520 LXXXVIII. MYRSINE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ardisia. 



paniculata, Roxb. and treated as a form of it in Thwaites Enum. PL ZeyL 173. The 

 numerous Ceylon specimens are, however, all alike, and all differ similarly from A. 

 paniculata. 



6. A. court alien sis, Wight Ic. t. 1215; glabrous, leaves obovate- 

 lanceolate, panicle compound lax, pedicels 1 in. 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA ; Coimbatore and Courtallum, Wight. 



This again is considered a form of A. paniculata by Thwaites (Enum. PL ZeyL 

 173), and by Beddome (For. Man. 138), but the exceedingly long pedicels differ consider- 

 ably. A. paniculata, missionis and courtallensis are strictly localised forms, whether 

 they be considered species or varieties. 



7. A. colorata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, &a&Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey fy Watt. ii. 

 271 ; leaves petioled narrowly oblong acute at both ends, primary nerves 

 nearly at right angles to the midrib, panicle compound glabrous or obscurely 

 rusty, buds in. long. A. pyramidalis, Roth Nov. Sp. 123 (not of Cav.). A. 

 anceps, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 280, and Cat. 2261 ; A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 126 ; Eurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 224, and For. FL ii. 

 107. A. polycarpa, Wall. Cat. 2285. A. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 2272. A. 

 Rothii, A. DC. I.e. 126. A. Blumii, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 117, 

 and Prodr. viii. 128, fide Scheff. Myrsin. 77. A. ovata, Thunb. ; Roem. Sch. 



t. iv. 517(?). 



From ASSAM and CACHAR to MALACCA, frequent ; Wallich, &c. DISTRIB. Malaya, 

 Birma. 



A shrub, or tree attaining 25 ft. ; branches round, becoming flattened only close 

 under the panicle. Leaves 9 by 2| in., parallel-sided, glabrous, coriaceous ; base cuneate ; 

 petiole g- in. Panicle 6-12 in., divided 2 or 3 times; branches flattened; pedicels 

 -|-|- in., densely umbelled, glabrous or minutely puberulous. Calyx-teeth ^ in., 

 elliptic-oblong. Style \ in., longer than the corolla. Berry \ in., globose, smooth, 

 deep-red to black. 



VAB. polyneura, Miq. in PI. Jungh. i. 198 (sp.) ; leaves wider, panicle subtriangular 

 wide at the base. Scheff. Myrsin. 81. Malacca, Griffith. DISTEIB. Java. Lea,ves 

 10 by 4 in., elliptic or somewhat obovate. Griffith's example in Herb. Wight is 

 identical with the Javan A. polyneura, but there are other Malacca examples inter- 

 mediate between this form and A. colorata type. Blume placed these under his A. 

 sanpuinolenta. 



VAR. complanata, Wall. Cat. 2277 (sp.) ; panicles smaller rusty, flowers rather 

 smaller. Watt, in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 280 ; A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 126 ; Scheff. Myrsin. 78. A. sanguinolenta, Blume Bijd. 685, not of Wall. A. 

 Zollingeri, A. DC. I.e. 670. Chittagong; H. f. $ T. Penang; Wallich. DISTHIB. 

 Malaya. Panicle branches often much flattened, densely scaly, hardly pubescent. 

 Kurz says the berry of his small-flowered anceps is white when fully ripe. 



ft Panicle not stout, primary branches often bearing the racemes or umbels. 

 Leaves distinctly toothed. 



8. A. zeylanica, Clarke; leaves broad-lanceolate acute at both ends 

 closely toothed, panicle simple or very sparingly compound, pedicels umbelled 

 minutely rusty. A. divergens var. /3 crispa, Thwaites Enum. PL ZeyL 174. 



CEYLON; Gardner, Wight. 



Leaves 4 by l in., glabrous, membranous, drying black ; primary nerves 

 arching at some distance from the margin, the interspaces and margin with several 

 rows of large dots ; petiole - in. Panicles 3 by 2 in., primary branches bearing an 

 umbel each, the lowermost sometimes 2 ; bracts at the forks not rarely leaf-like, 

 1 in ; pedicels in. Calyx-lobes in., ovate-oblong. Buds by in. Berry | in., 

 globose, obscurely striated vertically. 



