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Myrsinaceae 



2. Ardisia montana (Miq.) Sieb. ex Fr. & Sav. A. ]a- 

 ponica var. montana Miq.; Bladhia montana (Miq.) Nakai 



0-tsuru-k6ji. Resembles the preceding; creeping stems 



elongate, the ascending stems simple, 10-30 cm. long, 2-3 

 mm. in diameter, terete, with spreading pale brown multi- 

 cellular hairs on the upper part; leaves subcoriaceous, in a few 

 whorls on upper part of stems, usually in 3's or in 4's, obovate- 

 oblong to oblong, 5-13 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, acute, rather 

 coarsely and acutely toothed, with spreading hairs on midrib 

 beneath while young, the petioles 7-15 mm. long; peduncles 

 usually from axils of scalelike leaves between the whorls of 

 ordinary leaves, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, slender, the pedicels 7-12 

 mm. long; flowers 2-6, white, 6-8 mm. across; calyx-segments 

 ovate or narrowly so, short-acuminate, ciliolate; fruit red, 5-6 



mm. across, globose. May. Woods; Honshu (Awa Prov., 



Izu-shichito Isl. and westw.), Kyushu. Intermediate between 

 A. japonica and A. pusilla. 



3. Ardisia pusilla A. DC. Bladhia villosa Thunb.; A. 



villosa (Thunb.) Mez, non Roxb. Tsuru-koji. Creeping 



stems long and loosely branched, with whorls of verticillate 

 leaves, the ends or branches becoming aerial shoots, densely 

 hirsute with long, soft, spreading, reddish brown, multicellular 

 hairs; leaves chartaceous, in verticils of 3's to 5's, ovate to ovate- 

 oblong, 2-6 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, acute at base, with a few 

 coarse subacute dentate teeth on each side, long-hirsute on 

 both sides, the lateral nerves rather prominent beneath, end- 

 ing in teeth, the petioles 5-10 mm. long; inflorescence from 

 the axils of scalelike leaves, 2-3 cm. long, slender, long-pilose 

 and minutely granular-puberulent; flowers 2-4, the pedicels 

 7-12 mm. long; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate; corolla 



white, 6-7 mm. across; fruit globose, red, 5-6 mm. across. 



June-Aug. Woods; Honshu (Izu Isls. and Awa Prov. 



westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Korea, Ryukyus, Formosa, 



China, and Philippines. Forma liukiuensis (Nakai) Ohwi. 



Bladhia villosa var. liu\iuensis Nakai; A. villosa var. liu\iuen- 



sis (Nakai) Makino & Nemoto Rtukyu-tsuru-koji. 



Leaves with many prominent teeth. Occurs in the warmer 



parts of our area. 



4. Ardisia crenata Sims. A. lentiginosa Ker-Gawl.; A. 

 crispa DC, excl. syn.; Bladhia crenata (Sims) Hara; B. lenti- 

 ginosa (Ker-Gawl.) Nakai ^Manryo. Glabrous shrub 



30-60 cm. high; stems erect, grayish brown, simple except for 

 a few spreading special flowering and articulating branches in 

 upper part; leaves alternate, thick, oblong, 7-12 cm. long, 2-4 

 cm. wide, green on upper side, reddish brown when dry, 

 acute to short-acuminate with an obtuse tip, gradually nar- 

 rowed and acuminate at base, undulately toothed with an 

 albuminous gland between the teeth, with pellucid dots and 

 dark brown inner glands, the lateral nerves weak and not 

 prominent, the petioles 5-10 mm. long; inflorescence terminal 

 on the special lateral flowering branches, sessile, or the 

 branches leafless and becoming pedunclelike, sometimes 

 corymbosely branched, the pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long; calyx-seg- 

 ments ovate, subacute or subobtuse, not ciliate, spreading; 

 corolla about 8 mm. across, white; fruit globose, red, about 6 



mm. across. July. Woods in low mountains; Honshu (s. 



Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, 



Formosa, Korea, China to India. Forma taquetii (Lev.) 



Ohwi. A. crispa var. taquetii Lev.; A. taquetii Lev. ex Nakai; 



Bladhia crenata var. taquetii (Lev.) Hara O-mi-manryo. 



A robust phase. 



5. Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) DC. Bladhia crispa Thunb.; 

 A. hortorum Maxim.; A. punctata sensu auct. Japon., non 



Lindl. Kara-tachibana. Small shrub, minutely brown 



granular-puberulent on young stems and inflorescence; stems 

 simple, erect, 20-40 cm. long, terete; leaves alternate, lanceo- 

 late to broadly so, 8-18 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, gradually 

 narrowed to an obtuse tip, acute at base, undulately toothed, 

 with a resinous marginal gland in sinus, vivid green, slightly 

 paler beneath, smooth, glabrous, the petioles 8-10 mm. long; 

 inflorescence about 10-flowered, umbellate on ends of special 

 articulate flowering pedunclelike branches 4-7 cm. long, 

 these usually bearing a few leaves or leaflike bracts, the pedi- 

 cels about 10 mm. long; flowers white, 7-8 mm. across; calyx- 

 lobes narrowly oblong, obtuse, not ciliate, recurved above; 



fruit globose, red, 6-7 mm. across. July. Woods in hiUs 



and low mountains; Honshu (Awa Prov. and westw.), Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu. Formosa, Ryukyus, and China. 



6. Ardisia sieboldii Miq. Bladhia sieboldii (Miq.) Na- 

 kai Moku-tachibana. Large erect loosely branched shrub, 



the branches grayish brown or reddish gray, rather thick, 

 terete; leaves rather thick, broadly oblanceolate to narrowly 

 obovate-oblong, 7-12 cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, rounded with 

 an abrupt obtuse tip, acuminate to acute at base, entire, lustre- 

 less and grayish brown when dried, with scattered obscure 

 pellucid dots, with pale brown scurfy pilose hairs beneath 

 while young, the midrib rather thick, impressed on upper side, 

 raised beneath, the lateral nerves obliquely spreading, many, 

 weak, the petioles 5-8 mm. long; inflorescence subterminal on 

 special articulating lateral pedunclelike rather thick branches 

 2.5-4.5 cm. long, the pedicels 7-10 mm. long; calyx-segments 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, pale brown-scurfy, ciliolate; corolla 

 about 7 mm. across; fruit globose, dark purple, 7-8 mm. across. 

 Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, and China. 



7. Ardisia quinquegona Bl. Bladhia quinquegona 

 (Bl.) Nakai; A. pentagona DC; B. pseudoquinquegona Ma- 



sam. Shishi-akuchi, Miyama-akuchi. Large branched 



shrub, the branches grayish brown, the branchlets rather slen- 

 der, terete, brown-scurfy while young, purplish brown when 

 dried; leaves alternate, rather thin, elliptic or oblanceolate to 

 narrowly obovate, 6-10 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, long-acumi- 

 nate to abrupdy acute with an acute to obtuse tip, acuminate 

 at base, entire, dark brown when dried, slightly purplish be- 

 neath, brown-scurfy when very young, with obscure glands 

 within, the midrib slender, raised beneath, impressed on the 

 upper side, the lateral nerves many, parallel, obliquely spread- 

 ing, not prominent; inflorescence axillary, umbellate, some- 

 times branched, on slender peduncles 3-4 cm. long; calyx- 

 segments deltoid or narrowly so, short, rather acute; corolla 

 about 6 mm. across; fruit obtusely 5-angled or globose or 

 depressed-globose, with obsolete longitudinal striations when 



dried, 4-6 mm. across. Kyushu (Yakushima and Tane- 



gashima) . Ryukyus, Formosa, s. China, and Indochina. 



3. MYRSINE L. Taimin-tachibana Zoku 



Evergreen, sometimes deciduous shrubs or trees; leaves alternate, entire or toothed; inflorescence at nodes or in axils of leaves, 

 fasciculate or umbellate; flowers bisexual or unisexual, small, 4- or 5(-6)-merous; calyx-segments imbricate or valvate; 



