-Amblyanthus.'] lxxxviii. mtesine2B. (C. B. Clarke.) 533 



9. ABEBIiirAlTTKUS, A. DC. 



A small, glabrous shrub. Leaves petioled, narrowly lanceolate, slightly 

 '€renate-serrate. Umbels compound, sessile, terminal on lateral branches leafy 

 :at their summits. Flowers small ; buds obtuse. Calyx-tube obconic ; lobes 5. 

 CoroUa-lohes 5, obovate, emarginate, twisted to the right in bud. Stamens 5, 

 inserted at the throat of the corolla, filaments short ; anthers ovate, united by 

 their margins, dehiscing by slits inwards. Ovary oblong, narrowed into a 

 short cylindric style ; stigma small, discoid ; ovules few, immersed' in a globose 

 'placenta. Fi-uit not known. 



A. grla^ndulosus, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. 83, t. 6, and in DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 91. Ardisia glandulosa, Moxb. Jlort. Beng. 16, Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 

 .Sr Wall. ii. 276 ; Wall. Cat. 2266 {not of Murne). A. Eoxburghiana, Dietr. 

 Syn. PI. i. 617. 



Stlhet; WcUlich. Khasia, Mts., alt. 2000 ft. ; below Cherra, H. f.^T.;^ Bor 

 Pani, below Nunklow, J. D. H., Simons. 



Leaves 7 by 1^ in., acuminate, denticulate or entire, base cuneate, primary nerves 

 ■slender, oblique; petiole } in. Flowering brcmches rising obliquely from near 

 "the summit of the stem, naked below, peduncle-like, usually with 3-4 leaves near 

 1;heir summit. Pedtincles 2-3 in., subumbelled, slender, curving ; pedicels ^-J in., 

 Dumerous, subumbelluled; bracteoles or caducous. Calyx-lobes ^s ^°-i ovate, 

 •Corolla-lobes i in., but slightly overlapping in the bud, recurved in flower. 



10. iSaiCERAS, Gaertn. 



A small, glabrous tree ; branches cylindric. Leaves scattered, petioled, 

 •obovate, entire, coriaceous, 1-nerved. Umbels sessile, axillary, terminal or 

 leaf-opposed ; bracts ; pedicels filiform. Flowers hermaphrodite, white. 

 Calyx-lobes 5, imbricate. Corolla-tube short ; segments 5, acute, twisted to the 

 light in bud. Stamens 5, on the corolla-tube ; filaments linear, hairy at the 

 Tjase ; anthers cordate-lanceolate, dehiscing longitudinally, cells transversely 

 septate. Ovary oblong, narrowed into a filiform style, stigma small ; ovules 

 many, immersed in a central globose -placenta. J^»-M8f cylindric, curved, acute, 

 •coriaceous, striated, ] -seeded, at length dehiscing longitudinally, Se^d conform 

 to the fruit, exalbuminous, germinating within the pericarp ; radicle inferior, 

 long, enlarged at the base ; cotyledons very short. 



JE. majus, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 216, t. 46, fig. 1 ; Hoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 130 ; 

 -A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xvi. t. 9 A, and in DC. Prodr. viii. 142 ; Wight 111. 

 t. 146 ; Scheff. Myrsin. 97 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 137 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 PI. xix. fig. 3. M. fragrans, Koen. Ann. Bot. i. 129, t. 3 ; Wall. Cat. 2326 ; 

 Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 84, t. 21 ; GrcA. Cat. Bomb. PI. 104 ; Griff. 

 Notul. iv. 294. jE. obovatum arid ferreum, Blume Bijd. 693. M. floridum, 

 Jioem. ^ Sch. Syst. iv. 512; A. DC. in DC. I.e. 143; Scheff. I.e. 99. A. 

 nigricans, A. Rich, in Voy. Astrol. ii. 57, t. 21 ; A. DC. I. c. M. minus, A. DC. 

 .1. c. (not of Gaertn.). M. Malaspinsea, A. DC. I. o. JE. corniculata, Blanco 

 jFI. Filip. 79 ; Kurz For.. Fl. ii. 114, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1879, pt. ii. 227. 

 iRhizophora corniculata, Linn. Sp. PI. 635. R. iEgiceras, Ldnn. Syst. Nat. ed. 

 'Gmel. vii. 747. Malaspinaea laurifolia, Pi-esl. Bel. Saenk. ii. 68, t. 61.— Bheede 

 JTort Mai. vi. t. 36. 



Sea-coasts, from Scindb to Singapore, especially in the mangrove swamps. 



DisTBiB. Tropical shores nearly of the whole world. 



A shrub, or tree 15-20 ft. Leaves 3 by IJ in., obtuse, base cuneate; petiole i in. 

 Pedicels ^ in., numerous. Calyx-lobes i in., broad, much imbricate, persistent, 

 closely embracing the base of the fruit. Corolla-lobes ^ in., almost horny. Anthers 

 asserted; versatile. Fruits 1-1 j by ^ in., tapering to an acute apex. 



