206 MYRSlNACEiE. [Myrsine. 



rarely 2 lines long. Corolla-lobes spreading to about 2 lines diameter. — 

 M. pJiilippinensis, A. DC. Prod. viii. 94, and probably some other supposed 

 species enumerated in that work and in Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. M. neriifolia, 

 Sieb. and Zucc. Fam. Nat. Fl. Jap. fasc. ii. 13. 



Mounts Victoria, Gough, and other hills, Champion and others. Common in India, from 

 Ceylon and the Peninsula to Java, and northward to the Himalaya, the Philippines, Loochoo, 

 and Japan. 



5. ARDISIA, Linn. 



Calyx free, 5- (or 4-?) lobed. Corolla deeply 5- (or 4- ?) lobed, the lobes 

 usually very spreading or reflexed and convolute in the bud. Stamens as 

 many, filaments short, anthers lanceolate, erect, the slits of the cells often not 

 reaching the base. Ovary superior. Style subulate, usually long and persis- 

 tent, the stigma not enlarged. Berry or drupe globular. — Trees, shrubs, or 

 sometimes undershrubs, almost herbaceous. Flowers not so small as in most 

 other genera, usually in umbels or very short umbel-like racemes, axillary or 

 terminal, either solitary or several together in branching panicles. Corolla 

 white or pink, frequently spotted. 



A large genus, widely spread over the tropical and subtropical regions of the New and the 

 Old World, chiefly in hilly districts. 



Erect shrubs. Leaves oblong, usually narrow. 



Umbels neaidy sessile. Flowers full 4 lines across. 



Corolla-lobes acute 1. A. crista. 



Corolla-lobes obtuse , 2. A. punctata. 



Umbels on slender branching peduncles. Flowers scarcely 3 lines 



across 3. A. paucifiora. 



Stem low, creeping or prostrate at the base. Leaves obovate. 



Glabrous. Leaves stalked, about 2 in. long. Peduncles short . . 4. A. chinensis. 

 Hairy. Leaves sessile, 4 to 6 in. long. Peduncles slender . . . 5. A. primul&folia. 



1. A. crispa, A. DC. Prod. viii. 134. An erect, glabrous shrub. Leaves 

 oblong or elliptical, 3 to 5 in. long, usually f to 1 in. broad, obtusely acumi- 

 nate, usually broadly crenate and crisped on the edges with glandular inden- 

 tures, narrowed into a short petiole, coriaceous, with few lateral veins. Um- 

 bels usually nearly sessile, solitary or terminal, but sometimes with 2 or 3 

 lateral branches, 1 to 4 in. long, each bearing a similar umbel. Flowers 

 white, more or less spotted with purple, from 6 to 10 or 12 in each umbel. 

 Pedicels full \ in. long. Corolla spreading to full 4 or even 5 lines diameter ; 

 the lobes very pointed, often reflexed. — A. crenata, Bot. Mag. t. 1950. 



On Victoria Peak and near the Buddhist Temple, Champion ; also Hinds and Wright. 

 Known also from the Malayan Peninsula, and the Indian Archipelago, as far as Borueo. 



2. A. punctata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 827 ; A. DC. Prod. viii. 135. An 

 erect glabrous shrub, very near the A. crispa, but the leaves are usually nar- 

 rower and more entire, and the corolla less spreading, with the lobes always 

 obtuse. 



Abundant on Victoria Peak, Champion, on a ravine on Mount Gough, Wilford ; also 

 Wright. Only known from S. China. 



3. A. pauciflora, Heyne ; A. DC. Prod. viii. 127 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1214. 

 An erect glabrous shrub. Leaves narrow-oblong, obtusely acuminate, 3 to 4 

 in. long, quite entire, narrowed into a short petiole, coriaceous, the lateral 



