Ardisia.] ixxxviii. mtrsine^. (C. B. Clarke.) 527 



petiole J-^ in. Peduncles 3-4 in. ; pedicels J-f in. ; bracteoles J in., linear. Btidg 

 5 by ^ in., glabrous. Cah/x densely villous ; segments J in., orate. Berry not seen. 



33. A. reflexa, Wall. Cat. 2282; branchlets fulvous-pubescent, leaves 

 narrowly olwvate-lanceolate acute at both ends sparingly pilose beneath oi- 

 glabrescent, peduncles short bearing simple dense minutely fulvous-pubescent 

 racemes. A. DC. Prodr, viii. 132. A. Amherstiana, A. BC. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xvii. 120, and DC. I. c. 131 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. Ill, and m Journ. As. Sob. 

 1877, pt. ii. 225. 



Pkgu and Tenasseeim ; Wallieh, &c. 



Branchlets, corymbs, and innovations with numerous spreading exceedingly short 

 tawny hairs. Leaves membraDOus, 8 by 2^ in. (often smaller), acuminate, base 

 cuneate or rarely suddenly narrowed ; primary nerves numerous, slender, thinly pilose 

 beneath, especially near the midrib, or ultimately glabrescent ; petiole J-4 in. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in., axillary from near the ends of the branches; pedicels J-j in. ; 

 bracteoles caducous. Buds | by §^ in., scarcely acute. Calyx-segments JL in., round. 

 Berry i in., globose, vertically striate. — In Wallich's Herbarium the type sheet has 

 the leaves pilose beneath, the second sheet has them glabrous ; A. DC. made two 

 species of these. 



34. A. kliaslana, Clarke; branchlets fulvous-woolly, leaves linear- 

 obovate glabrous, peduncles numerous axillary bearing simple lax few-flowered 

 glabrous umbels. Ardisia sp., n. 27, Herh. Ind. Or. H. f. 8f T. 



Khasu. Mts., alt. 500-3000 ft., frequent; Gnffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3572), 

 H.f.^ r., &«. 



Erect, 1-4 ft. ; branches very leafy upwards. Leaves 4 by ^— | in., broadest above 

 the middle, tapering at both ends, primary nerves conspicuous beneath, acutely oblique 

 to the midrib, inarching ; petiole ^-J in , often woolly. Peduncles 1 in., often one 

 from each of the crowded upper axils ; pedicels 1 in., usually 2-5 in each umbel. 

 Buds \-^ by ^ in. Cah/x-segments ^ in., elliptic; in fruit, orbicular, concave, 

 margins membranous. Berry ^ in., or more, depressed-globose, scarcely striate. — 

 The flowers, berries, and habit are similar to those of A. humiUs. 



Var. Thomsuni ; leaves obovate-lanceolate. Ardisia sp. n. 30, Herb. lad. Or. 

 H. f. ^ r.— Chittagong; R.f. # T. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft. ; Mousto and Nong 

 Klao, Clarice. — Leaves 5 by If in. in the Chittagong examples, but connected with 

 A. khasiana type by intermediate forms. 



tt Plant whoUy glahram, the youmg parts sometimes puheridous or scaly. 



X Leaves erenate or denticulate. 



35. A. membranacea, Wall. Cat. 2288; leaves broadly lanceolate 

 erenate membranous, peduncles axillary slender bearing simple small umbels, 

 corolla-segments obtuse or emarginate, filaments much longer than the small 

 round anthers. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 134 (not of Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 224). Ardisia sp. n. 36, Serb. Ind. Or. B.f. §• T. 



£hasia Mrs., alt. 2000 ft. ; Wallieh, H. f. ^ T., &c. Cachab ; Shapoor, Keenan. 



Erect, 1-4 ft., subsimple, succulent. Leaves 7 by 2^ in., acute at both ends, 

 nerves prominent, gland-dotted all over ; petiole f in. Peduncles 1-2 in. ; pedicels 

 ^-^ in. ; bracteoles 0. Calyx-segments ^ in., obtuse. Buds ^ in., obtuse. Stamens 

 inserted close to the base of the corolla-segments, free from each other; filaments 

 linear, flattened, slightly wider upwards ; anthers small, round, opening by a longi- 

 tudinal slit. Ovary obovate-oblong, substipitate ; style cylindric, short. Berry \ in. 

 diam. and upwards, globose, black, not, vertically striate. Seed large, very hard at 

 least when dry, altogether of Ardisia. — This is the type of a new genus nearly allied 

 to Amblyanthus, with which the habit, leaves, inflorescence, and corolla closely agree ; 

 the free stamens with long filaments, and the pistil are unlike Amblyanthm, and 

 indeed all other Indian Ardisiads. 



