81. MYRSINEX. 68 
Cura : without locality (Fortune, 170!); KWANGTUNG : 
Habang (Tate !), Lofaushan (Ford !); Honexone (Hinds! Wil- 
Jord ! Champion! Wright !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Widely spread in India and Malaya. 
32- 1. Ardisia * affinis, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex humilis, A. chinensi similis, caulibus multo graciliori- 
bus, foliis pallidis minoribus tenuioribus marginem versus tantum 
conspicue glanduloso-punctatis, calycis segmentis latioribus 
obtusis. 
KwaNarUNG; without special locality (Ford, 106!). Herb. 
Kew. 
At first sight this might be taken for a reduced state of A. chi- 
nensis; butit is easily distinguished by the differences indicated 
above. The specimens are in fruit. 
a 2. Ardisia caudata, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex ramosus, undique glaber, ramulis floriferis gracillimis. 
Folia membranacea, breviter petiolata, anguste lanceolata, 2-33 
poll. longa, caudato-acuminata, subacuta, crispulato-undulata, 
venis primariis lateralibus distantibus inconspicuis. Flores in 
corymbos breves subumbellatos terminales dispositi, pedicellis 
gracilibus; calycis segmenta ovato-oblonga, subobtusa; petala 
circiter 5 lineas longa, ovata, caudato-acuminata, nigro-glandulosa. 
SzEcHvEN : Mount Omei at 3500 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. 
3. Ardisia chinensis, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 207. 
Ardisia japonica, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 301, nec 
Blume. 
Formosa: Kelung (Ford, 51!); Hoxekowa (Champion !). 
Herb. Kew. 
4. Ardisia crenata, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1950 (vix Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. p. 85, et Fl. Ind. ed. Carey et Wall. ii. p. 276) ; Clarke in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 524. B 
Ardisia crispa, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 124, et Prodr. viii. 
p. 134, excl. 8. elegans; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 206 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. 
* Thunberg’s, or Hornstedt’s, genus Bladhia has several years’ priority over 
Swartzs Ardisia; and there has never been any doubt as to their being the 
same; yet it seems better to retain the latter, as it is now familiar to every body. 
