Ardisia.] XLVII. MYKSINE^E. 287 



1. A. humilis, Vahl ; Wight Ic. t. 1212. Syn. A. solanacea, Roxb. 

 Corom. t. 27 ; Fl. Ind. i. 580. Yern. Kantena, may a raiva, C. Pro v. 



A large shrub, wholly glabrous. Leaves 4-8 in. long, obovate-oblong, 

 narrowed into a short marginate petiole, entire, short-acuminate ; midrib 

 prominent, main lateral nerves numerous, oblique, arcuate, parallel, not 

 very conspicuous. Flowers light rose-coloured, J in. across, in peduncu- 

 late, axillary corymbose racemes, shorter than leaves. Pedicels J in. 

 long, longer in fruit, red, in the axils of oblong or rounded concave, de- 

 ciduous bracts. Calyx nearly to the base 5-cleft, lobes oval or rounded, 

 obtuse. Berry size of a small cherry, round, black, 1 -seeded, full of 

 bright-red juice. 



South India and Ceylon. Burma. Bengal. Sub-Himalayan tract as far 

 west as the Jumna, ascending to 3000 ft. Generally on banks of streams and in 

 moist places. Indian Archipelago, South China. Fl. at all seasons, principally 

 March-May. Bark yellowish grey or brownish. Wood used as fuel. 



2. A. floribunda, Wall.; Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 272. 



A shrub or small tree, young shoots, tender leaves, and inflorescence 

 clothed with short, loose, purple pubescence, full-grown leaves glabrous. 

 Leaves pale beneath, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 5-6 in. long, shallow and 

 indistinctly crenulate, narrowed into a marginate petiole J in. long ; mid- 

 rib prominent, lateral nerves indistinct. Flowers small, red, on short 

 coloured pedicels, thickened at the top, in terminal compound ovate 

 panicles, with linear bracts, the lower branches in the axils of leaves, 

 and often leaf-bearing. Calyx almost white, lobes spreading, ovate, acute. 

 Corolla rotate. Anthers bursting from the middle to the apex, terminated 

 by a subulate appendix. 



Outer Himalaya to 5000 ft. Garhwal, Kamaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, 

 Kasia hills. 



5. REPTONIA, A DC. 



Evergreen shrubs with entire coriaceous leaves, and small flowers. 

 Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla with a short tube, and 5 spreading lobes, con- 

 volute in the bud, with 5 small scales alternating with the lobes, and 

 inserted in the mouth of the tube. Ovary superior, 1 -celled ; ovules 

 1-4 on a small placenta at the bottom of the ovary. Drupe globose, seed 

 albuminous. 



1. R. buxifolia, A. DC Tab. XXXIV. Syn. Monotheca Muscaten- 

 sis y A. DC. ; Edgeioorthia buxifolia, Falc. ; Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. t. 9. 

 Vern. Garar, Afg. ; Gurgura, Pb. 



A large shrub or small tree, with axillary spines and spinescent branch- 

 lets ; young branches and leaves pubescent. Leaves 1-1^ in. long, obo- 

 vate oblong-obovate, or oblong-elliptic, thick, coriaceous, with thickened 

 edge, narrowed into a short petiole; when full-grown shining above, 

 glaucescent and puberulous beneath. Flowers whitish, or greenish yellow, 



