Ardisia. | LXXXVIII. MYRSINEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 593 
ASSAM, 
Leaves and inflorescence exceedingly like those of A. neriifolia. Calyx pubescent. 
Berry 2; by } in., markedly pentagonal, strongly depressed.—The plant here identi- 
fied (from description only) with A. quinquangularis, A. DC., may be a var. of A. 
neriifolia, but the small depressed berry is unlike any of the fruiting examples of that 
plant. A. DC.’s plant was “obtained by the Ganges or cultivated in the Botanic 
Garden, Calcutta.” 
18. A. pedunculosa, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wail. ii. 
279, and Cat. 2271 partly ; glabrous, leaves elongate lanceolate acute, umbels 
ang racemosely on the peduncles, pedicels long, flowers rather large, 4. DC. 
rodr. vii. 128. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent ; Wallich. 
A straggling shrub, with pendent inflorescence. Leaves 7 by 14 in., entire or 
obscurely toothed, dotted, base cuneate, nerves slender ; petiole in. Peduncles 
1—4 in., divaricate, sometimes crowded close to the end of the branches, appearing to 
form a large compound panicle, sometimes axillary or extra-axillary far below the 
terminal leaves ; bracts 1 in., leaf-like, rarely persistent ; pedicels A in., minutely rusty 
sometimes when young. Buds} by lin. very acute, Flowers rose-red. Sepals 3 in., 
ovate-lanceolate, acute. Berries } by } in., globose, slightly depressed, vertically 
striate. 
19. A. Griffithii, Clarke; leaves large obovate-oblong acute entire, 
panicle rusty, pedicels 2 in. umbelled. Ardisia sp. n. 22, Herb. Ind. Or. 
Kuasta Mrs: Grifith (Kew Distrib. n. 3576); Nunklow, alt. 3-5000 ft., 
EE 
Habit and inflorescence of A. neriifolia, but much stouter, with broad leaves.— 
Leaves 10 by 3 in., narrowed at the base, glabrous, nerves slender; petiole $ in. 
Bracts (at the base of the umbels) } in., elliptic-oblong, unusually persistent. Sepals 
4 in. elliptic-oblong. Berries à by 3 in. globose slightly depressed, vertically 
striated. 
90. A. Icara, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2264; leaves elongate lanceolate acute 
crenulate-toothed, panicles rusty, sepals lanceolate acute. A. DC. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xvii. 125, t. 7, and Prodr. viii. 186. A. serrulata, Kurz in Journ. 
As. Soc. 1873 pt. ii. 87, 1877 pt. ii. 225, and For. FL. ii. 108 (not of 
Swartz). 
NonTrH-EAsT Buncat; Mudhopoor and Bholagunje, Hamilton. Assam; Suddiya, 
Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3577). BigMA and Tenasserim; Griffith and Helfer (Kew 
Distrib. n. 3562). 
Habit and inflorescence of A. neriifolia ; from which it only differs by the narrow 
acute sepals and distinctly crenulate leaves; the berries are hardly pentagonal. 
21. A. Moonii, Clarke; leaves elliptic or obovate coriaceous entire, 
peduncles few crowded very near the end of the stem long bearing simple 
panicles, pedicels minutely rusty umbelled. A. Wallichii, Thwaites Enum. 
Pl. Zeyl. 174 (not of A. DCH, Anguillaria zeylanica, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 173, t. 
77, fig. 1.—Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 103. 
CEYLON; Moon, Ze, 
An undershrub 4-2 ft.; young parts obscurely rusty. Leaves 64 by 3} in., obtuse 
with a short acumination, base cuneate, dotted, primary nerves distinct beneath; 
petiole } in. JPeduncles 2-3 in., forming a terminal quasi-umbel; pedicels 1-3 in. 
Buds } by à in., pyramidal. Flowers rose (Thwaites). Sepals j; in., ovate, subacute. 
Berry } in., subglobose, smooth (red, Thwaites).— Easily distinguished from 4. Wal- 
lichit by the entire leaves and quasi-terminal peduncles. 
Var. subsessilis; panicles subsessile solitary or several umbelled subterminal, 
