D4 MYRSINE SALICINA. =~ = 
with numerous pellucid glands. Flowers close-set, in dense fase: 
naked parts of the branchlets; pedicels #in. in length; calyx five- 
ciliated, corolla cleft nearly to the base ; stamens with short filamen 
on the corolla lobes; ovary one-celled. Fruit ovoid, red, }in. long, two 
| EXPLANATION OF PLATE XV. 
Myrsine salicina, Heward, natural size. 1. Fascicle of flowers. 2. 
3. Calyx. 4. Corolla laid open to show the stamens. 5. Ovary. 6 e 
fruit. 7. Fruit. 8. Longitudinal section of fruit. 9. Transverse as 
fruit. 10. Seed. All more or less enlarged except 6. ; 
Note.—This species is sometimes erroneously called “ tipau,’’ but, Mr. Colenso informs me, that 1 
rightly applied to M. Urvillei alone. 
