Ardisia.| | MYRSINER, 109 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of South Andaman.—Fl. 
June.—s,—SS.—=SiS, Metam. 
7. A. oblonga, DC.—An evergreen low shrub, 1-3 ft, high, all 
parts quite glabrous ; leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, on a 
strong petiole 4-6 lin, long, bluntish acuminate with an obsolete 
tr, chartaceous, with numerous convex dots on both sides, entire, 
ong, ovate, acute ; drupes globular 
y striate in a dried state, purplish black, 1-seeded 
HaB.—Not unfre vent in the tropical forests of Martab dT im ; 
also in the Andamans. F' Ee : Soe arch, 388 eee neerimn 
lin 8. A. attenuata, Wall.—*« Leaves large, 
n. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at both 
45-6 lin, long petiole, especially along the margins dotted, mem- 
the “te Tacemes glabrous, axillary, few-flowered, half as lone as 
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es; fruiti les 8-4 in. 
ch long ; oe peduncles 3-4 in. long, naked, the pedicels an 
acute, aln 
i A, Polycephala, Wall.—An evergreen shrub ; leaves obovate. 
hans > Stadually tapering in a 4-5 lin. long petiole, acute or 
~Y acuminate, almost entire, 5-10 in, long, 14-3 in, broad, rather 
