Ardisia.~\ LXXXVIII. MYRSINEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 519 



I in., elliptic, persistent. Buds in. long, and as much broad. Sepals | in., elliptic ; 

 in fruit * in., orbicular. Anthers ovate, acute. Berry in. wide, depressed-globose, 

 not striated. This is perhaps A. eximia, Miq. (PI. Jungh. i. 196) -which has subsessile 

 flowers and very large leaves; or the allied A. jamboswides, Miq. (not seen). 



2. A. lanceolata, Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Watt. ii. 276; leaves 

 narrowly obovate-lanceolate, panicle glabrescent once divided into laxly corym- 

 bose branches, corolla large. Wall. Cat. 2292; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 126. A. 

 speciosa, Blume Bijd. 684 ; A. DC. I. c. 133 ; Miq. PL Jungh. i. 197, and Fl. Ind. 

 Hat. ii. 1022 ; Scheff. Myrsin. 88. A. purpurea, Reinw. ; Blume Bijd. 684 ; 

 A. DC. I c. 129 ; Miq. in PI. Jungh. i. 197 ; Schef. 1. c. 88. A. mucronata, 

 Blume I.e. 685; A. DC. I.e. 126; Schef. I. c. 83. A. Leschenaultii, A. DC. 

 I. c. 137 ; Miq. PL Jungh. i. 197, and Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1022 ; Schef. I. c. 89. 

 A. Boissieri, A. DC. I. c. 129. A. Hasseltii, Blume ; Scheff. I c. 86. 



PENANO ; Roxburgh. MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3569, 3579). SINGAPOEE ; 

 McNair. DISTRIB. Throughout Malaya to the Philippines. 



A large shrub, glabrous or nearly so; branches cylindric. Leaves 8^ by 2. in., 

 shortly acuminate, subentire, coriaceous, primary nerves oblique ; petiole ^ ^ in. 

 Panicle 4-5 in., broadly ovate, terminal (rarely axillary compound large 'and bractless) ; 

 branches 2-4 in., rarely again divided; pedicels f-1^ in., scattered corymbosely on 

 the branches; bracteoles small, obtuse, caducous. Buds - by \ in., rose-red. 

 8ej>als % in., orbicular, glabrous or nearly so ; margins more or less scarious and 

 fimbriate subpubescent ; in fruit enlarged, more or less patent in the dried examples. 

 Bern/. in. wide, globose, slightly depressed, not striated. 



3. A. rig-ida, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, pt. ii. 87, and For. Fl. ii. 

 107 ; leaves elliptic acute at both ends, panicle glabrescent 1-2-divided, pedicels 

 short, flowers rather small. 



TENASSEBIM ; seashore of the Peninsula, Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3563). 



Branches moderately stout, cylindric. Leaves 6 by 2 in., subentire, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, primary nerves oblique ; petiole in. Pamcle 4 in. ; branches minutely 

 rusty -puberulous ; pedicels ^ in., umbelled or clustered; bracteoles minute, caducous. 

 Calyx-teeth scarcely ^ in., triangular-ovate, minutely rusty. Buds by ^ in. Berry 

 very small, but not ripe ; calyx not enlarged on the young fruit. 



4. A. paniculata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 

 270 ; glabrous, leaves obovate-lanceolate, panicle large compound, pedicels in. 

 densely umbelled, calyx-lobes small round. Wall. Cat. 2268 ; Bot. Reg. t. 638 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2364; A. DC. Pi-odr. viii. 126; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 224, and For. Fl. ii. 107 (syn. excl.). 



KHASIA Mrs. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3573). DACCA ; frequent, C. B. Clarke. 

 CHITTAGONG HILLS ; Roxburgh, Clarke. 



A large shrub ; branches more or less compressed. Leaves 9 by 3 in., shortly 

 acute, tapering nearly to the base, subentire, coriaceous, primary nerves manifest, 

 oblique; petiole very short and thick. Panicle 610 in.; branches more or less 

 flattened, again divided ; bracts often ^ in., linear-oblong. Buds \ by in,, rose-red. 

 Berry i in., globose, vertically striate. 



VAB. Hookeri ; leaves large, panicle lax compound, pedicels -f in. Ardisia sp., 

 n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ 7 1 . Khasia Mts., alt. 1-3000 ft.; Chela, Nowgong, 

 Luckhipoor, H. f. $ T. Assam ; Masters. Leaves 14 by 5 in. (in some examples 

 20 in.). Panicle 13 in. ; pedicels 2 4-fascicled and also scattered corymbosely. 



5. A. missionis, Wall Cat. 6524; glabrous, leaves narrowly oblong 

 obtuse narrowed at both ends, panicle large compound, pedicels \-% in. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 130. 



CEYLON ; common. 



Leaves 5 by 1 in., very coriaceous, primary nerves obscure. Very close to A. 



