Maesa.] lxxxvi. myrsine^e. 229 
(7) M. pahangiana King and Gamble, l.c. 98. 
Large shrub. Leaves membranous rhomboid-ovate acuminate, 
base round, cuneate, faintly crenate, 7 to 8 in. long, 4 to 4*5 in. 
wide; nerves 8 or 9 pairs; petioles ‘8 to 1 in. long. Racemes 
simple, as long as the petiole. Calyx-tube very short, lobes -6 in, 
long hyaline at edge. Corolla-lobes crenate. Fruit globose, tip 
conic ribbed, *125 in. through, cream colour or orange. Hab. 
Local river-banks. Pahang River, Tanjong Antan; Kwala 
Tembeling (Ridley). 
(8) M. indica Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. ( ed . Carey), ii. 230; King, 
l.c. 99. 
Erect shrub or small tree. Leaves thick membranous, elliptic- 
acuminate, base round or acute, repand-dentate, 3 to 7 in. long, 
2 to 3 in. wide; nerves 8 to 12 pairs; petioles *5 to 1 in. long. 
Racemes axillary simple or compound, 1 to 3 in. long. Calyx- 
lobes ovate, ciliate. Corolla as long, lobes denticulate. Fruit 
•15 in. long. Hab. Local in mountain forests, 2500 to 4000 ft. 
altitude. Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills; 
Kwala Kangsa (Wray, Scortechini). Distrib. Java, Burma. 
(9) M. oocarpa Ridl. {misprinted ovocarpa) Journ. F.M.S. 
Mus. x. 147. 
A large glabrous shrub. Leaves thin-textured, ovate, blunt 
or sharply acuminate, edge dentate; nerves 8 pairs; 6 in. long, 
4 in. wide; petioles *1 in. long. Inflorescence of several slender 
racemes, 1*5 in. long on a very short peduncle. Flowers rather 
distant; pedicels short. Sepals 4 > ovate, denticulate, not striate. 
Fruit ovoid, base narrowed *2 in. long, crowned by the much- 
enlarged sepals. Hab. Kelantan, Chaning forests on Kelantan 
River (Ridley). 
2 . MYRSINE, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Branches thick. Leaves stiff, punctate. 
Flowers fascicled or on very short branches below the leaves. 
Calyx very small, lobes 4 or 5 » persistent. Corolla small, 4- or 
5-lobed, imbricate. Stamens 4 or 5, short. Ovary free, globose 
or ovoid; style short. Drupe i-seeded, fleshy, small. Seed 
globose. Species 80, tropics generally. 
Branchlets bearing flowers very short. 
Nerves obscure; leaves under 2*5 in. long 
Nerves visible; leaves over 2'5 in. long, chartaceous 
Nerves and reticulations visible; leaves coriaceous 
over 4 in. long ...... 
Nerves and reticulations visible; leaves lanceolate, 
blunt 3’5 in. long ...... 
Branchlets longer, -3 in. long or more. 
Leaves round at tip ...... 
Leaves emarginate; fruit larger .... 
(1) M. avenis 
{2) M. Porteriana 
(3) M. perakensis 
(4) M. capitellafa 
var. lanceolata 
(5) M. Wrayi 
(6) M. umbellulata 
