2. Embblia.] 57. MYBSINACEJE. [3. Ardisia. 



with a crustaceonB epicarp and flesh^ endocarp, tipped by the 



style. 



Bather common througnout tinota Nagpur, esp. in open scrub jungles. 

 The branches in the type are glabrons. Fls. May-July. ~Fr. Dec.-Jany. 



Twigs rusty pubescent or toroentose. L. very variable on the same 

 plant H-6'', entire or denticulate above, with a very short rusty some- 

 times .stellate pubescence esp. beneath, narrowed at base into the f-J" long 

 pubescent petiole, sec. n. 5-9 prs. Pedicels V'- Bracts shorter linear. 

 Calyx pubescent without •&■] -' diam. ^deeply 5-lobed, glandular. Corolla 

 fr-£" diam. puberulous. 



The fem. fl. has short imperfect epipetalous stamens- 



3. Ardisia, Sw. 



Small trees or shrubs. Fls. racemed or in nmbels with 

 small deciduous bracts. Calyx persistent, sometimes accres- 

 cent in frnit. Corolla 5-partite, often fleshy, petals acute 

 twisted to the right in bnd. Fil. very short with acute ovate- 

 lane, anthers. Ovules few. Berry with a large globose seed. 



A shrub or small tree. Fls. over £" diam 1. solenacea. 



A shrub. Fls, under £" diam. . . . . • . 2. depressa. 



1. A. solenacea, Roxb. Syn. A. humilis, (F.B.I.) Gara 

 boi (the stream earring) K. 



A small tree or shrub attaining 25 ft. with large bright 

 green rather fleshy leaves clustered towards the ends of the 

 branchlets and moderate- sized rose-cold, waxy flowers with 

 yellow stamens in peduncled axillary often contracted 

 racemes. Berry |-|" diam-» depressed-globose, black when 

 ripe. 



Along the sides and beds of streams under shade, common. Fla. 

 April-May. Fr. Oct-Jany. Evergreen. 



L. IS* obo^ate-oblong narrowed into a petiole ~±" long. Peduncles 

 1-3" stout, and raceme often 2-3". Fls. f-1* 



2. A. depressa, Clarke. 



A shrub 6-8 ft. with dark green obscurely-nerved wavy 

 leaves and small pinkish flowers in racemer'- umbels 

 Deep valleys in the Karamuoda forest, near stream*?. Very rare 



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