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4. A. Moonii, Clarke in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 523 (1882). 

 A. Wallichii, Thw. Enum. 174 (non DC.)- C. P. 2667. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 523 (excl. van). 



A dwarf uhdershrub, under i ft. high, with a short un- 

 branched erect stem ; 1. few, crowded at top of stem, large, 

 4-8 in,, oval, tapering to base, shortly acuminate, acute, 

 entire, somewhat undulate, glabrous, not thick, purple and 

 shining beneath; fl. few, on long recurved glabrous ped. 

 thickened upwards, racemes small, narrow, on long erect 

 peduncles from the l.-axils, the upper ones looking as if 

 terminal, buds very pointed ; cal.-segm. triangular, acute ; 

 cor. f in. diam., lobes much acuminate ; berry depressed- 

 globose, pulpy, red. 



Shady forests in the moist low country; rare. Kalutara (Moon); 

 about Ratnapura; Hiniduma; Morowak Korale, abundant. Fl. Dec- 

 March ; purplish-pink. 



Endemic. 



The whole plant is often suffused with purple. 



5. A. pauciflora, Heyne in Roxb. Fl. Ind. (ed. Carey and Wall.) ii. 

 279 (1824). 



Thw. Enum. 174. C. P. 15. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 529. Wight, Ic. t. 1214. 



A small shrub with slender straggling branches, young 

 parts with rufous scaly pubescence ; 1. 2-6 in., narrowly 

 lanceolate-oblong, tapering to base, acuminate, obtuse, entire 

 but often undulate, lat. veins numerous, horizontal, obscure, 

 petiole \-h in., fl. small, very few, on slender ped., usually 

 3-5, in axillary pedunculate racemes much shorter than 1., 

 buds bluntly pointed ; cal.-segm. ovate, subacute ; cor. about 

 ^ in, diam., lobes sharply acuminate; berry scarcely \ in., red. 



Moist and intermediate regions from 1000 ft. upwards ; rather common. 

 Fl. white. 



Also in the mountains of S. India. 



6. A. elliptica, Thiinb. Nov. Gen. PI. 119 (1798). Balu-dan, S. 



A. solafiacea, Moon Cat. 16 (non Roxb.). Thw. Enum. 174. A. humilis, 

 Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 50 (non Vahl). C. P. 1803. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 529 {A. humilis). Wight, 111. t. 145 {A. polycephala). 



A large much-branched shrub, branchlets stout, marked 

 with large scars of fallen 1., bark dark grey, vertically cracked; 

 1. numerous, equally dispersed on branches, 3-4J in.» oblong- 

 oval, tapering to base, obtuse at apex, entire or very faintly 

 crenate, glabrous and polished on both sides, paler beneath, 

 punctate with small pellucid glands, lat. veins invisible, 

 petiole very short ; fl. on rather stout ped., in numerous 

 rather dense, corymbose, pedunculate, axillary racemes 



