522 LXXXVIII. MTRSINEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ardisia. 



MALACCA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3564), Maingay. SINGAPOHE, Wallich, 



Leaves 5 by If in., primary nerves obscure or numerous, thin ; petiole % in., often 

 rusty-scaly. Panicle 3-6 in. ; pedicels ~ - in., crowded, Calyx-lobes very small, 

 ovate, subglabrous. Buds ^ in. 



VAB. ophirensis; nerves of the leaves beneath prominent somewhat thickened, 

 calyx-lobes elliptic, flowers a little larger. Mt. Ophir, Malacca. 



14. A. porosa, Clarke ; glabrous, leaves oblong narrowed at both ends, 

 panicle of 1-3 elongate lax racemes, anthers opening by terminal pores. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3578) ; Maingay. DISTRIB. Java. 



ranchlets flexuose, almost zigzag, compressed or winged. Leaves 5 by 1 in., 

 cuneate, subacute at both ends, hardly acuminate ; primary nerves distinct, ramifying 

 (rather than arching) near the margin ; dots or obscure ; petiole | in. Panicle 2-4 

 in., branches wiry, flexuose, compressed ; pedicels ^-f in., scattered in racemes 1-3 in. 

 long ; bracts and bracteoles 0, or small, caducous. Flowers 5-4- rarely 3-merous. 

 Buds 5 by ^ in. Calyx-lobes ^ in., ovate. Stamens 5-4, free ; anthers as of Ardisia 

 but with round (scarcely elongate) pores at the apex. Berry | in., globose, dark- 

 purple (Maingay), altogether of Ardisia. The Java plant has broader leaves and a 

 still more reduced panicle. 



** Panicle in appearance terminal, the axis of the branch ending in a reduced 

 leaf or leaves, below which rise one or more peduncles. (The panicle is perhaps 

 truly terminal in some of these species.} JV^ ^^ '$"- 1 3 



15. A. depressa, Clarke ; glabrous, leaves oblong acute at both ends, 

 panicles slender compound not rising above the leaves, flowers small. A. 

 neriifolia, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 108, and in Journ As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 225 (not 

 of Wall.}. 



SIKKIM, alt. 4-6000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA MTS., Griffith, Wallich. ASSAM 

 PLAINS, Herb. Roxburgh. BIRMA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3581). 



A large bush. Leaves 3| by l in., acuminate, primary nerves close fine, dots 

 most minute ; petiole in. Panicles 2-3 in. ; peduncles bearing as it were small com- 

 pound umbels ; bracts and bracteoles or caducous. Buds in. long, and as much 

 broad, lowers rose-coloured (Griffith). Calyx-teeth pin., lanceolate, acute. Berry 

 in., globose, not striate. This is A. pedunculata in Herb. Koxburgh, and was 

 mixed with A. pedunculosa in Herb. Wallich ; and (perhaps from the small flowers) 

 has been called A. pauciftora, Heyne ?. 



16. A. neriifolia, Watt. Cat. 2278; leaves elongate narrow obovate- 

 lanceolate acute entire, panicles minutely-rusty, berry globose-pentagonal 

 scarcely depressed. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 118 partly (as to de- 

 scription only), (not of Kurz). A. floribunda, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 

 $ Wall. ii. 272, and Cat. 2263; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 127; Brand. For. Fl. 287. 

 A. thyrsiflora, Don Prodr. 148 ; A. DC. I. c. 138. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 5000 ft. ; from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent. KHASIA 

 MTS., alt. 4000 ft., frequent. 



A large shrub, common by rivers, with erect branches topped by the pink flowers, 

 and reminding altogether of Oleander. Leaves ^ by l in., attenuate at the base, 

 nerves obscure; petiole in. Peduncles 3-5 in., ascending, springing above the 

 leaves below the terminal reduced tuft, each supporting often a compound panicle ; 

 bracts or caducous ; pedicels | in., umbelled. Buds by in. Calyx-lobes in., 

 elliptic, obtuse, minutely rusty. Berry in. diam., distinctly pentagonal at least 

 when dry, deep-red. 



17. A. quinquangnlaris, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2. xvi. 

 95, and Prodr. viii. 127; leaves elongate obovate-lanceolate acute entire, 

 panicles compound rusty-pubescent, berry small pentagonal greatly depressed. 



