 in. 
long, 1*25 to 175 in. wide. Racemes simple axillary or with one 
short branch at base; pedicels slender, *i in. long. Bracts subulate. 
Hab. Perak Gunong Bubu at 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). 
I have not seen this. 
(4) M. arborea Ridl. Jonrn. F.M.S. Mns. x. 147. 
Small tree. Leaves coriaceous, smooth, ovate acuminate, base 
round, edge obscurely undulate; nerves 10 pairs slightly elevate; 
4 to 7 in, long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Panicles 
thyrsoid, 3 to 4 in. long; branches -5 in. long, densely flowered. 
Flowers white, very shortly pedicelled; pedicels much shorter 
than the calyx. Sepals toothed, striate, ovate. Petals 5, round. 
Stamens adnate to corolla base. Hab. Forests, Kelantan, Pehi 
river near Chaning (Ridley). 
(5) M. striata Mez. Pflanzenreich Myrs. 42; King, l.c. 98. 
Shrub, scandent 4 to 6 ft. tall or more. Leaves membranous, 
elliptic-oblong acuminate or round, base rounded or shortly cuneate, 
undulate or dentate, striate, glabrous, 4 to 7 in - long, 2 ‘5 to 3 in. 
wide; petioles -4 to 1 in. long. Racemes axillary, slender, simple 
or panicled, about 1 to 2 in. long; pedicels very slender, *05 to 
•1 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate. Corolla rotate, lobes rounded 
crenate. Fruit *i to -15 in. through, faintly ribbed. Hab. Perak, 
Hills (Kunstler). Penang, Paya Trobong (Curtis). Distrib. 
Sumatra. 
var. dissitiflora Ridl. l.c. Racemes elongate, 2 in. long; pedicels 
•1 in. long. Hab. Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Ridley). 
(6) M. lancifolia Ridl. 
Shrub. Leaves thin, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 
obscurely crenate, base usually rounded; nerves elevate, 10 pairs; 
4 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles slender, -5 in. long. Inflorescence 
of a few slender racemes on a short peduncle. Flowers rather 
distant; pedicels as long as calyx. Sepals ovate, thin, not striate 
or toothed 5. Petals oblong, blunt. Stamens adnate to corolla 
base. Style short. Hab. Kelantan, Kota Bharu (Ridley). 
