524 LXXXVIII. MYRSINEJI. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ardisia. 



A. humilis, var., Thwaites Enum. PL Zeyl. 174. Ceylon; Gardner, Thwaites, n. 

 2829. This is, perhaps, distinct from A. JMoonii, but it can hardly be A. humilis 

 not only is the inflorescence widely different, but the sepals are quite small, not con- 

 cave with membranous margins on the fruit. 



22. A. macrocarpa, Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 277, 

 and Cat. 2267 ; leaves narrowly lanceolate crenulate, umbels subterminal some- 

 times also from the upper axils and then peduncled, pedicels % in. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 134. 



NIPAL ; Wallich. SIKKIM and BHOTAK ; alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., &c. 



A shrub, 1-4 ft. Leaves 4-5 by \ in., acute at both ends, glabrous, membranous, 

 crisped -crenulate with a marginal row of dots ; petiole very short or obscured by the 

 long-attenuated base of the leaf. Peduncles subterminal and short, or lateral 1-4 in. 

 without leaves or leaf-like bracts at their apex ; pedicels minutely rusty. Ca(<t/x- 

 lobes ^-^ in., in fruit sometimes in., narrowly oblong. Petals exceeding in., 

 lanceolate acute. Berries -^ in. wide, globose depressed, bright red, dotted, not 

 vertically striated. Both A. DC. and Kurz supposed this near A. crispa, which has 

 smaller berries and quite different inflorescence, the lateral umbels being sessile, i.e. 

 supported by large leaves. 



23. A. virens, Kurz For. FL ii. 575, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 226 ; leaves broadly lanceolate acuminate margins crisped-crenulate, peduncles 

 subterminal exceedingly long, pedicels 1 in. Ardisia sp. n. 37, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 H.f. 8f T. 



MISHMEE, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3561). ASSAM; Griffith. KHASIA MTS., alt. 

 4000 ft., H.f. $ T., &c. CACHAB ; Doorbund Pass, Keenan. DISTRIB. Yunan. 



A small shrub, resembling much A. macrocarpa. . Leaves 7 by 2 in., more 

 acuminate than those of A. macrocarpa, and without the marginal row of glands. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in., carrying simple or compound glabrous umbels with numerous 

 flowers. Calyx-lobes -| in., elliptic-oblong. Corolla-lobes \ in., ovate, acute, white 

 (Kurz). Berry \-^ in., globose, smooth, dotted not vertically striated, yellow. 



*** Umbels sessile, simple or compound, terminal, mostly on divaricate 

 branches springing laterally below the end of the main branches. J I\JLU^A Ity ~ I/ 



24. A. undulata, Clarke-, glabrous, leaves lanceolate acute crenulate, 

 calyx-lobes in fruit narrowly- oblong, berries large. Ardisia sp. n. 41, Herb. 

 Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. Ardisia sp., n. 953, Griff. Itin. Notes 62. 



KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 250-5000 ft., frequent; Griffith, H.f. $ T.,&c. 



Leaves 5| by 1^ in., acute at both ends, undulate-crenate, membranous, with 

 prominent glands scattered distantly over the whole surface. Umbels simple and 

 compound ; pedicels |-1 in. in fruit. Suds \ in., acute. Calyx-lobes in., ovate ; 

 in fruit in., oblong. Berry | ^ in., globose, gland-dotted, not vertically striated, 

 altogether as of A. macrocarpa. This is perhaps only a northern form of A. crenata, 

 differing by the long acute leaves, and large berry ; and was the plant which (under 

 the mistaken name of A. macrocarpa) Kurz proposes to merge in A. crenata. 



25. A. crenata, Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 276 ; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic acute or subobtuse crisped-crenate, berries f in. diam. globose obscurely 

 vertically striate not dotted. Watt. Cat. 2262 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1950. A glandu- 

 losa, Blume Bijd. 690, not of Roxb. A. crenulata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 2, not of 

 Vent. A. crispa, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 124, and Prodr. viii. 134 

 (excl. syn. A. lentiginosa and elegans) ; Kurz For. Fl, ii. 113, and in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 226. A. densa and polysticta, Miq. Fl, Ind. Bat. Suppl. 

 575, 576. Bladhia crispa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 97 ; Kaempf. Ic. PI. Jap. t, 7. 



PENANQ, MALACCA, and SINGAPORE, frequent. DISTRIB. Malaya, China, Japan. 

 Leaves 3^ by l in., membranous ; primary nerves very close together, slender but 

 conspicuous beneath. Umbels simple, sometimes proliferous, i.e. compound with 1, 



