520 LXXXVIII. MYRSINEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ardísia. 
paniculata, Roxb. and treated as a form of it in Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 173. The 
numerous Ceylon specimens are, however, all alike, and all differ similarly from A. 
paniculata. 
6. A. courtallensis, Wight Ic. t. 1215; glabrous, leaves obovate- 
lanceolate, panicle compound lax, pedicels 1 in. 
SovrH Deccan PxwiNsULA ; Coimbatore and Courtallum, Wight. 
This again is considered a form of A. paniculata by Thwaites (Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 
173), and by Beddome (For, Man. 138), but the exceedingly long pedicels differ consider- 
ably, A. paniculata, missionis and courtallensis are strictly localised forms, whether 
they be considered species or varieties. 
7. A. colorata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, and Fl. Ind, ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 
271; leaves petioled narrowly oblong acute at both ends, primary nerves 
nearly at right angles to the midrib, paniele compound glabrous or obscurely 
rusty, buds 4 in. long. A. pyramidalis, Roth Nov. Sp. 123 (not of Cav.). A. 
anceps, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 980, and Cat. 2261; A. DC. 
Prodr. viii. 126; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 224, and For. Fi. ii. 
107. A. polycarpa, Wall. Cat. 2285. A. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 2272. A. 
Rothii, A. DC. Le 126. A. Blumii, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 117, 
and Prodr. viii. 128, fide Scheff. Myrsin. 77. A. ovata, Thunb. ; Roem. & Sch. 
Syst. iv. 517 (P). 
From Assam and Cacuar to Maracca, frequent; Wallich, &e. DisrRrB. Malaya, 
Birma. 
A shrub, or tree attaining 25 ft. ; branches round, becoming flattened only close 
under the panicle. Leaves 9 by 21 in., parallel-sided, glabrous, coriaceous ` base cuneate ; 
petiole $ in. Panicle 6-12 in., divided 2 or 3 times; branches flattened ; pedicels 
5-4 in. densely umbelled, glabrous or minutely puberulous. — Calys-teeth i in, 
elliptie-oblong. Style } in., longer than the corolla. Berry 1 in., globose, smooth, 
deep-red to black. 
Var. polyneura, Miq. in Pl. Jungh. i. 198 (sp.); leaves wider, panicle subtriangular 
wide atthe base. Scheff. Myrsin. 81.—Malacca, Grifith—Disrrim. Java.— Leaves 
10} by 4 in., elliptic or somewhat obovate.— Griffith's example in Herb. Wight is 
identical with the Javan A. polyneura, but there are other Malacca examples inter- 
mediate between this form and A. colorata type. Blume placed these under his A. 
sanguinolenta. 
Var. complanata, Wall. Cat. 2277 (sp.); panicles smaller rusty, flowers rather 
smaller. Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 4 Wall. ii. 280; A. DC. Prodr. 
viii. 126 ; Scheff. Myrsin. 78. A. sanguinolenta, Blume Bid. 685, not of Wall. A. 
Zollingeri, 4. DC. l.c. 670.—Chittagong; H. f. d T. Penang; MWallich.—DrsTRIE. 
Malaya.—Panicle branches often much flattened, densely scaly, hardly pubescent.— 
Kurz says the berry of his small-flowered anceps is white when fully ripe. 
tt Panicle not stout, primary branches often bearing the racemes or wmbels. 
§ Leaves distinctly toothed. 
8. A. zeylanica, Clarke; leaves broad-lanceolate acute at both ends 
closely toothed, panicle simple or very sparingly compound, pedicels umbelled 
minutely rusty. A. divergens var. B crispa, Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 174. 
Cryton ; Gardner, Wight. 
Leaves 44 by 1} in. glabrous, membranous, drying black; primary nerves 
arching at some distance from the margin, the interspaces and margin with several 
rows of large dots; petiole 4-4 in. Panicles 3 by 2 in., primary branches bearing an 
umbel each, the lowermost sometimes 2; bracts at the forks not rarely leaf-like, 
lin; pedicels $ in. Calya-lobes A in. ovate-oblong. Buds ł br gin. Berry } in, 
globose, obscurely striated vertically. 
