528 LxxxTiii. MYESiNEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Ardisia, 



36. A. bbotanica, Clarke; leaves large lanceolate crenate, peduncles 

 axillary short rigid bearing umbels arranged in simple panicles, corolla and 

 stamens of Ardisia. 



Bhotai* ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3587). 



Leaves 9 by 2^ in., acuminate, prominently nerved, gland-dotted, base cuneate; 

 petiole \ in. Pedwnoles ^-1 in. ; panicles 1 J in. diam. ; pedicels \ in. Buds ^-^ by 

 ^ in., hardly acute. Calyx-teeth ■^ in., ovate-lanceolate. Corolla-segments subacute. 

 Stamens free ; filaments very short ; anthers oblong- lanceolate. Berry not seen. 



37. A. Wallicliii, A. DC. in Tram. Linn. Soe. xvii. 123, and Prodr. 

 viii. 137 ; leaves obovate-eUiptic minutely toothed, peduncles axiUary bear- 

 ing many-flowered subsimple racemes. Kwrz For. Fl. ii. 122, and in Jaam. 

 As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 226, in part. Ardisia sahguinolenta, Wall. Cat. 2287 (not 

 of Mume). Ardisia sp. n. 31, Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. 8f T. 



Pkome and Eanooon ; McLelland. Bibma ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3S94). — 

 DisTBiB. Ava. 



Closely resembling A. humilis, Vahl, from which it differs in the minutely denti- 

 culate (not subentire) leaves ; and should perhaps be reckoned a Birmese form of 

 that species. — Kurz makes two varieties, whereof 1. WallicMi proper has the young 

 shoots and inflorescence with rusty-brown floccose hairs, and 2. glabriiiscula with the 

 young shoots glabrous, and the pedicels indistinctly puberulous. Kurz's " Wallichii 

 proper" is probably therefore the plant above called A. khasiaTia var. Thomsoni, and 

 his var. glaiiriuscula will be Wallich's A. sangmnolenta. 



X\ Leaves entire or gubentire. 



38. A. involucrata, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 68; leaves 

 obovate-oblong acute at both ends, peduncles lateral and subterminal carrying 

 simple umbels, bracteoles ^ in. ovate concave subpersistent, sepals in fruit 

 l-i in. Ardisia sp. n. 26, Jlerb. Ind. Or. R.f. ^ T. 



SiKKiM ; alt. 2-6000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3560), J. B. H., Kwrz, &c., not 

 rare. 



A shrub, 3-6 ft. Leaves b\ by 2^ in., shortly acuminate, base attenuate ; petiole 

 hardly any. Peduncles 1-3 in., stout; pedicels 1 in., usually about 5, bracteoles as 

 many. Sepals \ in. (in flower), orbicular, concave, waxy coroUoid, pink. Corolla 

 ^ in. long, segments scarcely acute. Mlaments short ; anthers oblong-lanceolate. 

 Berry \ in., globose, scarcely striate ; sepals in fruit spreading at the base, elongate, 

 conniveut over the summit of the berry. — This is a very striking species, that has 

 been marked as generically distinct ; but it is very nearly allied to A. humilis. 



3ft. A. ozypliylla, Wall. Cat. 2291 ; leaves elliptic narrowed at both 

 ends, peduncles axillary carrying lax few-flowered racemes, pedicels J in. 

 A. DC. Prodr. viii. 130. 



Penako; Wallich. Tbnassbrim (or Andamans); Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3571, 

 3585). 



Leaves 7 by 2J in. (or much smaller), widest at the middle or a little above it, 

 Bubcoriaceous, nerves numerous distinct; petiole |- in. Peduncles 1-3 in., near the 

 apex of the branches or distant therefrom, slender ; racemes often shortened, sub- 

 umbelliform ; pedicels 2-6. Buds % hy ^ in. Calyx-segments ^s '"■> ovate, obtuse. 

 Berry \ in., globose, hardly striate. 



Vab. attenuata, Wall. Cat. 2286 (sp.); peduncles still more slender. A. DC. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 119, and Prodr. viii. 131; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 109. A. 

 alternata, A. DO. in Ann. 8c. Nat. 2, ii. 296. A. oblonga, A. DC. in trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xvii. 121, and Prodr. I. c. 131 ; Kurz I. c. 109, and in Jowm. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 226.^-Pegu, Tenasserim, Andamans. The type sheet of "Wall. Cat. 2286 is nearly 

 identical with A. oxyphylla, but exhibits neither flower nor berry ; the second sheet 

 has smaller leaves, one oblong berry, and is ./I. oitosjra,- A. DC. ■' 



