526 LXXXVIII. MYRSINE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Ardisia. 



A -weak shrub, 2-6 ft. Leaves 6 by 3 in., acute at both ends, usually glabrous or 

 most minutely pubescent except the nerves beneath; petiole 1 in. Racemes 1-4 in., 

 simple or compound, lax, few-flowered ; bracts small, linear ; pedicels ^ in., minutely 

 puberulous. Buds by ^ in. Calyx-lobes in., ovate, obtuse. Berry in. diam. 

 (and upwards), globose, not striated, scarlet. 



VAR. Maingayi ; branchlets glabrous, leaves in age glabrous or sparsely pilose on 

 the midrib beneath. Malacca ; Maingay. 



VAR. Lobbii ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, base much attenuated, nerves beneath 

 densely villous, peduncles weak pendulous all from near the summit of the branchlets. 

 Singapore; Lobb. n. 316. Branchlets densely fulvous villous. Peduncles 1-2 in. 

 Buds broader than in A. odontophylla type. 



29. A. Brandisiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 67, and For. 

 Fl. ii. 112 ; leaves elliptic acute at both ends slightly crenate, peduncles axillary 

 long bearing simple umbels, pedicels 1 in. thickened upwards minutely rusty- 

 pubescent. 



MARTABAN; Brandis. MOULMEIN; Thoung-gyun, alt. 4500 ft., Lobb. 



Branchlets thick, rusty and scaly (hardly pubescent) upwards. Leaves 5 by 2* 

 in., subcoriaceous, nerves distinct; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 3-4 in., ascending, 

 minutely rusty ; bracteoles very small. Calyx-lobes - in., ovate, subacute. Corolla- 

 lobes \-^ in., broad, acutely acuminate. Berry not seen. 



ft Leaves entire, or very nearly so. 



30. A. grandifolia, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 122, and Prodr. 

 vii. 132 ; leaves large obovate-oblong acute at both ends glabrous above 

 villous at least on the midrib beneath, peduncles divaricate from near the apex 

 of the branches, calyx-segments in. lanceolate. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 225, and For. Fl. ii. 111. A. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 229Q(notofJBlume). 



TAVOY; Wallich. 



Branches rusty- villous. Leaves 8 by 2^ in. ; primary nerves close together, 

 slender, distinct; petiole ^ in., villous. Peduncles 1-2 in., patently pilose, bearing 

 simple umbels ; pedicels -f in., very many. Buds \ by in. 



VAR. Parishii ; calyx-segments scarcely ^ in., round. Moulmein, Parish ; Mergui, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3590). This may be a distinct species ; but the length 

 of the calyx-lobes is very variable in some of the species of Ardisia, and the calyx- 

 lobes in Griffith's example are longer than in Parish's. 



31. A. XLeenani, Clarke ; leaves oblong 1 narrowed at both ends glabrous 

 above rusty-villous beneath, peduncles short bearing simple elongate racemes, 

 calyx-segments very short round glabrous. 



CACHAR ; Keenan. MTTNEYPOOR ; Clarke. 



Branches densely brown-villous. Leaves 7 by 2 in., primary nerves distinct 

 beneath, somewhat distant, inarching ; petiole \ in. Peduncles 1-2 in., patently pilose, 

 on one branchlet divaricate from near its apex, on the other ascending from a lower 

 axil ; pedicels -1 in., laxly racemose .rather than umbelled. Buds ^ by in. This 

 resembles so strongly A. grandifolia var. Parishii, that it might be added to it as a 

 variety, but the nervation of the leaves differs. The Muneypoor example has much 

 smaller leaves, all the peduncles ascending from lower axils, the racemes more villous, 

 but the calyx- segments glabrous or very nearly so. 



32. A. Kelferiana, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 86, and .For. Fl. 

 ii. 113 ; densely rusty-villous or woolly, leaves obovate-oblong acute at both 

 ends softly hairy above, peduncles axillary long bearing simple subumbellate 

 racemes. 



MERGUI, MOTJLMBIN, and TENASSERIM ; Griffith, Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3589). 

 Branches densely rusty-woolly. Leaves 6 by 2 in., primary nerves strong 



