Ardisia. | LXXXVIII. MYRSINEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 527 
petiole 4-4 in. Peduncles 3-4 in.; pedicels 1-$ in.; bracteoles l in. linear. Buds 
Z by $ in., glabrous. Calyx densely villous; segments } in., ovate. Berry not seen. 
33. A. reflexa, Wail. Cat. 2282; branchlets fulvous-pubescent, leaves 
narrowly obovate-lanceolate acute at both ends sparingly pilose beneath or 
glabrescent, peduncles short bearing simple dense minutely fulvous-pubescent 
racemes. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 182. A. Amherstiana, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xvii. 120, and DC. Le, 131; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 111, and in Journ. As. Soc. 
1877, pt. ii. 226. 
Prev and Tenasserim; Wallich, &c. 
Branchlets, corymbs, and innovations with numerous spreading exceedingly short 
tawny hairs. Leaves membranous, 8 by 24 in. (often smaller), acuminate, base 
cuneate or rarely suddenly narrowed; primary nerves numerous, slender, thinly pilose 
beneath, especially near the midrib, or ultimately glabrescent; petiole }—4 in. 
Peduncles 1-2 in., axillary from near the ends of the branches; pedicels 4—¥ in. ; 
bracteoles caducous. Buds } by in., scarcely acute. Calyx-segments 3; in., round. 
Berry } in., globose, vertically striate.—In Wallich’s Herbarium the type sheet has 
the leaves pilose beneath, the second sheet has them glabrous; A. DC. made two 
species of these. 
34, A. khasiana, Clarke; branchlets fulvous-woolly, leaves linear- 
obovate glabrous, peduncles numerous axillary bearing simple lax few-flowered 
glabrous umbels. Ardisia sp., n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. y T. 
Kuasia Mrs, alt. 500-3000 ft., frequent; Grifith (Kew Distrib. n. 3572), 
HESS be. 
Erect, 1-4 ft. ; branches very leafy upwards. Leaves 4 by 4-3 in., broadest above 
the middle, tapering at both ends, primary nerves conspicuous beneath, acutely oblique 
to the midrib, inarching ; petiole 4-1 in, often woolly. Peduncles 1 in., often one 
from each of the crowded upper axils; pedicels 1 in., usually 2-5 in each umbel. 
Buds 3-4 by i in. Calyx-segments % in., elliptic; in fruit, orbicular, concave, 
margins membranous. Berry 4 in. or more, depressed-globose, scarcely striate.— 
The flowers, berries, and habit are similar to those of 4. humilis. 
Var. Thomsoni; leaves obovate-lanceolate. Ardisia sp. n. 30, Herd. Ind. Or. 
H. f. 4 T.— Chittagong; H..d T. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft. ; Mousto and Nong 
Klao, Clarke.—Leaves 5 by 12 in. in the Chittagong examples, but connected with 
A. khasiana type by intermediate forms. 
tt Plant wholly glabrous, the young parts sometimes puberulous or scaly. 
t Leaves crenate or denticulate. 
35. A. membranacea, Wall. Cat. 2288; leaves broadly lanceolate 
crenate membranous, peduncles axillary slender bearing simple small umbels, 
corolla-segments obtuse or emarginate, filaments much longer than the small 
round anthers. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 134 (not of Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 
pt. ii, 224). Ardisia sp. n. 36, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 2000 ft.; Wallich, H. f. & T., &c. Cacnuan; Shapoor, Keenan. 
Erect, 1-4 ft., subsimple, succulent. eaves 7 by 23 in., acute at both ends, 
nerves prominent, gland-dotted all over; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 1-2 in.; pedicels 
i-i in.; bracteoles 0. Calya-segments jJ; in., obtuse. Buds Ä in., obtuse. Stamens 
inserted close to the base of the corolla-segments, free from each other; filaments 
linear, flattened, slightly wider upwards; anthers small, round, opening by a longi- 
tudinal slit. Ovary obovate-oblong, substipitate ; style cylindric, short. Berry à in. 
diam. and upwards, globose, black, not vertically striate. Seed large, very hard at 
least when dry, altogether of 4rdisia.— This is the type of a new genus nearly allied 
to Amblyanthus, with which the habit, leaves, inflorescence, and corolla closely agree; 
the free stamens with long filaments, and the pistil are unlike Amblyanthus, and 
Índeed all other Indian Ardisiads, 
