420 LXVII. MYRSINACE^E [Ardisia 



28. A. maerocarpa, Wall. Chumldni, Nep. Nepal. Sikkini 4-8,000 ft. Bhutan. A 

 small single-stemmed shrub, forming undergrowth in forests. L. membranous, 

 lanceolate, crenate, 5-6 in. long, narrowed into a very short petiole, a row of large 

 raised dots on the margin. Fl. large waxy, pale pink, in axillary pedunculate umbels 

 near the ends of branches, often forming a terminal panicle, sepals oblong, after 

 flowering J in., petals J-§ in. long. Berries bright red J-^ in. diam. dotted. 29. A. 

 crenata, Boxb., including" A. undulata, Clarke (A. crispa, A. DC, Mez Myrsin. 144). 

 Khasi hills. China. Japan, Malay Archip. Similar to 28, but 1. often with large 

 raised dots all over, without a row of marginal dots, fl. smaller, petals ^ in. long, 

 berries smaller. 30. A. bhotanica, Clarke (Amblyanthopsis bhotanica, Mez) fl. small, 

 umbels in short lateral panicles. 



. 31. A. virens, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 575. Assam. Khasi and Naga hills, Manipur. Cachar. 

 Upper Burma. Yunnan. A single-stemmed shrub with horizontal branches. L. 

 chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, blade crenate, 6-7 in. narrowed into petiole J in. long, 

 Umbels arranged in a terminal glabrous corymb, sepals elliptic obtuse, petals § in. long, 

 both prominently black-dotted. Berries ^-\ in. diam., yellow, spotted. 32. A Kachinensis, 

 Mez. Khasi hills, sepals ovate-triangular, as well as petals with black oblong dots. 33. 

 A. Brandisiana, Kurz. Thaungyin and Upper Salween forests. L. coriaceous, slightly 

 crenate, elliptic, obtuse or acute, blade 6-7, pet. 1-1A in. long, sec. n. slender, arching, 

 joined by prominent reticulate veins. Fl. large in axillary umbels on peduncles 3-5 

 in., sepals J, petals J in. long, not dotted. 



B. Branchlets and petioles hairy. 



34. A villosa, Boxb. (A. vestita, "Wall. ; Mez Myrsin. 141). Martaban and Tenasserim. 

 A small shrub, branchlets, petioles, young 1. and inflorescence rusty villous, 1. mem- 

 branous slightly crenate, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-7, pet. i in. long. Fl. in pedunculate 

 axillary bracteate umbels, sepals linear-lanceolate, £ in., petals hardly as long as sepals. 

 35. A. sonchifolia, Mez (A. villosa, var. obtusa). Shevagherry hills. Western Peninsula, 

 1. spathulate, fl. in broad axillary panicles, rusty pubescent, like the elongate-triangular 

 sepals. 



36. A odontophylla, Wall. Khasi hills, Patkoi range, Cachar. Malay Penins. A 

 small shrub, branchlets, petiole, midrib and sec. n. beneath rusty pubescent or villous. 

 L. membranous, finely and sharply serrate, elongate-elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. 1-2 in. long. 

 Fl. in simple or compound lax few-fld. racemes, pedicels slender, J— i in. long with 

 minute hairs, petals | in. long. Berry scarlet; J in. diam. 



1. Pimelandra eugenisefolia, Hook. f. [Sadiria eugeniifolia, Mez). Khasi hills, common. 

 A shrub with spreading horizontal branches, 1. nearly glabrous, caudate-acuminate, 

 crenate, blade 6-10, pet. J in. long, sec. n. very prominent beneath. Fl. J in. long, in 

 short axillary branched racemes, calyx and pedicel hairy, corolla campanulate, lobes 

 shorter than tube, ovules few in one horizontal line on the conical placenta, berries 

 bright red. Three other species in Assam and on the Khasi hills : 2. P. Griffithii, 

 Clarke, 3. erecta, Clarke, and 4. Sadiria solanifolia, Mez. 



Hymenandra Wallicnii, A. DC. [Ardisia Hymenandra, Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 175). 

 Upper Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. A low, stout, usually simple-stemmed shrub, 1. 

 glabrous, membranous, crenate, nearly sessile, 8-16 in. long, from a narrow base 

 gradually widening upwards, sec. n. numerous, parallel, joined by distinct intra- 

 marginal veins. Fl. pink, in many-fld. umbels, several at the ends of short branchlets, 

 supported by 1-A floral 1., umbels 2-3 in., peduncles 1, pedicels i in. long. Sepals and 

 petals punctate, sep. short, pet. lanceolate, J-i in. long, the right edge overlapping in 

 bud. Anthers connate into a tube by broad membranous edges, which terminate in 

 a long thin membranous appendix. 



Amblyanthus glandulosus, A. DC. Khasi hills. A small glabrous shrub, 1. glabrous, 

 membranous, narrow- lanceolate, slightly dentate, teeth often glandular-thickened, 

 raised dots on the underside, often a belt of such dots along the edge, blade 5-7, narrowed 

 into slender pet. J— J in. long. Fl. minute, a cluster of small pedunculate umbels 

 supported by 2—4 1. at the ends of long otherwise naked branchlets, peduncles slender 

 1-2 in. long, pedicels short. Buds obtuse, calyx and corolla punctate, corolla ^ in. 

 long, segments obovate, emarginate, anthers connate by their edges into a tube, ovules 

 3-4, in one line on the globose placenta. Mez (Myrsin. 210) adds 2 species : A. prmter- 

 visus, Mez, Khasi hills and A. multifiorus, Mez, Assam. 



5. ANTISTROPHE, A. DO. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 531. 



Fl. bisexual, in sessile lateral umbels, pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes lanceo- 

 late, persistent. Corolla-lobes twisted in bud, the left edge overlapping. 

 Anthers rostrate-acuminate. Ovules 3-4, in one line around the globose 

 placenta. Species 2. 



