Antistrophe] 



LXVII. MYRSIXACE.E 



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1. A. oxyantha, Wall. Khasi hills. Malay Peninsula. A single-stemmed shrub, 

 with horizontal branches and very dark foliage. L. membranous, glabrous, lanceolate, 

 blade 5-7, pet. slender J-J, petals J in. long. Buds long acuminate, sepals, petals and 

 ovary glandular-dotted. 2. A. serratifolia, Hook. f. (Ardisia serratifolia, Bedd. Ic. Ind. 

 Or. t. 113). Young shoots and 1. beneath along the nerves rusty tomentose, 1. sharply 

 serrate, petals A in. long. 



Amblyanthopsis membranacea. Mez (Ardisia membranacea, Wall.). Khasi hills. 

 Cachar. A small almost herbaceous shrub, 1. thinly membranous, glabrous, lanceo- 

 late, crenate, underside with numerous black glandular dots. Fl. small, in pedunculate 

 axillary umbels, corolla-lobes round, emarginate, anthers free, basifixed, filaments as 

 long as anthers, ovary obovoid. 



fi. AEGICERAS, Gtertn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 533. 



A. majus, C4sertn. (probably the only species); Wight 111. t. 146 ; Bedd. 

 Man. t. xix. — Syn. A. corniculata, Blanco. Vern. Kulsi, Khalshi, Koilsha, 

 Beng. : Kanjala, Mar. ; Butaht, Burin. 



A large evergreen glabrous shrub or small tree, gregarious, coppices well, 

 bark grey. L. scattered, coria- 

 ceous, obovate, blade 2-3, nar- 

 rowed into pet. \ in. long. 

 Umbels many-fid. at the ends 

 of branches usually naked be- 

 low, with a few 1. below the 

 umbel, pedicels slender. Fl. 

 white, fragrant, sepals and cor- 

 olla-lobes twisted in bud, the 

 right hand edge overlapping. 



corolla 



Ions 



lobes 



retlexed. Anther-cells trans- 

 versely septate. Ovules num- 

 erous, in several tiers on the 

 globose placenta. Fr. cylindric, 

 curved, acuminate, 1-2 in. long, 

 seed one, same shape as fr., 

 albumen none. The seed ger- 

 minates wit liiu the pericarp on 

 t lie tree, sending down a long 

 radicle. 



Sea coast and banks of tidal 

 rivers, Sind, Western Peninsula 

 on lioi b sides, Bundriban, Anda- 



in.'i H-. Bur PI. I tec. Maj . Sea 



coasts of tropical Asia, Australia 

 and the South Pacific Islands. 

 Mez ' Myrsin. 67 ' describes e second 

 species {A. floridum, Etoem. et 

 Schult . from islands in I he Pacific, 



ras majus, Gwrtn. 



Order LXVIII. SAPOTACEjE. Gen. PI. ii. 650. 

 Trei s, sometimes shrubs, 1. entire, usually alternate and coriaceous, stipules 



early caducous m- none. Fl. I asexual, as a rule in axillary clusters, bracts and 

 bracteoles minute or 0. Calyx persistent, segments I s, almost distinct, 

 corolla- tube short, lobes I 24. Stamens inserted on the tube, as many as 



Corolla lobes and opposite them, or 2 '■> ti s as many ; ti laments usually shorter 



than anthers. Ovary free, I 12-eelled, style liliform Or cylindric. st iLTina 

 punotiform, Ovules solitary in each cell, Fr. a 1 S-s led berry, seeds with a 



crnstac is shining testa, oily, exalbuminous with large fleshy cotyledons or 



albuminous wit Ii Hat cotyledons. 



