Ardisia.'] Lxxxvm. MYRSINE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 523 



ASSAM. 



Leaves and inflorescence exceedingly like those of A. neriifolia. Calyx pubescent. 

 'Berry ^ by in., markedly pentagonal, strongly depressed. The plant here identi- 

 fied (from description only) with A. quinquangularis, A. DC., may be a var. of A. 

 neriifolia, but the small depressed berry is unlike any of the fruiting examples of that 

 plant. A. DC.'s plant was " obtained by the Ganges or cultivated in the Botanic 

 Garden, Calcutta." 



18. A. pedunculosa, Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Watt. ii. 

 279, and Cat . 2271 partly ; glabrous, leaves elongate lanceolate acute, umbels 

 placed racemosely on the peduncles, pedicels long, flowers rather large, A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 128. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent ; Wallich. 



A straggling shrub, with pendent inflorescence. Leaves 7 by li in., entire or 

 obscurely toothed, dotted, base cuneate, nerves slender ; petiole jj | in. Peduncles 

 1-4 in., divaricate, sometimes crowded close to the end of the branches, appearing to 

 form a large compound panicle, sometimes axillary or extra-axillary far below the 

 terminal leaves ; bracts in., leaf-like, rarely persistent ; pedicels ^ in., minutely rusty 

 sometimes when young. Buds by in., very acute. Flowers rose-red. Sepals in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute. Berries | by % in., globose, slightly depressed, vertically 

 striate. 



19. A . Griffith!!, Clarke ; leaves large obovate-oblong acute entire, 

 panicle rusty, pedicels in. umbelled. Ardisia sp. n. 22, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 H.f.fy T. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3576) ; Nunklow, alt. 3-5000 ft., 

 H.f$T. 



Habit and inflorescence of A. neriifolia, but much stouter, with broad leaves. 

 Leaves 10 by 3 in., narrowed at the base, glabrous, nerves slender; petiole | in. 

 Bracts (at the base of the umbels) in., elliptic-oblong, unusually persistent. Sepals 

 ^ in., elliptic-oblong. Berries by in., globose slightly depressed, vertically 

 striated. 



20. A. Icara, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2264 ; leaves elongate lanceolate acute 

 crenulate-toothed, panicles rusty, sepals lanceolate acute. A. DC. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. 125, t. 7, and Prodr. viii. 136. A. serrulata, Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1873 pt. ii. 87, 1877 pt. ii. 225, and Far. FL ii. 108 (not of 

 Swartz). 



NORTH-EAST BENGAL; Mudhopoor and Bholagunje, Hamilton. ASSAM; Suddiya, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3577). BIBMA and TENASSEHIM; Griffith and Heifer (Kew 

 Distrib. n. 3562). 



Habit and inflorescence of A. neriifolia ; from which it only differs by the narrow 

 acute sepals and distinctly crenulate leaves ; the berries are hardly pentagonal. 



21. A. IVXoonii, Clarke; leaves elliptic or obovate coriaceous entire, 

 peduncles few crowded very near the end of the stem long bearing simple 

 panicles, pedicels minutely rusty umbelled. A. Wallichii, Thwaites Enum. 

 PL Zeyl. 174 (not of A. DC.}. Anguillaria zeylanica, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 173, t. 

 77, fig. l.Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 103. 



CEYLON; Moon, &c. 



An undershrub -2 ft. ; young parts obscurely rusty. Leaves 6 by 3 in., obtuse 

 with a short acumfnation, base cuneate, dotted, primary nerves distinct beneath ; 

 petiole \ in. Peduncles 2-3 in., forming a terminal quasi-umbel ; pedicels - in. 

 Buds i by in., pyramidal. Flowers rose (Thwaites). Sepals i in., ovate, subacute. 

 Berry | in., subglobose, smooth (red, Thwaites). Easily distinguished from A. Wal- 

 lichii by the entire leaves and quasi-terminal peduncles. 



VAR. subsessilis ; panicles subsessile solitary or several umbelled subtenninal. 



