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than the leaves; pedicels slender, 1 in. long, with a 06 in. long subulate bract at the base and 2 similar bracteoles beneath the flower; buds nearly globose. Calyx superior, 05 in. in depth, cupular, with 5 imbricate broad incurved concave glabrous lobes. Corolla rotate with 5 imbricate rounded broad lobes, 1 in. deep; tube rather longer than lobes. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla; anthers globular; filaments flattened, longer than the anthers. Ovary inferior, depressed, surmounted by a flattened lobed stigma, 1-celled; ovules many, cuneate, on a central basal placenta. Fruit unknown.

PERAK: Gunong Bubu, at 5,000 feet elevation; Wray 3850, 3886. 4. MÆSA STRIATA, Mez Monog. Myrs. 42 (1901). A shrub or small tree; branches smooth, reddish, with scattered lenticels. Leaves membranous; rather variable, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, rounded or acuminate at apex, bluntly acute and sometimes unequal at base; entire or undulate or broadly dentate, especially on the upper half, pale green when dry, glabrous except for a few occasional stiff hairs on the midrib beneath, striate with many faint very slender lineoles; 4 to 7 in. long, 2.5 to 3 in. broad; midrib angular, prominent beneath, main-nerves 7 to 8 pairs, slender; secondary nerves and reticulations faint and irregular; petiole slender, 4 to 1 in. long, channelled above. Inflorescence of axillary racemes, simple or joined in a sub-sessile panicle, rarely over 2 in. long; pedicels very slender, '05 to 1 in. long, with a subulate bract at base, half their length, and 2 acute bracteoles under the flower. Calyx superior, about 1 in. deep; lobes 5, imbricate, ovate, rounded, about 4-striate, edges hyaline; tube as long as lobes. Corolla as long as calyx, rotate, 1 in. in depth; lobes 5, imbricate, rounded, crenate, glabrous. Stamens 5, inserted near the base of the corolla; anthers ovate, slightly divaricate; filaments 2 to 3 times as long as anthers. Ovary inferior, depressed, rounded; style short cylindrical, stigma 4-lobed; ovules many, cuneate, on a central basal placenta. Fruit round, 1 to 15 in. in diam., smooth, faintly ribbed, crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes and style.

PENANG at Paya Trobong, Curtis 2857. PERAK: King's Collector 2287.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Forbes 1260, 1287, 1315, 1376.

5. MESA PAHANGIANA, King & Gamble, n. sp. Apparently a shrub; branches round, smooth, dark brown when dry. Leaves membranous; rhomboid-obovate, acuminate at the apex, rounded cuneate at base; faintly crenate especially in the upper half; glabrous on both dull surfaces; 7 to 8 in. long, 4 to 4.5 in. broad; midrib slender, prominent beneath; main-nerves distant, 8 to 9 pairs, at about half a right angle with the midrib, sometimes branched; secondary nerves few and like the reticulations indistinct; petiole slender, 8 to 1 in. long. Inflores

cence a simple axillary raceme, as long as or slightly longer than the petiole; pedicels slender, about 1 in. long, supported by a minute subulate bract below and with two similar bracteoles below the flower. Calyx superior, cupular, with a very short tube and 5 triangular imbricate teeth 6 in. long, glabrous, hyaline at the edges and very faintly brown-glandular. Corolla as long as calyx; lobes 5 imbricate, glabrous, rounded, somewhat crenate, with 2 to 3 prominent brown glandular lineoles; tube half the length. Stamens nearly as long as corolla, inserted near its base; filaments about twice as long as the anthers; anthers emarginate, cells somewhat divaricate. Fruit globose with a conical tip surrounded by the remains of the corolla and the persistent calyx, and surmounted by the short persistent style, ribbed, 125 in. in diam., glabrous.

PAHANG at Tanjong Antan, Ridley 2175A.

Only one specimen is unfortunately available, and that in fruit, with only remains of flowers.

6. MÆSA INDICA, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 230 (1824). A shrub reaching 4 to 6 feet in height; branchlets brown, smooth, lenticellate. Leaves chartaceous; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, rounded or acute at the base; repand-dentate, about 3 teeth to each main-nerve; 3 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad; midrib very prominent, often broad; main-nerves 8 to 12 pairs, others closely reticulate; glandular striæ long, prominent; petiole 5 to 1 in. long, channelled above by the decurrent bases of the blade. Inflorescence of simple or compound axillary racemes, much shorter than the leaves, usually 1 to 3 in. long; pedicels slender, 05 to 1 in. long, longer in fruit; bracts subulate, in flower as long as pedicels; bracteoles 2, minute. Calyx superior, with 5 imbricate lobes, which are ovate, ciliate, striate, about 04 in. long,. almost acute or rounded at apex. Corolla as long as calyx; lobes denticulate, glandular-striate; tube as long as lobes. Stamens inserted at base of corolla-tube; anthers ovate, cells divaricate; filaments dorsifixed, rather longer than anthers. Ovary rounded; style short cylindric,. stigma obtuse; ovules many. Fruit round, smooth, striate, 15 in. long, crowned at the summit by the persistent calyx-lobes and the remains of the stigma. Seeds angular. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 134, Prod. VIII. 80 (in part); Wall. Cat. 2318 E.; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 509 (in part); Koord. & Val. Bijd. V. 222; Mez Monog. Myrs. 29. Baobotrys indica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, Fl. Ind. I. 557.

PERAK: Wray 3314, 3349; Scortechini 16, 733; Ridley 3007, 9741; King's Collector 7712.-DISTRIB. Burma, Java.

2. MYRSINE, Linn.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or serrate, often thick, usually pellucid-punctate. Flowers polygamous or dioecious, fascicled, axillary or on very short branches, pedicels short with many imbricate bracts. Calyx small, lobes 4 to 5 persistent. Corolla 4-5-lobed, the lobes imbricate in bud, recurved in flower. Stamens 4 to 5; filaments short, inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes; anthers short, ovate; staminodes none. Ovary free, globose or ovoid; style usually short, cylindric or angular; stigma capitate or 2-5-lobed; ovules few or many, immersed in the placenta. Fruit a small, dry or somewhat fleshy, berry, 1-seeded. Seed solitary, globose, sessile, hollowed at the base; albumen pitted; embryo elongate, cylindric or curved, horizontal. DISTRIB. Species about 80, chiefly tropical, a few in Japan, extra-tropical Africa, Australia and New Zealand. All our species belong to Mez' genus Rapanea.

Arrested branches bearing the umbels very short, 1 in. long or

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Leaf-nerves and reticulations obscure, leaves small, under 2.5 in. 1. M. avenis.
Leaf-nerves and reticulations visible, leaves usually over 2.5 in:—
Leaves under 4 in. long, chartaceous, blackish when dry;
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Leaves over 4 in. long, coriaceous, reddish when dry; pedicels
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Arrested branches bearing the umbels ·3 in. long or more :—
Leaves rounded at apex; berry ·2 in. in diam.
Leaves emarginate at apex; berry 3 in. in diam.

2. M. Porteriana.

3. M. perakensis.

4. M. Wrayi.
5. M. umbellulata.

1. MYRSINE AVENIS, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 107 (1834). A small tree; branches pale, rounded; branchlets wrinkled when dry, faintly ferruginous-tomentose, leaf-buds long acuminate. Leaves entire, chartaceous; oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acute at apex, acutely narrowed at base, glabrous, marked with resinous often very conspicuous lineoles and dots along the margin especially near the apex, margins usually recurved; 1 to 2.5 in. long, 5 to 75 in. broad; midrib prominent, impressed above; main-nerves very obscure as are the reticulations; petiole 2 in. long, slender, edged with the ciliate margins of the decurrent blade. Flowers in compact sessile 2-5-flowered umbels on very short thick arrested branches; bracts oblong acute; pedicels about 1 in. long, angular; flower-buds ovate, flowers Calyx-lobes triangular, acute, ciliate, with few round glandular dots; tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes imbricate, elliptic, pubescent on the margins, sparsely round-gland-dotted, connate for about one-third of their length. Stamens as long as corolla-lobes; anthers

ovate, apiculate, pubescent at tip; filaments and lower part of anthers attached about half-way up the corolla-lobes. Ovary rounded, conical; style short in ♂, oblique and with long channelled stigma in ?. Berry globose, 1 in. in diam., glandular, smooth, tipped with the persistent style. DC. Prod. VIII. 96; Miq. Pl. Jungh. 189, and Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1015; Scheff. Myrs. 47; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 234. Myrsine capitellata, Wall. var. avenis Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 512 (in part); Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, IV. 199. Ardisia avenis, Blume Bijdr. 691. Rapanea avenis, Mez Monog. Myrs. 357.

SINGAPORE: Ridley 253.-DISTRIB. Java, Celebes, Borneo.

2. MYRSINE PORTERIANA, Wall. Cat. 6525 (1829). A shrub or small tree; branches grey, rough; branchlets slender, angled when dry, leafbuds lanceolate. Leaves chartaceous, entire; oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acute and slightly emarginate at apex, cuneately narrowed at base, glabrous, glandular dotted, especially along the margin, and often glandular-lineolate, black or greyish when dry; 1.5 to 3.5 in. long, •75 to 1.25 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath, impressed above; mainnerves 8 to 12 pairs, the lowest pair running parallel to the midrib and there joined by the rest, not always easily seen; secondary nerves few, slender, reticulations minute; petiole slender, 2 to 4 in. long, channelled above by the decurrent and almost connivent, slightly fimbriate, edges of the blade. Flowers in compact sessile umbels on the summit of a short thick cone-like bracteate arrested branch about 1 to 3 in. long; bracts ovate, bracteoles oblong, blunt, ciliate; pedicels angled 1 in. long; flower-buds ovate, flowers greenish-white, usually diœcious, 5-merous. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, 05 in. long, ciliate, marked with prominent dark round or lineolate glands; tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes oblong obtuse, 1 to 15 in. long, minutely pubescent on the margins, marked by prominent dark rounded and lineolate glands, connate to one-fourth of their length, revolute in flower. Stamens inserted on the corolla, the filaments and lower half of the anthers adnate with it, those of ♂ flowers ovate apiculate, those of flowers sagittate; in open flowers exsert, longer than the revolute lobes. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, ♂ flowers with a short straight style, ? flowers with an oblique style and oblique folded stigma. Berry globose, glabrous, 1 in. in diam., dark blue when fresh, pale when dry, striate from the elongated vertical glands. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 106, Prod. VIII. 95. M. capitellata var. avenis, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 512 (in part). Rapanea Porteriana, Mez Monog. Myrs. 358.

PENANG: Porter in Wallich 6525; Maingay (K.D.) 1005; Curtis 1013, 3728, on Government Hill, road to Crag. PERAK: Ridley 2992; Wray 678, 1537; King's Collector 5001, usually at 5,000 feet eleva

tion. PAHANG: Ridley 1669A. SELANGOR: Ridley 8208. MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3543; Ridley 10076, on Mount Ophir.

3. MYRSINE PERAKENSIS, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree; branchlets. thick, smooth, wrinkled when dry, terminal leaf-buds lanceolate. Leaves entire, coriaceous; oblong, bluntly acute at apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous, shining above, margins recurved, glandular dots many, inconspicuous; 4 to 5 in. long, 1.5 to 2 in. broad; midrib thick, very prominent; main-nerves 20 to 26 pairs, prominent above, at about twothirds of a right angle with the midrib, parallel at first, arching afterwards to meet near the margin; secondary nerves similar but more slender, reticulations prominent; petiole 3 in. long, very thick, winged by the decurrent margins of the blade. Flowers in compact sessile umbels on the summit of a thick, cone-like, bracteate, arrested branch about 1 in. long, in the axils of the leaves or below them on the current year's wood, so forming a thick cluster below the terminal leaves: umbels 5-8flowered, pedicels 15 to 2 in. long, thick and angular when dry; bracts ovate, scaly, sometimes ciliate. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, glandularciliate, about 05 in. long, ciliæ jointed. Corolla and Stamens unknown. Berry globose, sometimes conical at top, 1 to 15 in. in diam., pericarp pale brown when dry, striate with obscure oblong glands.

PERAK: Wray 3856; Scortechini, 766, at 5,000 feet elevation.

4. MYRSINE WRAYI, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree; branchlets stout, striate when dry. Leaves entire, coriaceous; elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, narrowly cuneate at base; 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 1.75 in. broad, glabrous; midrib slender; main-nerves very obscure, about 12 pairs, meeting in an intramarginal nerve near the edge, reticulations many, somewhat raised beneath when dry; petiole 5 to 7 in. long, bordered above by the decurrent margins of the blade, wrinkled at the base. Flowers in peduncled axillary few-rayed umbels; bracteoles minute, triangular; peduncles 3 to 5 in. long; rays of umbel 3 to 4, pedicels about 35 in. long, clavately thickened above. Calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, glandular-ciliate, acute, 05 in. long. Corolla and Stamens unknown. Fruit round, 2 in. in diam., crowned by the persistent base of the style; pericarp rugosely striate.

PERAK: Wray 232, at 4,500 feet.

5. MYRSINE UMBELLULATA, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 135 (1834). A small tree; branchlets thick, glabrous, reddish-brown Leaves entire, coriaceous; elliptic-obovate, obtuse and emarginate at apex, acute at the base; glabrous above, rusty beneath, black glandular dots frequent, margins often recurved; 2 to 3.5 in. long, 75 to 1.25 in. broad; midrib prominent, slender; main-nerves inconspicuous, slender,. raised on upper surface, depressed on lower, reticulations obscure;.

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