JPimelaiidra.] lxxxviii. mtesine^. (C. B. Clarke.) 531 



and 1-sided and all seedless, this is also the case in Wallich's type specimens. 

 Clarke's specimens, collected on various occasions, have fruits in abundance, all 

 globose with perfect seeds. 



2. P. Griffithil, Clarke ; leaves broadly lanceolate acuminate sub- 

 ■entire rusty-villous on the midrib beneath not gland-dotted, calyx-lobes minute. 

 Ardisia eugeniaefolia, £urz For. Fl. ii. Ill, and in Joum. As. Soe. 1877, pt. ii. 

 225, not of Wallich. 



Patkoye Mts., south-east of Assam, alt. 4000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 

 3508). 



An erect shrub, 4-5 ft. ; branches ascending obliquely, rusty-villous at the tips. 

 Leaves 65 by 2 in., base cuneate or rhomboid, primary nerves prominent scarcely 

 inarching, gland-dots most minute ; petiole J in. Inflorescence less than | in., densely 

 corymbose, rusty-pubescent ; flowers as of P. eugenuBfolia, but still smaller. Berry 

 J in. diam., globose, red. — Perhaps a var. of P. eugenmfoUa ; but the erect habit of 

 growth is unlike the marked imiform horizontal branches of that species, and the 

 leaves are without the large glandular dots which are always present in P. eugenis- 

 Jolia. 



3., P. t erecta, Clarke ; leaves elliptic-oblong narrowed at both ends 

 subentire nearly glabrous, pedicels ^ in. in axUlary rusty fascicles, calyx-lobes 

 ^ in. elliptic-oblong adpressed to the berry. 



Khasia Mts. ; Umwai, alt. 3000 ft. ; Clarke. 



A small, erect shrub ; branches erect, rusty-villous towards the ends. Leaves 4 

 by IJ in., acuminate, base cuneate, primary nerves not prominent, gland-dots scattered 

 not prominent; petiole ^ in. Pedicels fascicled on shortened lateral spurs, rising 

 from tufts of small bracteoles, Corolla small ; lobes rounded. Berry | in. diam., 

 globose, smooth. — This is perhaps a new genus ; but the examples being in fruit, the 

 stamens have not been observed. The inflorescence resembles that of Myrsine, but the 

 fruit is that of Ardisia. 



4. P. 'Wallicliii, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. 88, and in DC. Prodr. 

 Tiii. 106 ; leaves large oblong acute at both ends entire rusty-villous at least on 

 the midrib beneath rarely glabrous, pedicels J in. in sessile umbels or corymbs, 

 ovary villous, berry i~§ in. globose glabrous. Deless. Ic. Sel. v. t. 31 ; Scheff. 

 Myrsin. 94. Myrsine pachysandra. Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 4' Wall. 

 ii. 297, and Cat. 2284 ; A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xvii. 111. 



Jenahg, Malacca and Singapore ; Wallich, Griffith, Maingay. — Distrib. Malaya. 



A large shrub or small tree ; branches rusty-villous at the ends. Leaves 9J by 

 2f in., base cuneate, primaiy nerves distinct beneath scarcely inarching, dots small or 

 obscure ; petioles i in., rusty-villous. Inflorescence 1-1 J in., somewhat lax. Buds 

 ^ by -g- in. Calyx-lohes ^ in., ovate. 



Vae. Teysmanniana, Hook. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 647 (sp.) ; leaves very large more 

 villous beneath, pedicels very stout. Ardisia Teysmanniana, Scheff. Obs. Phyt. ii. 56. 

 — ^Malacca; Maingay. — Distrib. Bangka. — A. Korthalsiana, Scheff.^ Myrsin. 57, 

 appears the same thing, but is said to differ by the berry (not seen) being hairy. 



7. AMTISTROPXE, A. DC. 



Slender shrubs. Leaves alternate, petioled, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, rose-coloured ; umbels subsessile, axiUary ; pedicels slender ; 

 bracts smaU. Calyx small; lobes 6, lanceolate, persistent. Corolla deeply 

 5-fid, lobes twisted to the left in the bud. Stamens 6, in the throat of the 

 coroUa, filaments short ; anthers free, elliptic-oblong, opening by longitudinal 

 slits, connective produced upwards as a membranous wing. Ovary ovoid, 

 narrowed into a slender style, stigma punctiform ; ovules several, immersed in 

 a globose free placenta. Berry globose, smooth ; endocarp chartaceous. Seed 



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