522 Lë, MYRSINER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ardisia. 
Maracca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3564), Maingay. Sıncarore, Wallich, 
Maingay. 
Leaves 5 by 1$ in., primary nerves obscure or numerous, thin ; petiole 4 in., often 
rusty-scaly. Panicle 3-6 in.; pedicels 1-2 in., crowded, Calya-lobes very small, 
ovate, subglabrous. Buds Ai in. 
Var. ophirensis; nerves of the leaves beneath prominent somewhat thickened, 
calyx-lobes elliptic, flowers a little larger.—Mt. Ophir, Malacca. 
. M. A. porosa, Clarke; glabrous, leaves oblong narrowed at both ends, 
panicle of 1-3 elongate lax racemes, anthers opening by terminal pores. 
Matacca ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3578); Maingay.—DuisrRm. Java. 
Branchlets flexuose, almost zigzag, compressed or winged. Leaves 5 by 1} in., 
cuneate, subacute at both ends, hardly acuminate ; primary nerves distinct, ramifying 
(rather than arching) near the margin ; dots 0 or obscure ; petiole in. Panicle 2-4 
in., branches wiry, flexuose, compressed ; pedicels 1-$ in., scattered in racemes 1-3 in. 
long; bracts and braeteoles 0, or small, caducous. Flowers 5-4- rarely 3-merous, 
Buds 4 by fin. Calya-lobes A in., ovate. Stamens 5-4, free; anthers as of Ardisia 
but with round (scarcely elongate) pores at the apex. Berry } in., globose, dark- 
purple (Maingay), altogether of Ardisia.—The Java plant has broader leaves and a 
still more reduced panicle. 
** Panicle in appearance terminal, the axis of the branch ending in a reduced 
leaf or leaves, below which rise one or more peduncles. (The panicle is perhaps 
truly terminal in some of these spectes.) 
7 15. A. depressa, Clarke; glabrous, leaves oblong acute at both ends, 
panicles slender compound not rising above the leaves, flowers small. A. 
neriifolia, Kurz For. FL ii. 108, and in Journ As. Soc, 1877, pt. à. 225 (not 
of Wall.). 
SixKrM, alt. 4-6000 ft, J. D. H. ,Kuasta Mrs, Griffith, Wallich. Assam 
Prains, Herb. Roxburgh. Biema, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3581). 
A large bush. Leaves 3} by 1} in., acuminate, primary nerves close fine, dots 
most minute; petiole d in. Panicles 2-3 in.; peduncles bearing as it were small com- 
pound umbels; bracts and bracteoles 0 or caducous. Buds è in, long, and as much 
broad. Flowers rose-coloured (Griffith). Calyx-teeth A in., lanceolate, acute. Berry 
à in. globose, not striate.— This is 4. pedunculata in Herb. Roxburgh, and was 
mixed with 4. pedunculosa in Herb. Wallich ; and (perhaps from the small flowers) 
has been called A. pauciflora, Heyne ?. 
16. A. neriifolia, Wall. Cat. 2278; leaves elongate narrow obovate- 
lanceolate acute entire, panicles minutely-rusty, berry globose-pentagonal 
scarcely depressed. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 118 partly (as to de- 
scription only), (not of Kurz). A. floribunda, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 
& Wall. ii. 272, and Cat. 2263; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 127; Brand. For. Fl. 987. 
A. thyrsiflora, Don Prodr. 148; A. DC. l.c. 138. 
SuprropicaL H1MALAYA, alt, 5000 ft. ; from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent. Enz 
Mrs., alt. 4000 ft., frequent. 
A large shrub, common by rivers, with erect branches topped by the pink flowers, 
and reminding altogether of Oleander. Leaves 7 by 14 in., attenuate at the base, 
nerves obscure; petiole j in. Peduncles 3-5 in., ascending, springing above the 
leaves below the terminal reduced tuft, each supporting often a compound panicle ; 
bracts 0 or caducous ; pedicels } in., umbelled. Buds } by à in. Calya-lobes à. in., 
elliptic, obtuse, minutely rusty. Berry} in. diam., distinctly pentagonal at least 
when dry, deep-red. 
. 17. A. quinquangularis, 4. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 9. xvi. 
95, and Prodr. vii. 127; leaves elongate obovate-lanceolate acute entire, 
panicles compound rusty-pubescent, berry small pentagonal greatly depressed, 
