532 LXXXVIII. MYRSiNE-ffi. (C. B. Clarke.) [Antistroplie. 



solitary, stony wlien dry, globose, albumen ruminated; embryo transverse. 

 Species 2, Indian. 



1. A. oxyantha, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. 84, and Prodr. viii. 

 92 ; leaves entire glabrous beneath strongly gland-dotted, buds ovate rostrate- 

 acuminate. Ardisia oxyantha, Wall. Cat. 2275; A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xvii. 121. 



KHASIA, alt. 3-4000 ft.; Wallich, H.f. $ T., &c. 



Shrub 6 ft. high ; branches horizontal, nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 1 in.,, 

 caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, nerves prominent beneath inarching ; petiole - in. 

 Pedicels 4- in., several or few together, fascicled on exceedingly short lateral spurs. 

 Buds ^ by in., somewhat suddenly narrowed into a beak, which encloses the mem- 

 branous tip of the connectives. Calyx-teeth in., puberulous, whitened on the- 

 margins. Berries J in. and upwards, globose, smooth, thinly obscurely vertically 

 striate. 



2. A. serratifolia, Hook.f. in Gen. PI. ii. 647 ; leaves regularly closely 

 serrate rusty- villons on the nerves beneath, buds conical acute. Ardisia serrati- 

 folia, Betid. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 113. 



ANAMALLAY and COIMBATOBE HILLS, ascending to 3000 feet, in moist woods ; 

 Beddome. 



An erect shrub; branches towards their ends (and all the innovations) rusty- 

 villous. Leaves 6^ by 1| in., acute at both ends ; nerves prominent beneath, curving 

 much upwards, inarching ; gland-dots small or obscure ; petiole ^ in. Pedicels j in. r 

 several or few together, minutely rusty-pubescent, fascicled on exceedingly short 

 lateral spurs. Buds 5- by ^ in. Calyx-teeth ~ in., pubescent, whitened on the margins. 

 Corolla-segments lanceolate-acuminate, gland-dotted. Berry not seen. 



8. HVIKENANDRA, A. DC. 



A robust, low shrub. Leaves large, obovate-oblong, crenate-dentate. 

 Umbels compound, subsessile, terminal on short lateral branches from near the 

 summit of the stem. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, subacute. Corolla-lobes 5, long- 

 lanceolate, strongly twisted to the right in bud. Stamens 5, attached at the 

 throat of the corolla, filaments very short ; anthers ovoid, connectives dilated 

 above the anther and united into a membranous 5-toothed tube. Ovary globose, 

 narrowed into a filiform style, stigma punctiform ; ovules several, on a globose 

 sessile placenta. Berry globose. Seed 1, globose, albumen wrinkled ; embryo- 

 transverse. 



K. Wallichii, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2. xvi. 83, t. 5, and Prodr. 

 viii. 91. Ardisia hymenandra, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. 

 ii. 282, and PL As. Ear. ii. 57, t. 175, and Cat. 2266. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Wallich ; Mahadeo, alt. 3000 ft., Griffith. UPPER ASSAM ; Griffith 

 (Kew Distrib. n. 3596). CACHAE ; Gopal Teela, Keenan. 



Stem 2-4 ft., erect, stout, usually simple. Leaves 10 by 4 in. (or in Griffith's 

 example 24 by 10 in.), acute, scarcely acuminate, base attenuate, sometimes rounded 

 or cordate, glabrous or nearly so, primary nerves slender nearly at right angles to the 

 midrib, gland-dots more or less prominent ; petiole scarcely in. Lateral floral 

 branches (peduncles) 1-3 in., stout, flattened; bracts 4^ by J in., altogether leaf-like, 

 usually 3. Umbel usually compound of one subcentral sessile and two lateral 

 peduncled umbellules ; pedicels f in., very many, rusty -pubescent or ultimately nearly 

 glabrous. Buds ^ by T 1 in. Calyx-lobes -| in., ovate. Corolla red. Berries | in. 

 diarn., globose, scarcely striated. 



