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Ardisia. | LXXXVIII. MYRSINEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 529 
40. A. polycephala, Wall. Cat. 2293; leaves elliptic or oblong nar- 
rowed at both ends, peduncles axillary short stout compressed carrying dense 
racemes. 4. D C. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 118, and Prodr. viii. 131; Kurz For. 
FI. ii. 109, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 225 (excl. var. acuminata). 
Prev and Trexassggmw; Wallich, Griffith, Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 3565, 3586). 
Leaves 7-9 by 21 in., nerves numerous, distinct; petiole 1-3 in. Peduneles 4-14 
in., often from near the apex of the branches, very much compressed, often recurved or 
divaricate ; pedicels 1—3 in., numerous, sometimes subumbelled, sometimes in a raceme 
2-4 in. long. Flowers nearly as in A. attenuata, to which this species is very closely 
allied ; the two differ from their ally A. humilis in the elongate leaves and the smaller 
calyx-segments. 
4l. A. rhynchophylla, Clarke; leaves obovate-lanceolate caudate- 
acuminate, peduncles short bearing simple few-flowered racemes of rather large 
flowers. Ardisia sp. n. 28, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $. T. 
Kuasa Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft.; Mahadeo and Cherra, H. f. 4 T. 
A small, branched shrub. Leaves 44 by 1} in., base cuneate, primary nerves pro- 
minent beneath, inarching; petiole à in. Peduncles 1-3 in.; pedicels 1 in., laxly 
racemed, much thickened upwards. Buds 4-4 by i in. Calya-segments 4-1 in., 
elliptic, concave. Flowers white (J. D. Hi Berry + in., globose, smooth, gland- 
dotted, not vertically striate.—Allied to A. humilis, differing in the long-acuminate, 
smaller leaves. 
49. A. Lobbiana, Clarke; leaves small elliptic narrowed at both ends, 
peduncles axillary bearing umbels in simple panicles, 
“Inpia”; Lobb (probably Singapore). 
Leaves coriaceous, 2$ by 1} in., shortly acuminate, base cuneate; petioles 1-4 in. 
Peduncles 1 in., distant from tho apex of the branches, compressed ; panicles 2-3 in. 
diam., somewhat lax ; pedicels 1-3 in., 3-6 in each umbel. Buds |j bylin. Calyx- 
segments à in. ovate, obtuse. Berry not seen.—The leaves resemble those of A. 
rhynchophylla, but are shortly acuminate, not caudate. 
43. A. pauciflora, Heyne, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wail. 
ii. 279, and Cat. 2270; leaves long-lanceolate narrowed at both ends, peduncles 
short weak axillary bearing 1-5-flowered simple weak racemes. .4. DC. Prodr. 
viii. 127 (excl. var. cymosa); Wight Ic. t. 1214; Bedd. For. Man. 138. 
Mrs. of Borg Innra and CEYLON; common. 
Branchlets rusty-scaly, hardly pubescent. Leaves 4 by 1 in., or sometimes 9 by 
13 in., coriaceous, nerves obscure; petiole } in. Peduncles f in., scattered ; pedicels 
4 in., thin. Buds 4 in. long, and as much broad.  Calyz-segments 4 in., triangular, 
subacute. Berry } in. diam., globose, not striate.— The Malay A. cymosa, Blume, has 
been reduced to this by A. DC. and Scheffer ; but the examples of A. cymosa from Java 
differ considerably, having many-flowered racemes often in panicles, and larger 
flowers. The peculiarity of A. pauciflora is that even stout large-leaved examples 
have exceedingly small depauperated racemes. : 
44. A. rhomboidea, Wight Ic. t. 1213; leaves spathulate-rhomboid 
obtusely acuminate, peduncles short bearing 1-5-flowered small racemes. Bedd. 
For. Man. 138. 
Sovru Deccan Peninsuta ; Shevagherry Hills, Wight. 
This is perhaps a form of 4. pauciflora with abnormal leaves; the branchlets, 
habit, inflorescence, and berries are as in 4: pauciflora ; the leaves are spathulate with 
a narrowly winged petiole. 
45. A. humilis, Vahl Symb. iii. 40 (excl. syn. Burm., not of Blume) ; 
leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic shortly acuminate or subobtuse base cuneate, 
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