72 MyrsineCE. \Ardisia. 



2. A. humilis, Vahl, Sym/?. Bot. iii. 40 (1794). Ziunu-dan, S. 

 Herm. Mus. 43. Burm. Thes. 222. Anguillaria zeylanica, Gaertn. 

 Fruct. i. 373. Moon Cat. 16. Thvv. Enum. 173. C. P. 2829. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 523 {A. Moonii, var. siebsessilis). Burm. Thes. t. 103. 



A shrub, stems stout, cylindrical, glabrous ; 1. large, 4-9 in., 

 on short very stout petioles, oval or somewhat obovate-oval ; 

 much tapering to base, obtuse or subacute and often twisted 

 at apex, very obscurely crenate, glabrous and shining, thick, 

 lat. veins oblique, not conspicuous; fl. on stout, rather long, 

 curved ped., panicle short, 2-4 in., terminal ; cal.-segm. 

 broadly oval, subacute, puberulous, cor. § in. diam., lobes 

 acute ; berry large, | in., bright scarlet, pulp abundant, seed- 

 coat fibrous. 



Near the south-western seacoast; rather common. Galle; Weligama: 

 Matara, &c. Fl. Dec-March ; bright pink. 



Endemic (.''). 



Linnaeus did not classify this, there being no specimen in Hermann's 

 Herb.; it seems undoubtedly Vahl's A. humilis^ which he describes 

 as having a terminal panicle. His Ceylon specimens were from Thun- 

 berg, who in 1777 travelled along our S.W. coast where this species is 

 found. A handsome shrub. The fruit is edible, and Burmann says that 

 a preparation called ' Rob ' was made from it, and given as a refrigerant 

 in fevers. 



3. A. Gardner!, Clarke^ Fl. B. Ind. iii. 521 (1882). 

 A. divcrgens, Thvv. Enum. 174 (? Ro.xb.). C. P. 376. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 521. 



A shrub, 3-6 ft., much branched, twigs slender, angular, 

 often flexuose ; 1. 2^-5 in., oval, tapering at both ends, sub- 

 acute, entire, glabrous, rather thin, usually with numerous 

 small, prominent wart-like glands near the margin, lat. veins 

 numerous, horizontal, conspicuous ; fl. on long slender ped., 

 panicles usually terminal, rather small, lax, with divaricate 

 branches, buds sharply pointed ; cal.-segm. triangular-oval, 

 subacute; cor. about \ in. diam., lobes acuminate, spreading 

 or reflexed ; berry about | in., crimson. 



Var. /3, zeylanica. A. seylaiiica^ Clarke, 1. c. 



L. serrate-dentate ; panicle smaller and more compact, 

 pubescent ; berr}' rather larger. 



Forests, &c., up to 5000 ft., chiefly in the lower montane zone; rather 

 common. , Var. /^, rarer. Adam's Peak; Dolosbagie; Ramboda. Fl. 

 Uec.-April ; pale pink or white. 



Endemic. 



Very variable, and probably rightly included by Thwaites under 

 A. divcrgens, Roxb., of Malaya. Some of the panicles are occasionally 

 axillary, the flowers are sometimes white, and often dotted with red 

 glands. 



