LXXXVI. MYRSINE^E. 
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petioles *i to -2 in. long. Umbels x- or 2-flowered, glabrous sessile. 
Calyx-lobes dotted, edge ciliate, with 2 lines of glands. Corolla- 
lobes *3 in. long, glabrous. Drupe *25 in. long, red. Hah. Not 
common, in hill woods. Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi; Ayer 
Kuning (Cantley). Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall); Klang 
Gates. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Bujong Malacca ; 
Thaiping Hills. Native name : Lilimah Hutan. 
(2) A. Curtisii King and Gamble, lx. 155. 
Shrub. Branches zigzag, young parts pubescent. Leaves 
membranous elliptic, acuminate, base round hirsute beneath and 
on upper midrib, 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -2 in. 
long. Umbels 4- to 6-flowered, hairy. Calyx-lobes linear subulate 
hairy. Corolla -3 in. long, hairy outside. Hah. Local in woods, 
Perak, Batu Kurau (Curtis). Ipoh. 
7 . AEGICERAS, Gaertn. 
Glabrous bushes in tidal mud. Leaves fleshy entire obovate 
round. Flowers pale, rosy white in terminal and axillary umbels, 
numerous. Calyx-lobes coriaceous, twisted to left, no tube. 
Corolla-lobes overlapping to right, acute. Stamens connate below. 
Fruit cylindric, curved acute, coriaceous, testa splitting. Seed 
elongate. Species 2, Asiatic seashores. 
(1) A. majus Gaertn. Fruct. i. 216, t. 46, Fig. 1; King, lx. 156. 
Usually 4 ft. tall, but rising to 20 ft. Leaves 1*5 to 3-5 in. long, 
I to 1*5 in. wide. Umbels 15- to 20-flowered, sessile; pedicels 
•3 to *5 in. long. Corolla-lobes -25 in. long. Stamens exsert. 
Fruit 3 in. long. Hah. In tidal mud (not a mangrove plant). 
Singapore, Pulau Ubin; Gelang; Jurong. Johor, Batu Pahat 
River. Pahang, Sungei Meang; Rumpin River (Kloss). Malacca, 
Tanjong Kling (Hervey). Perak (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis and 
Wallich). Setul. Distrib. India to Australia. Native names: 
Teruntum; Kukulang Laut. 
Order LXXXVII. SAPOTACEzE. 
Trees, often vast, rarely small or shrubby, laticiferous, young 
parts usually red-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, rarely mem¬ 
branous, entire. Flowers small or medium-sized, creamy white, 
fragrant, fascicled in the axils of leaves or on tubercles on the 
branches of the last year’s wood below the leaves (rarely paniculate 
Sarcosperma). Calyx inferior, lobes coriaceous, 4 to 8, usually 
biseriate, outer pair valvate, inner often imbricate. Corolla gamo- 
petalous, tube short, lobes as many or 2 or 4 times as many as 
calyx-lobes. Stamens on corolla-tube in 1 or 2 series, 5 to 16 or 
more; staminodes occasionally present; anthers ovate or linear- 
sagittate often with the connective produced (appendage). Ovary 
