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MYRSINEACE^l. IX. ARDISIA. 



35 A. ATTEKUA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 2286.) glabrous ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, much dotted on the 

 edges ; peduncles axillary, elongated ; flowers racemose ; pedi- 

 cels and peduncles glabrous ; calycine lobes ovate, acute, a little 

 ciliated. >j . S. Native of the Burman empire, about Tavoy. 

 Leaves 5-8 inches long. Pedicels thickened a little at the apex. 

 Berry smoothish. 



Attenuated-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 



36 A. ELLI'PTICA (Thunb. nov. gen. pt. 8. ups. 1795. ex 

 Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 5 1 7.) glabrous ; branches angular ; 

 leaves elliptic ; panicles lateral. Jj S. Native of Ceylon. 

 Leaves a hand long. Stem terete. 



Elliptic-leaved Ardisia. Tree. 



37 A. OXYPHY'LLA (Wall. cat. no. 2291.) glabrous; leaves 

 elliptic, acute at both ends, much dotted on the margins ; pe- 

 duncles terminal and axillary, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 

 loosely umbellate ; calycine segments ovate, a little ciliated ; 

 lobes of corolla lanceolate ; style inclosed. Jj . S. Native of 

 Penang. Leaves 4-5 inches long, stiff, shining. Inflorescence 

 like that of A. /luniilix, but the flowers are smaller and less 

 numerous. 



Sharp-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 



38 A. EUGENUEFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 2276.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute at the base, and acuminated at the apex : having 

 the nerves thick, and arched near the margin ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, short, panicled, many-flowered, much shorter than the 

 leaves ; pedicels and calyx velvety ; segments of calyx and 

 corolla ovate-acute ; style exserted. F? . S. Native of Silhet, 

 on the mountains. Leaves 3-6 inches long, dotted. 



Eugenia- leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 



39 A. ARBOKE'SCENS (Wall. cat. no. 2289.) glabrous ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, elon- 

 gated, stiff; panicles loose, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 

 long ; calycine lobes ovate, acute. Jj . S. Native of the Bur- 

 man empire, on Mount Taong Dong. Leaves 5-7 inches long. 

 Peduncles often compressed. 



Arborescent Ardisia. Tree. 



40 A. AMHERSTIA'NA (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 120.) 

 leaves oblong, acute ; peduncles terminal, and are, as well as the 

 pedicels downy ; flowers umbellate ; calycine segments ovate, 

 obtuse, ciliated, velvety on the back ; lobes of corolla ovate, 

 acute ; style inclosed. T? . S. Native of the province of Mar- 

 taban, near the town of Amherst. A. reflexa, Wall. cat. no. 

 2282. part. Branches silky at top and fulvous. Leaves 6-8 

 inches long. Flowers numerous. 



Lady Amherst's Ardisia. Shrub. 



41 A. PAUCIFLORA (Heyne, herb. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 279. 

 Wall. cat. no. 2270.) glabrous ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; petioles short ; peduncles lateral and 

 axillary, 2-3-flowered. ^ S. Native of the East Indies, 

 at Wynaad? Young branches clothed with rusty dense scaly 

 tomentum. Leaves 4-5 inches long, tapering into a bluntish 

 sometimes retuse acumen. Flowers small. 



Few-flowered Ardisia. Shrub. 



42 A. TENUIFLORA (Blum, bijdr. p. 686.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, bluntish, quite entire, glabrous ; panicles divaricate, 

 axillary, and terminal ; pedicels racemose ; calycine teeth acute ; 

 stem scandent ; flowers very minute. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 Java, in the provinces of Buitenzorg and Bamtam, in woods, 

 where it is called Kitjambang. 



Var. (3; leaves rounded at the base. Jj . S. Native at the 

 foot of Mount Salak. 



Fine-flowered Ardisia. Fl. year. Shrub cl. 



43 A. NU'TANS (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 121.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, lined transversely, quite 

 entire, glabrous, dotted beneath, clothed with fuscous tomentum 



while young, as well as the branchlets ; umbels simple, axillary, 

 and terminal, nutant ; segments of calyx acute. ^ S. Native 

 of the island of Nusae Kambanga, in shady places on the banks 

 of rivulets. A. punctata, Blum. 1. c. p. 687. but not of Lindl. 

 .Droo^mg-flowered Ardisia. Shrub. 



44 A. MARGINALIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 688.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated at both ends, quite entire, glabrous, finely dotted 

 beneath, with parallel transverse stripes, and girded on the 

 margin by the approximation of veins and stripes ; umbels sub- 

 corymbose, axillary ; calycine teeth acute. lj . S. Native of 

 Java, on Mount Burangrang, in the higher woods. 



Marginate-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 



45 A. L^EVIGA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 690.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated at both ends, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes axillary and lateral, simple ; calycine segments acumin- 

 ated. I? . S. Native of Java, on the top of Mount Cede. 



Smooth Ardisia. Shrub. 



46 A. OBOVA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 688.) leaves obovate, rounded 

 or obtuse at the top, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous, marked 

 with fine parallel stripes ; flowers subumbellately racemose, ax- 

 illary ; calycine segments rounded. (7 . S. Native of the island 

 of Nusae Kambanga, on the sea shore, where it is called Lam- 

 panee. 



Obovate-leaved Ardisia. Fl. Sept. Oct. Shrub. 



47 A. CYBibsA (Blum, bijdr. p. 689.) leaves oblong, bluntish, 

 attenuated at the base, quite entire, transversely striated ; pe- 

 tioles, branchlets, and peduncles beset with rusty, leprous- 

 like dots ; cymes compound, axillary, and terminal, pedunculate; 

 pedicels umbellate ; teeth of calyx acute. Jj . S. Native of 

 Java, in the province of Bamtam, among bushes. 



Cymose-fiowered Ardisia. Fl. Aug. Shrub. 



48 A. OBLONOA (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 121.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, dotted ; peduncles nearly terminal, 

 much shorter than the leaves; pedicels umbellate, few-flowered, 

 and are, as well as the peduncles, glabrous ; calycine lobes 

 ovate, obtuse, a little ciliated. 1? . S. Native about Tavoy. A. 

 attenuata, Wall. cat. no. 2286. part, see no. 35. Leaves 4-5 

 inches long. Pedicels often reflexed. Berry smoothish. 



Oblong-leaved Ardisia. Shrub or tree. 



49 A. OXYA'NTHA (Wall. cat. no. 2275. Alph. D. C. 1. c.) 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, thin ; flowers few, 

 axillary; peduncles 1 -flowered, filiform, about equal in length 

 to the petioles ; calycine segments lanceolate, a little ciliated ; 

 lobes of corolla elongated, long-acuminated. J; . S. Native of 

 Silhet on the mountains. Leaves 3-4 inches long. Pedicels 

 rather velvety. This is an anomalous species. 



Sharp-flowered Ardisia. Shrub. 



2. Leaves entire, pilose. 



50 A. REFLE'XA (Wall. cat. no. 2282. Alph. D. C. in Lin. 

 trans. 17. p- 122.) leaves oblong, acute, glabrous above and 

 downy beneath ; peduncles nearly terminal, reflexed, much 

 shorter than the leaves, downy ; pedicels umbellate, densely 

 pilose, as well as the calyxes ; calycine segments ovate, acute. 

 \l . S. Native of the province of Martaban. Branches brown 

 and hispid at the top. Leaves 4-7 inches long ; petioles hispid. 



/?e/?e:rerf-peduncled Ardisia. Shrub. 



51 A. GRANIHFOLIA (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, ample, 

 cuspidately acute, glabrous above and pilose beneath ; branches 

 and petioles hispid; peduncles nearly terminal, puberulous, stiff, 

 much shorter than the leaves ; pedicels umbellate ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, acute, a little ciliated. Tj . S. Native about 

 Tavoy, in the Burman empire. A. macrophylla, Wall. cat. no. 

 2290. but not of Blum. Leaves 5-9 inches long, and 3-4 broad, 

 having the central nerve hispid beneath, and the lateral ones 



