114 MYRSINEH. [ Ardisia, 
ously axillary ; calyx white, rusty-pilose, the — linear-oblong, - 
bluntish or acute, aah in. long; corolla rotate, glabrous, the 
lobes about 3 longer than the calyx, ovate, acumi eae berries " glo- 
ular, the size of a pea, sparing'y puberulous, glossy, ‘scarlet, turn- 
ing dark ae succulent, 1-seeded. 
Var oxburghiana: eave beneath more or less rusty- 
pet (at pi along the n 
glabrata (4. erie BL): Nay at least when full- 
grown, so ; calyx glabrous or nearly so 
Hap.—Var. 1: in the tropical and moist hill forests of Martaban and Tenas- 
- ee! up. to 4,000 ft, elevation.—Fl. Sept.-Oct.; Fr. Oct. to Feb,—s.—8S.= 
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AEGICERAS, Gaertn. 
alyx 5-parted, convolute in bud, Corolla 5-cleft, contorted 
in bud, the tube cylindrical and as long as the calyx. Stamens 5, 
inserted in the tube, opposite the lobes, exserted ; filaments subulate, 
at the base united in a short tube; anthers 2- celled, acuminate, the 
cells opening in a longitudinal slit and many-chambered within. 
Ovary free, spindle-shaped, 1-celled, with many ovules attached to 
the sides of a central, ovoid-conical, shortly stalked placenta; style 
— with an secu oo a. Fruit a dry follicle-shaped curv urved 
thick and pate —Small trees or shrubs of the 1 habit of mangroves, 
with shining coriaceous leaves. Flowers rather small, in umbels or 
Had short umbel-like racemes, axillary or terminal, 
A. corniculata, Blanco. (4eg. majus, Gaertn.; Bedd. Sylv. — 
Mads 189) -—Boo-ta-yet.—An evergreen tree (1215 +3—5+ 
3—1), or remaining low and shrubby, all parts quite glabrous ; leaves 
alternate to almost whorled, pao to cuneate-obovate, a : 
bat much twisted ; corolla-lobes rather more than 2 lin 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ; fruits terete, follicle-shaped, ¢ 
subulate-pointed, up to 1} in. ‘long, smooth, 
e leaves ; calyx glabrous, shook 2 lin. long, the lobes a : 
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