1877.] Knoioledge of the Burmese Flora. 223 



Hab. Only var. ^. but this form common in the upper mixed forests, 

 all over the Pegu Yomah and from Martaban down to Tenasserim. — Fl. 

 Aug., Sept. ; Fr. Jan., Febr. 



The extreme forms of Einlelia rolusta, and E. villosa, look very 

 different, but they offer no characters for a safe distinction. The length 

 of the pedicels and of the bracts and the thickness of the rachis of the 

 racemes vary as much as the indumentum. The strise on the drupes of 

 JE7, rohusta are not always present. 



5. S. TESTITA, Bth. and Hf. (Emlelia vestita, Roxb, Fl. Ind. ed. 

 Wall. II. 288 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 88 ; Emlelia nutans, Wall. 1. c. 290). 



Hab. Eather rare in the tropical forests, especially along choungs, of 

 the Pegu Yomah. 



6. S. PARViFLOEA, (Emhelia parvijlora, Wall. Cat. 2307 ; DC. Prod. 

 VIII. 86 ; Scheff. Comm. Myrs. M). 



Hab. Ava (Griff. 3545) ; Khakyen hills (J. Anderson).— Fl. March. 



7. S. Myrtilltis, {Myrsine Myrtillus, Hook. Icon. t. 825 ; Walp. 

 Ann. V. 473 ; Emhelia Myrtillus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1871. 

 67). 



Hab. Burma (Griff. 3542). 



Ardisia, Sw. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



* Fanicles irregularly branched and compound, terminal, or accompanied by smaller 



ones in the axils of the upper leaves. 



+ Pedicels much, shorter than the calyx, or the flowers almost sessile. 

 Leaves entire ; panicle stiff and stout, rusty puberulous ; calyx-lobes acute, . ,A. rigida, 

 X X Pedicels much longer than the calyx. 

 t Leaves entire. 

 Leaves coriaceous, decurrent on the strong petiole, the nerves arising at an acute angle ; 



panicle glabrous or nearly so, ample ; peduncle angular, A. paniculata. 



Leaves almost chartaceous, not decurrent, the nerves diverging almost rectangularly, 



numerous ; panicle slightly puberulous ; peduncle compressed, A. anccps. 



Leaves chartaceous ; panicles rusty-puherulous, chiefly from the axils of the upper 



leaves ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, A. neriifolia. 



t t Leaves serrulate. 

 Habit of the preceding ; calyx-lobes linear, A. serrulata. 



* * Flowers in racemes often contracted umbel-like, rarely the racemes or umbels 



simply compound, axillary, lateral or axillary and terminal. 

 X Umbels in small axillary corymbs or cymes. {Fimelandra, DC.) 

 Nearly glabrous ; leaves thin coriaceous ; flowers minute ; cymes rusty velvety, of the 



length of the petiole, A. eugenicefolia. 



X X Umbels or racemes simple or compound, 

 t Umbels forming a simple terminal panicle. 

 Very like A, attenuata, but umbels panicled ; leaves much dotted ; pedicels | — 1 in. 

 long, , ,,,,,, , , ,,,,,,., ^. Andamanica* 



