110 MYRSINER. [Ardisia. 
pergamaceous, glabrous, blackish-dotted beneath, the lateral nerves 
rather prominent ; peduncles at the summit of the branches, numer- 
ous, many-flowered, half as long asthe leaves or shorter, compressed, 
glabrous; pedicels } an im. long, recurved after flowering, 
copious, alternate, forming an ovoid raceme; calyx-lobes ovate- 
rotundate, nearly ciliate; corolla-lobes acute, five times longer than 
the calyx; drupes about 2 lin. long, striate ina dried state— 
(DC. Prod., in part.) 
Var. (?) 2, acuminata ; leaves acuminate the nerves strong and 
anastomosing within the margins of thd hesived: 
Haz.—Upper Tenasserim ; var. 2 : common in the tropical forests along the 
eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah and Martaban.—Fl. May.—s. 
10. A, arborescens, Wall.—<Glabrous, the branches stout, 
the older ones scared and tubercled 3 leaves oblong-lanceolate, on 
2 an in. long petiole, 5-7 in. long by 14-2 broad, tapering at the 
base, acute, coriaceous, the nerves and dots little visible ; flowers 
unknown, the peduncles 3-4 in. long, often compressed, smooth, 
illary, rigid, shorter than the leaf, the pedicels much longer than 
the flowers, about an inch long; calyx-lobes ovate, larger after 
tap and 2 lin, long; drupes globular, 3 lin, thick,’—(DC. 
Has.—Ava, Taong-dong. 
11. A, humilis, Vhl. ; Brand. For. Fl. 287.— Gyeng-ma-ope.— 
An evergreen tree (12A—25+6—1243—13) or shrub, all parts 
glabrous, the lobes about 2 lin. long, broad, rounded or blunt, the 
‘gins membranous and pellueid ; corolla thick, waxy glossy, the 
lobes ovate-oblong, acute, about 4 lin. long ; ovules numerous, 1m- 
mersed in the bape spongy placenta; drupes globular, the siz 
of a very small cherry, smooth and ol hen fully ripe succu- 
lent and black, 1-seeded, ce rns 
Has.—Frequent in the tropical forest: f the P hg d Arracan.— 
Fl. March-Apr. ; Fr. Octo. BS Ais ie ae tae 
12. A. littoralis, Andr—An evergreen shrub, 6-10 ft. high, 
often growing out into a small tree, all softer parts quite glabrous 
more or less succulent ; leaves obovate to oblong, tapering in a 4-6 - 
