526 Lxxxviii. mtesinEjE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ardisia. 



A weak shrub, 2-6 ft. Leaves 6 by 3 in., acute at both ends, usually glabrous or 

 most minutely pubescent except the nerres beneath; petiole 1 in. Racemes 1-4 in., 

 simple or compound, lax, few-flowered ; bracts small, linear ; pedicels ^-^ in., minutely 

 puberulous. Buds J by ^ in. Calyx-lobes ^ in., ovate, obtuse. Berry j in. diam. 

 (and upwards), globose, not striated, scarlet. 



Vae. Maingayi ; brancblets glabrous, leaves in age glabrous or sparsely pilose on 

 the midrib beneath. — Malacca ; Maingay. • 



"VilB,. LoBbii ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, base much attenuated, nerves beneath 

 densely villous, peduncles weak pendulous all from near the summit of the branchlets. 

 — Singapore; Lobb.n. 316. — Branchlets densely fulvous villous. Peduncles 1-2 in. 

 Buds broader than in A. odoniophylla type. 



29. A. Brandisiana, Xurz in J6urn. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 67, and For. 

 Fl. ii. 112 ; leaves elliptic acute at both ends slightly crenate, peduncles axillary 

 long bearing simple umbels, pedicels 1 in. thickened ^lpwarda minutely rusty- 

 pubescent. 



Maetaban ; Brandis. Moulmein ; Thoung-gyun, alt. 4500 ft., Lobb. 



Branchlets thick, rusty and scaly (hardly pubescent) upwards. Leaves 5J by 2J 

 in., subcoriaceous, nerves distinct; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 3-4 in., ascending, 

 minutely rusty ; bracteoles very small. Calyx-lobes ^-^ in., ovate, subacute. Corolla- 

 lobes J— j in., broad, acutely acuminate. Berry not seen. 



tt leaves entire, or very nearly so. 



30. A., grandifolla, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 122, and Prodr. 

 vii. 132 ; leaves large obovate-oWong acute at both ends glabrous above 

 villous at least on the midrib beneath, peduncles divaricate from near the apex 

 of the branches, calyx-segments ^ in. lanceolate. Kurz in Jowrn. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 225, and For. Fl. ii. 111. A. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 2290 (not ofBlume). 



Tatot ; WaUick. 



Branches rusty-villous. Leaves 8 by 2i in. ; primary nerves close together, 

 slender, distinct; petiole ^ in., villous. Peduncles 1-2 in., patently pilose, bearing 

 simple umbels ; pedicels J-f in., very many. Buds i by J in. 



Vab. Pariskii; calyx-segments scarcely ^ in., round. — Moulmoin, PansA ; Mergui, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 3590). — This may be a distinct species ; but the length 

 of the calyx-lobes is very variable in some of the species of Ardisia, and the calyx- 

 lobes in Griffith's example are longer than in Parish's. 



31. A. XLeenanl, Clarke ; leaves oblong narrowed at both ends glabrous 

 above rusty-villous beneath, peduncles short bearing simple elongate racemes, 

 calyx-segments very short round glabrous. 



Cachar ; Keenan. Mtjnetfooe ; Clarke. 



Branches densely brown-villous. Leaves 7 by 2 in., primary nerves distinct 

 beneath, somewhat distant, inarching ; petiole } in. Pedimcles 1-2 in., patently pilose, 

 on one branehlet divaricate from near its apex, on the other ascending fi:om a lower 

 axil ; pedicels J-l in., laxly racemose rather than umbelled. Buds j- by ^ in. — This 

 resembles so strongly A. grandifolia var. Parishii, that it might be added to it as a 

 variety, but the nervation of the leaves differs. The Muneypoor example has much 

 smaller leaves, all the peduncles ascending from lower axils, the racemes more villous, 

 but the calyx-segments glabrous or very nearly so. 



32. A. Kelferlana, Kurs in Jowrn. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 86, and i^br. Fl. 

 ii. 113 ; densely rusty-villous or woolly, leaves obovate-oblong acute at both 

 ends softly hairy above, peduncles axillary long bearing simple subumbellate 

 racemes. 



Mekbtji, Moulmein, and Tenasseeim ; Griffith, Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3589). 

 Branches densely rusty-woolly. Leaves 6^ by 2^ in., primary nerves strong 



