532 Lxxxviii. MTESiNiiE. (C. B. Clarke.) lAntistro;phe.. 



solitary, stony when dry, globose, albumen ruminated; embryo transverse. — 

 Species 2, Indian. 



' 1. A. ozyantha, A. DC. in Arm. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. 84, and Prodi-, viii. 

 92 ; leaves entire glabrous beneath strongly gland-dotted, buds ovate rostrate- 

 acuminate. Ardisia oxyantha. Wall. Cat. 2275; A. DC. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. 

 xvii. 121. 



Khasia, alt. 3-4000 ft. ; WaJMch, H.f. ^ T., &c. 



Shrub 6 ft. high ; branches horizontal, nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by H in-,- 

 caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, nerves prominent beneath inarching; petiole ;|-^in. 

 Pedicels ^ in., several or few together, fascicled on exceedingly short lateral spurs. 

 Buds ^ by ^ in., somewhat suddenly narrowed into a beak, which encloses the mem- 

 branous tip of the connectives. Calyx-teeth ^ in., puberulous, whitened on the- 

 margins. Berries J in. and upwards, globose, smooth, thinly obscurely vertically 

 striate. 



2. A. serratlfolla, Ilooh. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 647 ; leaves regularly closely 

 serrate rusty-villoiis on the neiTes beneath, buds conical acute. Ardisia serrati- 

 folia, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 113. 



Anamallat and Coimbatore Hills, ascending to 3000 feet, in moist weods - 

 Beddome. 



An erect shrub; branches towards their ends (and all the innovations) rn.'-ty- 

 villous. Leaves 6j by 1^ in., acute at both ends; nerves prominent beneath, cun'ing- 

 much upwards, inarching ; gland-dots small or obscure ; petiole J in. Pedicels ^ in., 

 several or few together, minutely rusty-pubescent, fascicled on exceedingly short 

 lateral spurs. Buds ^ by J in. Calyx-teeth A in., pubescent, whitened on the margins. 

 Corolla-segments lanceolate-acuminate, gland-dotted. Berry not seen. 



8. HViaENANDRA, A. DC. 



A robust, low shrub. Leaves large, obovate-oblong, crenate-dentate. 

 Umhdii compound, subsessile, terminal on short lateral branches from near the- 

 summit of the stem. Caly.t-lobes 5, ovate, subacute. Corolla-lobes 5, long- 

 lanceolate, strongly twisted to the right in bud. Stamens 5, attached at the 

 throat of the corolla, filaments very short ; anthers ovoid, connectives dilated 

 above the anther and united into a membranous 5-toothed tube. Ovary globose,, 

 narrowed into a filiform style, stigma pimctiform ; ovules several, on a globose 

 sessile placenta. Ben-ry globose. Seed 1, globose, albumen wrinkled ; embryo- 

 transverse. 



TIL. 'Wallichll, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Kat. 2. xvi. 83, t. 5, and Prodr, 

 viii. 91. Ardisia hymenandra, Wall, in Bo.vb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sf Wall. 

 ii. 282, and PI. As. Ear. ii. 57, t. 175, and Cat. 2266. 



Khasia Mts. ; Wallich ; Mahadeo, alt. 3000 ft., Griffith. Uppeb Assam ; Griffith 

 (Kew Distrib. n. 3596). Caohab ; Gopal Teela, Keenan. 



Stem 2-4 ft., erect, stout, usually simple. Leaves 10 by 4 in. (or in GriiBth's 

 example 24 by 10 in.), acute, scarcely acuminate, base attenuate, sometimes rounded 

 or cordate, glabrous or nearly so, primary neri^es slender nearly at right angles to the ' 

 midrib, gland-dots more or less prominent ; petiole scarcely J in. Lateral floral 

 ArancAei (peduncles) 1-3 in., stout, flattened; bracts 4|- by | in., altogether leaf-like, 

 usually 3. Umbel usually compound of one subcentral sessile and two lateral 

 peduncled umbellules ; pedicels f in., very many, rusty-pubescent or ultimately nearly 

 glabrous. Buds ^ by j^, in. Calyx-lobes ^ in., ovate. Corolla red. Berries J in. 

 diam., globose, scarcely striated. 



