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pulato-scrruhda; in luxuriautibns ramis qtiandoquc rufcscentia, integcrriina; laevia, luci- 
da, conspersa punctis copiosis, resinosis, pellucidis, rufis, juxla margin cm leviter revolutom 
lineolam huic approxiinatain dispositis; coslA subtus paium citvulu, nervis capillueeis, 
obli quis, intra marginem arcuatim ct rcticulatim anastoniosantibus. Pel to/us brevis, vix 
ultra duas lineas emcliens, punctatus, supra plamusculus. Slipulce null®. blares (tig. 5.) 
parvi, inodori, tetrandri vel pentandri, omnes hermaphroditi vel masculis inlerspersi, sex 
ad duodecim confcrti in fusciculos axillaies, nunierosos, rotundatos, basi amplexos braefeo- 
lis ovatis, deciduis, fuscis. Pedunculi seinipollicares, graciles, fili formes, obsolete angulati, 
subclavati, centrales fasciculorum interdum abortivi vel nulli. Calyx persistens, punctis 
notatus copiosis, elevatia, resinosis *, dentes quinque, lanceolali,acuti, patentes, ciliali. Co¬ 
rolla (fig. 7.) rotata, erubescens, punctata, calyce duplo longior ; lacinice lanceolate, re¬ 
curve, dentibus calycinis alternantes ; tubus brevissimus. Filamenta brevissima, la- 
ciniis opposita, earumquebasi iuserta; (mtherat niagntc, ovate, erect®, aurantiace, utrin- 
que longitudinaliter dehisccntes. Pistillum (fig. 6, H.) punctatum, stamina parum longi- 
tudine excedens. Ovarium (fig. 9, 10.) ovatum, uniloculare, tri- tetrasporum; owla 
placente erect®, cat-nose, globose lined circular! scmiimersre ; stylus brevis, columnar 
ris; stigma carnosuni, subiniundibuliforme, limbo arnplo, unilaterali, trilobo, laciuiato- 
fimbriato. Flores mascttli (fig. 1,2, 8,4.) minores quani hermaphroditi, an the ris viola- 
ceis, cum rudimeuto centrali pistilli. Drtqia globularis, lev iter depressa, apiculata, mo- 
nosperma, rubra, magnitudinis pisi minoris, calyce immutato suffulta, laevis, nitida. Caro 
mollis, pnlposa. Semen erectum, globosum. Putamen crustaceum, glabrum. Integu¬ 
ment um mcmbranaceum. Perispermum cartilagineum, semini conforme, albicans, 
foveolatum et superficialiter ruminatum. Embryo lougus, cylindricus, horizontalis, 
leviter curvus, diainetrum perispermi equans, totumque fere excurrens. Cotyledones 
semicyliudrici, obtusi, intus plani; radicula obtusa. 
Observation. 
“The wood of this species is of a chocolate colour, radiated, compact and heavy; it is 
much esteemed by the hill people for various carpenters works. They eat the fruit/' 
Wall. loc. cit. 
MYRSINE CAPITELLATA, Wall. I. cit . 295. TAR. 25 
Arborea, erecta; tbliis oblongo-lanceolatis, integerriniis, coriaceis; floribus subsessili- 
bus, axillaribus, capitellatis ; stylo elongato, crasso ; stigmate integro, glabro, obtuso. 
Nomen Parbutteum; Syade. 
Newarrense; Iihoe Bil/oo. 
\ aide communis in Napalice sylvis, ’fidrens et fructifera hyeme. 
Arbor priori habilu et magnitudine similis. Hamuli crassi, angulati. Folia approx ima- 
ta, sparsa, patentia, coriacea, firma, oblongo-lanceolata vel subovata, integcrriina, acumi¬ 
nata, basi acuta, quinque- ad septem-pollicuria, juxta marginem copiose punctulata, su¬ 
per no lucida, interne pallida parumque glaucescentia, costa elevala, nervis obsoletis ca- 
piUaribus. Petiolus crassus, brevissimus, sulcatus, nunc rufescens. Flores (fig. 1,2,8.) 
poly garni, sessiles, viridiusculi, punctis conspcrsi copiosis, minutis, elevatis, resinosis, fus- 
cis, aggregati in capitula parva, rotundata, axlllaria, vel lateralia ad vestigia foliorum delap- 
sorum, subsessilia vel suffulta pedicello Communi sublignoso, brevissimo, columnari, e 
Iracteolis minutis, ovatis, concavis, persistentibus scabriusculo. JEstivutio valvata. 
Calyx (fig. 4 .) urceolatus, dentibus quinque ovatis, aculis. Corolla (fig. 5.) calyce bis 
longior; tubo brevi; laciniis recurvatis, Ianceolatis. Filamenta brevissima, subulata; 
