Ardisia.'] LXXXVIII. MYESINEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 529 



40. A. polycephala, Wall. Cat. 2293 ; leaves elliptic or oblong nar- 

 rowed at both ends, peduncles axillary short stout compressed carrying dense 

 racemes. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 118, and Prodr. viii. 131 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. ii. 109, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 225 (excl. var. acuminata). 



PEGU and TENASSBRIM; Wallich, Griffith, Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3565, 3586). 



Leaves 7-9 by 2J in., nerves numerous, distinct; petiole -^ in. Peduncles -l 

 in., often from near the apex of the branches, very much compressed, often recurved or 

 divaricate ; pedicels -% in., numerous, sometimes subumbelled, sometimes in a raceme 

 2-4 in. long. Flowers nearly as in A. attenuata, to which this species is very closely 

 allied ; the two differ from their ally A. humilis in the elongate leaves and the smaller 

 calyx-segments. 



41. A. rhynchophylla, Clarke; leaves obovate-lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate, peduncles short bearing simple few-flowered racemes of rather large 

 flowers. Ardisia sp. n. 28, Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. $. T. 



KHASIA Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft. ; Mahadeo and Cherra, H.f. $ T. 



A small, branched shrub. Leaves 4^ by \\ in., base cuneate, primary nerves pro- 

 minent beneath, inarching; petiole in. Peduncles ^-f in.; pedicels 1 in., laxly 

 racemed, much thickened upwards. Buds ^ ^ by i in. Calyx-segments - i in., 

 elliptic, concave. Flowers white (J. D. H.). Berry % in., globose, smooth, gland- 

 dotted, not vertically striate. Allied to A. humilis, differing in the long-acuminate, 

 smaller leaves. 



42. A. ZiObbiana, Clarlw, leaves small elliptic narrowed at both ends, 

 peduncles axillary bearing umbels in simple panicles. 



"INDIA"; Lobb (probably Singapore). 



Leaves coriaceous, 2f by l in., shortly acuminate, base cuneate ; petioles - in. 

 Peduncles 1 in., distant from the apex of the branches, compressed ; panicles 2-3 in. 

 diam., somewhat lax ;. pedicels -^ in., 3-6 in each umbel. Buds \ by in. Calyx- 

 segments ^ in., ovate, obtuse. Berry not seen. The leaves resemble those of A. 

 rhynchophylla, but are shortly acuminate, not caudate. 



43. A. pauciflora, Heyne; Watt, in Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey $ Wall. 

 ii. 279, and Cat. 2270 ; leaves long-lanceolate narrowed at both ends, peduncles 

 short weak axillary bearing 1-5-flowered simple weak racemes. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 127 (excl var. cymosa) ; Wight Ic. t. 1214 ; Bedd. For. Man. 138. 



MTS. of SOUTH INDIA and CEYLON ; common. 



Branchless rusty-scaly, hardly pubescent. Leaves 4 by 1 in., or sometimes 9 by 

 1^ in., coriaceous, nerves obscure ; petiole i in. Peduncles in., scattered ; pedicels 

 in., thin. Buds $ in. long, and as much broad. Calyx-segments ~ in- triangular, 

 subacute. Bern/ * in. diam., .globose, not striate. The Malay A. cymosa, Blume, has 

 been reduced to this by A. DC. and Scheffer ; but the examples of A. cymosa from Java 

 differ considerably, having many-flowered racemes often in panicles, and larger 

 flowers. The peculiarity of A: pauciflora is that even stout large-leaved examples 

 have exceedingly small depauperated racemes. 



44. A. rhomboidea, Wight Ic. t. 1213; leaves spathulate-rhomboid 

 obtusely acuminate, peduncles short bearing 1-5-flowered small racemes. Bedd. 

 For. Man. 138. 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA ; Shevagherry Hills, Wight. 



This is perhaps a form of A. pauciflora with abnormal leaves ; the branchlets, 

 habit, inflorescence, and berries are as in A. pauciflora ; the leaves are spathulate with 

 a narrowly winged petiole. 



45. A. humilis, Valil Symb. iii. 40 (excl. syn. Burm., not of Blume) 

 leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic shortly acuminate or subobtuse Base cuneate,. 



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