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418 LXVII. MYRSINACE.E [Ardisia 



(a) Leaves glabrous. 



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

 PI. t. 27 ; A. polycephala, Wight 111. t. 145 ; A. littoralis, Andr. ; Kurz F. 

 Fl. ii. 110; A. arborescens, Wall. Vern. Jalkaima, Kantena, Hind.; 

 Kyetmadli, Burm. 



A large shrub or small tree, attaining 30 ft. L. glabrous, entire, obovate- 

 oblong, 4-8 in. long, narrowed into a short petiole. Fl. light pink in peduncu- 

 late, mostly axillary corymbs, pedicels \-\ in. long, sepals slightly connate at 

 base or almost distinct, more or less ciliate, sepals and petals with round black 

 dots, often confluent into longitudinal lines, anther-cells more or less trans- 

 versely rugose. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Assam. 

 Khasi hills, Manipur. Cachar. Lower Bengal. Chutia Nagpore. Orissa. Northern 

 Circars. Deccan and West side of the Peninsula, chiefly on the banks of streams. 

 Burma, Upper and Lower, on the sea coast and inland. — Fl. at all seasons, chiefly 

 March-June. Ceylon, on the South-Western Coast. Malay Peninsula. China. Mez 

 Myrsinacem 132 and 128, fig. 20 separates A. solanacea by free, not ciliate sepals and 

 restricts A. humilis, to the littoral plant. He also recognises A. arborescens 

 as a separate species. 2. A. WallicMi, A. DC. (A. sanguinolenta, Wall. ; Mez, 1. e. 129) 

 Rangoon, Prome, Upper Burma, with 1. minutely denticulate in the upper part, is 

 probably not specifically distinct from 1. 3. A. polycephala, Wall. Manipur. Upper 

 Burma, common (Kyetmaok). L. oblanceolate, blade 6-10, narrowed into petiole f— 1 in. 

 long, midrib prominent beneath, sec. n. numerous, slender but distinct, fl. large, pink, 

 waxy, in elongate bracteate racemes, peduncles 2—4 in., petals J in. long. Closely 

 allied and possibly not distinct is 4. A. oxyphylla, Wall. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, 

 from which Mez separates A. attetmata, Wall., and A. oblonga, A. DC. 



Of 5. A parviflora, Talbot, List 2nd ed. 204, with distantly crenate and pellucid 

 punctate 1. and small white fl., evergreen scrub jungle near the coast of North Kanara. 

 I have seen no specimens. A. parviflora, Blume, is a Javan species. 



6. A rhynchophylla, Clarke. Khasi hills. A small shrub, branchlets and petioles 

 glabrous, 1. lanceolate, long-acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. J— J in. long, sec. n. arching, 

 slender but distinct beneath, as well as the reticulate veins. Fl. large, white, in few- 

 fid, axillary racemes," pedicels 1 in., petals I in. long. 7. A Khasiana, Clarke, from 

 which Mez separates A. Thomsonii, Mez, Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong, is a small 

 shrub, branchlets and petioles fulvous hairy, 1. glabrous, linear-lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late, 4-6 in. long, narrowed into a very short petiole. Fl. in 2-5-fld. pedunculate 

 axillary umbels, peduncles 1 in., pedicels equally long, petals J- J in. long, berry red, 

 fleshy J-J in. diam. 



8. A. involucrata, Kurz. Mixed plain forests ; Terai and banks of streams in the 

 outer hills, ascending to 5,000 ft. Fl. iu lateral involucrate umbels, peduncles stout, 

 1-3 in., pedicels 2-5, bracts as many as pedicels, persistent, £ in. long, fl. large, 

 sepals waxy corolloid, pink, petals J— J in. long, both with copious black round or 

 elongate dots, sepals enlarged in fr., connivent over the berry. 



(6) Leaves hairy beneath. 



9. A Helferiana, Kurz. Manipur, Tenasserim. Branches, 1. and inflorescence 

 densely rusty tomentose, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. \ in., peduncles axillary, 

 3-4 in. long, bearing short umbelliform racemes. Other species with 1. hairy beneath, 

 Burma : 10. A reflexa, Wall., 11. A grandifolia, A. DC. Cachar and Manipur : 12. A 

 Keenani, Clarke. — Mez 1. c. 129 separates specimens of A. reflexa with nearly glabrous 

 1. as A.-Amherstiana, A. DC. 



B. Sepals narrow, open in bud. Style in bud longer than petals, usually 

 exserted. Inflorescence usually (exc. A. rJiomboidea) of compound corymbs or 

 racemes, axillary or forming terminal panicles. 



• (a). Sepals and petals not punctate. 



13. A. floribunda, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 272 ; 

 Brandis F. Fl. 287 ; Mez ifyrstnacece, p. 107.— Syn. A. neriifolia, Wall. ; 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 522. 



A large shrub or small tree, 1. lanceolate, entire, upperside glabrous, under- 

 side with exceedingly minute thin rounded scales, blade 4-6, pet. h in. long. 



