Ardigia.} Lxxxvin. mtesinej!. (C. B. Clarke.) 519 



I in., elliptic, persistent. Buds i in. long, and as much broad. Sepals 1 in., elliptic ; 

 in fruit | in., orbicular. Anthere ovate, acute. Berry \ in. wide, depressed-globose, 

 not striated. — This is perhaps A. eximia, Miq. (PI. Jungh. i. 196) -which has subseseile 

 flowers and very large leaves; or the allied A. jamboaioides, Miq. (not seen). 



2. A. lanceolata, Soxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ WaU. ii. 276; leaves 

 narrowly obovate-lanceolate, panicle glatrescent once divided into laxly corym- 

 bose branches, corolla large. Wall. Cat. 2292 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 126. A. 

 speeiosa, Blume Bijd. 684 ; A. DC. I. c. 133 ; Miq. PL Jimgh. i. 197, and Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 1022 ; Seheff. Myrdn. 88. A. purpurea, Beinw. ; Blume Bijd. 684 ; 

 A. DC. I. e. 129 ; Miq. in PL Jungh. \. 197 ; Seheff. L c. 88. A. mucronata, 

 Blume L c. 685; A. DC. L c. 126 ; Seheff. L c. 83. A. Leachenaultii, A. DC. 

 L c. 137 ; Miq. PL Jvmgh. i. 197, and Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1022 ; Sch^. L c. 89. 

 A. Boissieri, A. DC. I. e. 129. A. Hasseltii, Blum£ ; Seheff. L c. 86. 



Penang; Eoxbwrgh. Maxacoa; (TM;^<A(KewDistrib.n. 3569, 3679). Singapore; 

 MoNair. — Disteib. Throughout Malaya to the Philippines. 



A large shrub, glabrous or neariy so; branches cylindric. Leaves 8 J by 2 J in., 

 shortly acuminate, subentire, coriaceous, primary nerves oblique; petiole^— | in. 

 Panicle 4-5 in., broadly ovate, terminal (rarely axillary compound large and bractless) ; 

 branches 2-4 in., rarely again divided;; pedicels i-l^ in., scattered corymbosely on 

 the branches; braeteoles small, obtuse, caducous. Buds ^J by \ in.,, rose-red. 

 Sepals J in., orbicular, -glabrous or nearly so ; margins more or less searious and 

 fimbriate subpubescent ; in fruit enlarged, more or less patent in the dried examples. 

 Berry ^ in. wide, globose, slightly depressed, not striated. 



3. A . rlg'ida, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, pt ii. 87, and For. FL ii. 

 107 ; leaves elliptic acute at both ends, panicle glabrescent 1-2-divided, pedicels 

 short, flowers rather small. 



Tenasskrhi: ; seashore of the Peninsula, Heifer (Kew Distrib. u. 3563). 



Branches moderately stout, cylindric. Leaves 6 by 2J in., subentire, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, primary nerves oblique ; petiole J in. Panicle i in. ; branches minutely 

 rufity-puberulous ;. pedicels i in., umbelled or clustered ; braeteoles minute, caducous. 

 Calyx-teeth scarcely ^ in., triangular-ovate, minutely rusty. Buds J by ^ in. Berry 

 very small, but not ripe ; calyx not enlarged on the young fruit. 



4. A. paniculata, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 16, and J^. Ind. ed. Carey Sf Wall. ii. 

 270 ; glabrous, leaves obovate-laneeolate, panicle larg& compound, pedicels \ in. 

 densely umbelled, calyx-lobes small round. Wall. Cat. 2268 ; Bot. Reg. t. 638 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2364 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 126 ; Kurz in Jmrn. As. Soe. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 224, and For. FL ii. 107 (syn. exel.). 



Khasia Mts. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3573). Dacca ; frequent, C. B. Clarice. 

 Chittagong HitLS ; Eoxburgh, Clarke. 



A large shrub ; branches more or less compressed. Leaves 9 by 3 in., shortly 

 acute, tapering nearly to the base, subentire, coriaceous, primary nerves manifest, 

 oblique ; petiole very short and thick. Panicle 6-10 in. ; branches more or less 

 flattened, again divided ; bracts often \ in., linear-oblong. Bvds f by ;^ in., rose-red. 

 Berry \ in;, globose, vertically striate. 



Vae. Hookeri; leaves large, panicle lax compound, pedicel* J-£ in. Ardisia sp., 

 n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. ^ T.— Khasia Mts., alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Chela, Nowgong, 

 Jiuckhipoor, H. f. ^ T. Assam ; Masters. — Leaves 14 by 5 in. (in some examples 

 20 in.). Panicle 13 in. ; pedicels 2-4-fascicled and also scattered corymbosely. 



6. A. misslonls, Wall. Cat. 6524; glabrous, leaves narrowly oblong 

 obtuse narrowed at both ends, panicle large compound, pedicels ^-| in. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 130. 



Ceyxon; common. 



Leaves 6 by 1 in., very coriaceous, primary nerves obscure. — Very close to A. 



