-Amblyanthus.] LXXXVIII. MYRSINEÆ. (C. B. Clarke.) 533 
9. AMBLYANTHUS, 4. DC. 
A small, glabrous shrub. Leaves petioled, narrowly lanceolate, slightly 
crenate-serrate. Umbels compound, sessile, terminal on lateral branches leafy 
at their summits. Flowers small; buds obtuse. Calyx-tube obconic; lobes 5. 
Corolla-lobes 5, obovate, emarginate, twisted to the right in bud. Stamens 5, 
inserted at the throat of the corolla, filaments short; anthers ovate, united by 
their margins, dehiscing by slits inwards. Ovary oblong, narrowed into a 
short cylindric style ; stigma small, discoid ; ovules few, immersed in a globose 
placenta. Fruit not known. 
A. glandulosus, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. 83, t. 6, and in DC 
Prodr. viii. 1. Ardisia glandulosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 
& Wall. ii. 276; Wall. Cat. 2265 (not of Blume). A. Roxburghiana, Dietr. 
Syn. Pl. i. 617. 
Synet; Wallich. Kuasta, Mrs., alt. 2000 ft.; below Cherra, H. f. 4 7.; Bor 
Pani, below Nunklow, J. D. H., Simons. ` 
Leaves 7 by 14 in., acuminate, denticulate or entire, base cuneate, primary nerves 
slender, oblique; petiole 1 in. Flowering branches rising obliquely from near 
the summit of the stem, naked below, peduncle-like, usually with 3-4 leaves near 
their summit. Peduncles 2-3 in., subumbelled, slender, curving ; pedicels -4 in., 
numerous, subumbelluled; bracteoles 0 or caducous. Calyx-lobes ve in., ovate. 
Corolla-lobes 4; in., but slightly overlapping in the bud, recurved in flower. 
10. HGICERAS, Gaertn. 
A small, glabrous tree; branches cylindric. Leaves scattered, petioled, 
obovate, entire, coriaceous, l-nerved. Umbels sessile, axillary, terminal or 
leaf-opposed ; bracts 0; pedicels filiform. Flowers hermaphrodite, white. 
Caly.x-lobes 5, imbricate. Corolla-tube short ; segments 5, acute, twisted to the 
right in bud. Stamens 5, on the corolla-tube ; filaments linear, hairy at the 
base; anthers cordate-lanceolate, dehiscing longitudinally, cells transversely 
septate. Ovary oblong, narrowed into a filiform style, stigma small; ovules 
many, immersed in a central globose placenta. Fruit cylindric, curved, acute, 
coriaceous, striated, 1-seeded, at length dehiscing longitudinally. Seed conform. 
to the fruit, exalbuminous, germinating within the pericarp; radicle inferior, 
long, enlarged at the base; cotyledons very short. 
IE. majus, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 216, t. 46, fig. 1; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 190; 
A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. t. 9 A, and in DC. Prodr. viii. 142; Wight Ill. 
t. 146; Scheff. Myrsin. 97 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 137 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 
Pl. xix. fig. 3. Æ. fragrans, Koen. Ann. Bot. i, 129,t. 9; Wall. Cat. 2326 ; 
Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 84, t. 21; Grab. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 104; Griff. 
Notul. iv. 204. Æ. obovatum and ferreum, Blume Doud, 693. Æ. floridum, 
Roem. & Sch. Syst. iv. 512; A. DC. in DC. l.c. 143; Scheff. l.c. 99. A. 
nigricans, A. Rich. in Voy. Astrol. ii. 57, t. 21 ; A. Hie Æ. minus, 4. DC. 
l. c. (not of Gaertn.). Æ. Malaspinea, A. DC. (e E. corniculata, Blanco 
Fi. Filip. 79; Kurz For. Fi. ii. 114, and. in Journ. As. Soc. 1879, pt. ii. 227. 
Rhizophora corniculata, Linn. Sp. Pl. 635. R. Aigiceras, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 
Gmel. vii. 747.  Malaspinzea laurifolia, Presl. Rel. Haenk. ii. 68, t. 61.— RAeede 
Hort. Mal. vi. t. 96. 
Sea-coasts, from ScrwpE to SINGAPORE, especially in the mangrove swamps.— 
Disrris. Tropical shores nearly of the whole world. 
A shrub, or tree 15-20 ft. Leaves 3 by 1} in., obtuse, base cuneate; petiole 2 in. 
Pedicels 4 in., numerous, Calyx-lobes § in., broad, much imbricate, persistent, 
closely embracing the base of the fruit. Corolla-lobes Z in., almost horny. Anthers 
exserted, versatile. Fruits 1-14 by d in., tapering to an acute apex, 
