526 LXXXVIII. MYRSINE&. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ardisia, 
A weak shrub, 2-6 ft. Leaves 6 by 3 in., acute at both ends, usually glabrous or 
most minutely pubescent except the nerves beneath; petiole 1 in. Racemes 1—4 in., 
simple or compound, lax, few-flowered ; bracts small, linear ; pedicels $+} in., minutely 
puberulous. Buds à by } in. Calyx-lobes i; in., ovate, obtuse. Berry + in. diam. 
(and upwards), globose, not striated, scarlet. 
319 Var. Maingayi; branchlets glabrous, leaves in age glabrous or sparsely pilose on 
the midrib beneath, —Malaeca ; Maingay. 
Var. Lobbii; leaves obovate-lanceolate, base much attenuated, nerves beneath 
densely villous, peduncles weak pendulous all from near the summit of the branchlets. 
—Singapore ; Lobb. n. 316.—Branchlets densely fulvous villous. Peduncles 1-2 in. 
Buds broader than in A, odontophylla type. 
29. A. Brandisiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 67, and For. 
Fi. ii. 112; leaves elliptic acute at both ends slightly crenate, peduncles axillary 
long bearing simple umbels, pedicels 1 in. thickened upwards minutely rusty- 
pubescent. 
ManTABAN; Brandis. MovrwEm; Thoung-gyun, alt. 4500 ft., Lobb. 
Branchlets thick, rusty and scaly (hardly pubescent) upwards. Leaves 5j by 24 
in. subcoriaceous, nerves distinct; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 3-4 in., ascending, 
minutely rusty; bracteoles very small. Calyz-lobes 4-4 in., ovate, subacute. Corolla- 
lobes 4-4 in., broad, acutely acuminate. Berry not seen. 
tt Leaves entire, or very nearly so. 
30. A. grandifolia, 4. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 122, and Prodr. 
vii. 132; leaves large obovate-oblong acute at both ends glabrous above 
villous at least on the midrib beneath, peduncles divaricate from near the apex 
of the branches, calyx-segments à in. lanceolate. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 
pt. ii. 225, and For. Fl. ii. 111. A. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 2290 (not of Blume). 
Tavox ; Wallich. 
Branches rusty-villous. Leaves 8 by 23 in.; primary nerves close together, 
slender, distinct; petiole 4 in., villous. Peduncles 1-2 in., patently pilose, bearing 
simple umbels; pedicels 1-$ in., very many. Buds } by } in. 
Var. Parishit; calyx-segments scarcely 45 in., round.—Moulmein, Parish ; Mergui, 
Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3590).—This may be a distinct species; but the length 
of the calyx-lobes is very variable in some of the species of Ardisia, and the calyx- 
lobes in Griffith’s example are longer than in Parish’s. 
31. A. Keenani, Clarke; leaves oblong narrowed at both ends glabrous 
above rusty-villous beneath, peduncles short bearing simple elongate racemes, 
calyx-segments very short round glabrous. 
Cacuan; Keenan. Munrypoor; Clarke. 
Branckes densely brown-villous. Leaves 7 by 2 in., primary nerves distinct 
beneath, somewhat distant, inarching; petiole } in. Peduncles 1-2 in., patently pilose, 
on one branchlet divaricate from near its apex, on the other ascending from a lower 
axil; pedicels 3-1 in., laxly racemose rather than umbelled. Buds 4 by à in.—This 
resembles so strongly A. grandifolia var. Parishii, that it might be added to it as a 
variety, but the nervation of the leaves differs. The Muneypoor example has much 
smaller leaves, all the peduncles ascending from lower axils, the racemes more villous, 
but the calyx-segments glabrous or very nearly so. 
32, A. Helferiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 86, and For. FI. 
ii. 113; densely rusty-villous or woolly, leaves obovate-oblong acute at both 
ends softly hairy above, peduncles axillary long bearing simple subumbellate 
racemes. 
Mercuri, Mourmern, and Tenasserim ; Griffith, Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 3589). 
Branches densely rusty-woolly. Leaves 64 by 24 in., primary nerves strong 
