Ardisia.] XLVII. MYESINE^. 287 



1. A. humilis, Vahl ; Wight Ic. t. 1212.— Syn. A. solanacea, Eoxb. 

 Corom. t. 27 ; Fl. Ind. i. 580. Vein. Kantena, maya rawa, C. iProT. 



A large shrub, whoUy glabrous. Leaves 4-8 in. long, obovate-oblong, 

 narrowed into a short marginate petiole, entire, short-acuminate ; midrib 

 prominent, main lateral nerves numerous, oblique, arcuate, parallel, not 

 very conspicuous. Mowers light rose-coloured,' ^ in. across, in peduncu- 

 late, axillary corymbose racemes, shorter than leaves. Pedicels J in, 

 long, longer in fruit, red, in the axils of oblong or rounded concave, de- 

 ciduous bracts. Calyx nearly to the base 5-cleft, lobes oval or rounded, 

 obtuse. Berry size of a sniall cherry, round, black, l-seeded, fuU of 

 bright-red juice. 



South India and Ceylon. Burma. Bengal. Sub-Himalayan tract as far 

 west as the Jumna, ascending to 3000 ft. Generally on banks of streams and in 

 moist places. Indian Archipelago, South China. Fl. at all seasons, principally 

 March-May. Bark yellowish, grey or brownish. Wood used as fuel. 



2. A. floribunda, WaU. ; Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 272. 



A shrub or small tree, young shoots, tender leaves, and inflorescence 

 clothed with short, loose, purple pubescence, full-grown leaves glabrous. 

 Leaves pale beneath, na,rrowly oblong-lanceolate, 5-6 in. long, shallow and 

 indistinctly crenulate, narrowed into a marginate petiole ^ in. long ; mid- 

 rib prominent, lateral nerves indistinct. Flowers small, red, on short 

 coloured pedicels, thickened at the top, in terminal compound ovate 

 panicles, with linear bracts, the lower branches in the axils of leaves, 

 and often leaf-bearing. Calyx almost white, lobes spreading, ovate, acute. 

 CoroUa rotate. Anthers bursting from the middle to the apex, terminated 

 by a subulate appendix. 



Outer Himalaya to 5000 ft. Garhwal, Kamaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, 

 Kasia hills. 



5. RBPTONIA, A DC. 



Evergreen shrubs with entire coriaceous leaves, and small flowers. 

 Calyx' 5-lobed. Corolla with a short tube, and 5 spreading lobes, con- 

 volute in the bud, with 5 small scales alternating with the lobes, and 

 inserted in the mouth of the tube. Ovary superior, 1-celled ; ovules 

 1-4 on a small placenta at the bottom of the ovary. Drupe globose, seed 

 albuminous. 



1. R. buxifolia, A. DC— Tab. XXXIV.i— Syn. Mohoiheca Muscaten- 

 sis, A. DC. ; Edgeworthia buxifoUa, Falo. ; Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. t. 9. 

 Vern. Garar, Afg. ; Qurgura, Pb. 



A large shrub or small tree, with axillary spines and spinescent branch- 

 lets • young branches and leaves pubescent. Leaves 1-1^ in. long, obo- 

 vate' oblong-obovate, or oblong-elliptic, thick, coriaceous, with thickened 

 edge, narrowed into a short petiole; when fuU-grown shining above, 

 wlaucescent and puberuldus beneath. Flowers whitish, or greenish yeUow, 



