85 LXXTI. MYlf.SIXACE.T?. 



apiculate a,t the apex, sometimes glandular at the back with dark-colored 

 ghmds. Fruit globose, \ in. in diam., tipped with the persistent style, 

 smooth, red when ri[)e. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p, 516; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. '.i, 

 p. 70; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 163; Me/,, in 

 Engl, Pllanzenreieh, v. 4 (1902) p. 327. Embelia basaal, Mez, in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreicli, v. 4 (1902) p. ',^2^, tig. 54 {xot of A. DC). Embelia 

 ietrandra, (lirah. Cat. Bo. Pi. p. 105. Samara lilieedei, AVight, Icon.- 

 t. 1591. — Flowers : Dec-Jan. Vern. A'mbat. 



Confined to llie higher liills of llie Presidency. Decca.v: SlahablesLwar, very 

 coininon, CooA-c !, Graham. Kanaua : L(tw ! — JJistiub. ludi^ (hills of the W. 

 Peuiusula) ; Ceylon, Mahiya. 



4. ARDISIA, Swartz. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, sessile or petiolate, usually 

 enlire. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, white or rosy, in terminal or 

 terminal and axillary (rarely altogether axillary) panicles, umbels, or 

 corymbs. Calyx 5 (rarely 4) -lobed or -partite ; lobes contorted or im- 

 bricate. Corolla rotate, 5 (rarely 4-G) -jmrtite ; segments short or long, 

 twisted to the I'ight. Stamens 5, attached to the base of the corolla 

 (rarely higher up) ; filaments short or almost 0, free, rarely elongate ; 

 anthers elongate, usually sagittate, acute, acuminate or apiculate, rarely 

 obtuse, dehiscing introrsely and longitudinally. Ovary ovoid, pyra- 

 midal or subglobose ; ovules few or many, immersed in a globose 

 placenta; style short or elongate; stigma minute, punctiform. Fruit 

 globose or subglobose, usually apiculate with the persistent style ; endo- 

 carp crustaceous or bony. Seed solitary, globose ; albumen usually 

 horny ; embryo cylindrlc, transverse. — Distrib, Abundant in Tropical 

 Asia, rare in Tropical Africa, America, and Australia ; species 235 

 according to Mez [Engl. Pllanzenreieh, v. 4 (1902)]. 



Fluwers | in. across ; corolla pink, spotted ; fruit bhick 1. A. solanacea. 



Fluwei-s ^ in. across; corolla wliite, not spotted ; fruit red '2. A. jMrviflora. 



1. Ardisia solanacea, Itoxb. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 27, t. 27. A 



large much-branched shrub or tree, sometimes 30 ft. high {Talbot); 

 branchlets stout, glabrous, marked with the scars of fallen leaves. 

 Leaves scattered, 4-6 by 2-2^^ in., subcoriaceous, obovate or lanceolate, 

 obtuse or shortly subacuminate, often twisted at the apex, glabrous, 

 punctulate ; main nerves slender, numerous, with obscure reticulate 

 veins between ; base gradually tapering and decurrent on the petiole ; 

 petioles ^-h in. long, stout, chaiuielled. Flowers in axillary (often from 

 ihe axils of reduced leaves) corymbs, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 

 4-1 in. long, slightly thickened at the apex ; buds 7}--^ in. long. Calyx 

 divided to the base; sepals imbricate, ^ in. long, rotund-ovate, densely 

 gland-dotted and with membranous ciliate margins. Corolla rose- 

 colored, divided aluiost to the base; petals ^ in. long, ovate-elliptic, 

 acute, marked with dark lines. Stamens shorter than the petals ; fila- 

 ments very short, attached to the base of the petals ; anthers large, 

 ^ in. long, lanceolate, acute. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit depressed- 

 globose, .| in. in diam., purple-black'. Wilkh Sp. PI. v. 1 (J 797) p. 10G3 ; 

 Jk)t. Mag. V. 40 (1814) t. 1677; Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 16; 

 Fl. fnd. V. 1 (1832) p. 580 ; Wall. Cat. (1828) 2283. A -K ; Orah. Cat. 

 p. lUl: Mez, in Engl. Pllanzenreieh. v. 4 (1902) p. 132 and p. 128, 



