528 LXXXVIII. MTBS1NBJB-. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ardisia. 



36. A. bhotanica, Clarke; leaves large lanceolate crenate, peduncles 

 axillary short rigid bearing umbels arranged in simple panicles, corolla and 

 stamens of Ardisia. 



BHOTAN ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3587). 



Leaves 9 by 2| in., acuminate, prominently nerved, gland-dotted, base cuneate ; 

 petiole 3 in. Peduncles $-1 in. ; panicles l in. diam. ; pedicels ^ in. Buds $- by 

 % in., hardly acute. Calyx-teeth ~ in., ovate-lanceolate. Corolla-segments subacute. 

 Stamens free ; filaments very short ; anthers oblong- lanceolate. Berry not seen. 



37. A. Wallichii, A, DC, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 123, and Prodr. 

 viii. 137 ; leaves obovate-elliptic minutely toothed, peduncles axillary bear- 

 ing many-flowered subsimple racemes. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 122, and in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 226, in part. Ardisia sanguinolenta, Wall. Cat. 2287 (not 

 of JBlume). Ardisia sp. n. 31, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



PBOME and RANGOON ; McLelland. BIBMA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3594). 

 DISTRIB. Ava. 



Closely resembling A. humilis, Vahl, from which it differs in the minutely denti- 

 culate (not subentire) leaves ; and should perhaps be reckoned a Birmese form of 

 that species. Kurz makes two varieties, whereof 1. Wallichii proper has the young 

 shoots and inflorescence with rusty-brown floccose hairs, and 2. glabriuscula with the 

 young shoots glabrous, and the pedicels indistinctly puberulous. Kurz's " Wallichii 

 proper " is probably therefore the plant above called A. khasiana var. Thomsoni, and 

 his var. glabriuscula will be Wallich's A. sanguinolenta. 



l\ Leaves entire or subentire. ^/' 



38. A. involucrata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 68; leaves 

 obovate-oblong acute at both ends, peduncles lateral and subterminal carrying 

 simple umbels, bracteoles ^ in. ovate concave subpersistent, sepals in fruit 

 i- in. Ardisia sp. n. 26, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



SIKKIM ; alt. 2-5000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3560), J. D. H., Kurz, &c., not 

 rare. 



A shrub, 3-6 ft. Leaves 5% by 2 in., shortly acuminate, base attenuate ; petiole 

 hardly any. Peduncles 1-3 in., stout ; pedicels 1 in., usually about 5, bracteoles as 

 many. Sepals in. (in flower), orbicular, concave, waxy corolloid, pink. Corolla 

 ^ in. long, segments scarcely acute. Filaments short ; anthers oblong-lanceolate. 

 Berry ^ in., globose, scarcely striate ; sepals in fruit spreading at the base, elongate, 

 connivent over the summit of the berry. This is a very striking species, that has 

 been marked as generically distinct ; but it is very nearly allied to A. humilis. 



39. A. oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 2291 ; leaves elliptic narrowed at both 

 ends, peduncles axillary carrying lax few-flowered racemes, pedicels f in. 

 A. DC. Prodr. viii. 130. 



PENANG ; Wailich. TENASSERIM (or Andamans); Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3571, 

 3585). 



Leaves 7 by 2 in. (or much smaller), widest at the middle or a little above it, 

 subcoriaceous, nerves numerous distinct; petiole f in. Peduncles 1-3 in., near the 

 apex of the branches or distant therefrom, slender; racemes often shortened, sub- 

 umbelliform ; pedicels 2-6. Suds by % in. Calyx-segments ^ in., ovate, obtuse. 

 Berry \ in., globose, hardly striate. 



YAR. attenuata, Wall. Cat. 2286 (sp.); peduncles still more slender. A. DC. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 119, and Prodr. viii. 131; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 109. A. 

 alternata, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, ii. 296. A. oblonga, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xvii. 121, and Prodr. I. c. 131 ; Kurz l.c.109, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 226. Pegu, Tenasserim, Andamans. The type sheet of Wall. Cat. 2286 is nearly 

 identical with A. oxyphylla', but exhibits neither-flower nor berry ; the second sheet 

 has smaller leaves, one oblong berry, and is A. oblonga, A.. DC. 



