Ardisia.) Lem, MYRSINEÆ®. (C. B. Clarke.) 519 
1 in, elliptic, persistent. Buds } in. long, and as much broad. Sepals } in., elliptic ; 
in fruit } in. orbicular. Amthers ovate, acute. Berry t in. wide, depressed-globose, 
not striated.— This is perbaps A. eximia, Miq. (Pl. Jungh. i. 196) which has subsessile 
flowers and very large leaves; or the allied A. jambosioides, Miq. (not seen). 
9. A. lanceolata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 275; leaves 
narrowly obovate-lanceolate, panicle glabrescent once divided into laxly corym- 
bose branches, corolla large. Wall. Cat. 2292; A. DC. Prodr. vin. 126, A. 
quil Blume Bijd. 684; A. DC. l.c. 133; Mig. Pl. Jungh. i. 197, and Fl. Ind. 
at. à. 1022; e" Myrsin. 88. A. purpurea, Reinw.; Blume Büd. 684; 
A. DC. l.c. 129 ; Mig. in Pl. Jungh. i. 197 ; Scheff. l. c. 88. A. mucronata, 
Blume l.c. 685; A. De l.c. 126; Scheff. l.c. 83. A. Leschenaultii, 4. DC. 
l.c. 137 ; Mig. Pl. Jungh. i. 197, and Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1022; Scheff. l. c. 89. 
A. Boissieri, A. DC. Je 129. A. Hasseltii, Blume; Scheff. l c. 86. 
PrNaNa; Roxburgh. Maracca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3569, 3579). SINGAPORE ; 
Ma Kafe. Duer, Throughout Malaya to the Philippines. 
A large shrub, glabrous or nearly so; branches cylindric. Leaves 8} by 23 in., 
shortly acuminate, subentire, coriaceous, primary nerves oblique; petiole 4-5 in. 
Panicle 4-5 in., broadly ovate, terminal (rarely axillary compound large and bractless) ; 
branches 2-4 in., rarely again divided; pedicels $-1} in., scattered corymbosely on 
the branches; bracteoles small, obtuse, caducous. Buds 4-4 by i in, rose-red. 
Sepals à in., orbieular, glabrous or nearly so; margins more or less scarious and 
fimbriate subpubescent; in fruit enlarged, more or less patent in the dried examples. 
Berry 1 in. wide, globose, slightly depressed, not striated. 
3. A. rigida, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, pt. ii. 87, and For. Fl. ii. 
107 ; leaves elliptic acute at both ends, panicle glabrescent 1-2-divided, pedicels 
short, flowers rather small. 
TENASSERIM ; seashore of the Peninsula, Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 3563). 
Branches moderately stout, cylindric. Leaves 6 by 2} ing subentire, glabrous, 
coriaceous, primary nerves oblique; petiole à in. Panicle 4 in.; branches minutely 
rusty-puberulous ; pedicels d in., umbelled or clustered ; bracteoles minute, caducous. 
Calyx-teeth scarcely A in., triangular-ovate, minutely rusty. Buds } by gin. Berry 
very small, but not ripe; calyx not enlarged on the young fruit. 
4. A. paniculata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 
270; glabrous, leaves obovate-lanceolate, panicle large compound, pedicels Z in. 
densely umbelled, calyx-lobes small round. Wall. Cat. 2268; Bat. Reg. t. 688 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 2364; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 126; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 
pt. ii, 224, and For. FI. ii. 107 (syn. excl.). 
Kuasta Mrs. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 8573). Dacca; frequent, C. B. Clarke. 
Cuirracona Hirs; Roxburgh, Clarke. 
A large shrub; branches more or less compressed. Leaves 9 by 3 in., shortly 
acute, tapering nearly to the base, subentire, coriaceous, primary nerves manifest, 
oblique; petiole very short and thick. Panicle 6-10 in.; branches more or less 
flattened, again divided; bracts often j in., linear-oblong. Buds 1 by 3 in., rose-red. 
Berry à in., globose, vertically striate. 
Var. Hookeri; leaves large, panicle lax compound, pedicels 3-2 in. Ardisia sp., 
n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H f. d. T.—Khasia Mts., alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Cbela, Nowgong, 
Luckhipoor, H. f. 4 T. Assam; Masters.—Leaves 14 by 5 in. (in some examples 
20 in.) Panicle 13 in.; pedicels 2-4-fascicled and also scattered corymbosely. 
5. A. missionis, Wall. Cat. 6524; glabrous, leaves narrowly oblong 
obtuse narrowed at both ends, panicle large compound, pedicels 4-2 in. A. DE, 
Prodr. viii. 130. 
CEYLON ; common. 
Leaves 5 by 1 in., very coriaceous, primary nerves obscure.— Very close to A. 
