EmheUa] LXVII. MYESINACE.E 417 



Sublimmlayan tract and outer valley^ from the Jumna eahti^ards. Asbam. Kliasi 

 lulls. Bens^al, Beliar, Central Provinces. "\Yest(^rn Peninsula. Lower Burma. PL 

 E S.— Cf'ylon, Java. A most variable species. 3Iez, I.e. 320, regards as separate species 

 til** forms witli pubescent 1. viz. : E. Jeprufjlnca^ AValL and reticulata^ Wall. Bui'ma, 

 vilhsa, Wall. Bengal. Mo^t of tlie glabrous forms he calls E. Tsjeriam Cottam, A. DO. 

 and restricts E. robiisfa, Hoxb. to the specimens with short racemes and rounded, not 

 acuminate anthers. 



H. E. furfuracea, Coll. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvili. 82. Shan hills, Upper 

 Burma 5,000 ft. Branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. softly rusty-tomentose. 

 Racemes deube, undivided, axillary, 1-1 J in. long, fl. almost sessile. 7. E. parviflora, 

 Wall. Khasi and Naga hills. Branchlets, petioles and midrib beneath i^usty-pubescent, 

 l. Jj-l^ in. long, nearlv sessile. PI. few in short nearly sessile umbelliform corymbs. 

 8. k diarkei, B^dd. ; Mez I.e. 323. Mooleyit, Tenasserim 4,000 ft. A large shrub, 1. 

 ovate, acuminate, the ui^per portion serrate, blade 2~2J, pet. slenden* J in. long. FL 

 minutely glandular hairy, in short umbelliform corymb*. 



B. Petals imbricate in bud, fl. 4-merous. 



9. E. viridifloxa, Sclietf. — Syu. (Jhorlpetalmn aurantlaetim, A. DC; Wight Ic. 1210 ; 

 Samara Bhee<Ui, Wight Ic. t. 1591; E. Bctiaaf, Roeni et Schult 5 Mez 1. c. B2S, fig. 54, 

 Hills of the Peninsula. Nilgiris, Palnit., javadies, etc. Ceylon. Yunnan. A large 

 climber, entirely glabrous, 1. coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, blade 8-6, pet. ^-1 in. long. 

 Eacemes simple, compact, 1 in. long, from the previous year's or from the older wood. 

 ($ yellowish-purple, stamens long exserted. Fr. crimson ovoid-globose -J-^ m. long. 

 ]\Lez call this species E. Ba.saal, separating it from the Javan M. I'lrldtjiora^ which he 

 distinguishes by large resinous dots on the back of anthers. 10. E. NagusMa, Don. 

 Sikkim 3-6,000 ft. Khasi hills. A large shrub with divaricating often climbing 

 branches, at times a tree, bimilar to 9, differs bv L usually membranous, shorter petioles 

 and fr. depressed globose, \-\ in. diam. ]M^^z calls this E Hnclulata^ as he identifies 

 E. A7//y^fs//iV^Don, ^\ith E. ve'^flfa^ iioxb. He separates from it E. mhcorlatea with sub- 

 coriaceous 1. 



11. E. Gamblei, Kurz. Sikkim 6-8,000 ft. A ]3owerful evergreen climber with 

 thick spongy bark, youngest shoots rusty-tomentose, 1, coriaceous glabrous, elliptic- 

 oblong, blade 5-6, pet. |-1 in. long, sec. n. 15-18 pair, joined by finely reticulate veins. 

 Racemes numerous, 1-2 in. long in the axils of deciduous scales on the current year's 

 branchlets, often below a tuft of leaves. The 1. of this and allied species are eaten. 



C. Petals twisted in bud, fl. o-merous. 



12. Rfloribunda, Wall. ISTepal Sikkim 4-7,000 ft. Khasi hills. A climbing shrub, 

 branchlets flexuose, 1. glabrous coriaceous, shining, lanceolate, long acuminate, blade 

 5-8, pet. |-| in. long. JRaoemes in large axillary panicles, petals slightly overlapj)ing. 



13. E. vestita, Roxb. Nepal. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Branchlets glabrous, L elliptic- 

 lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, blade 2-4, pet. I in, long, racemes simple, axillary, rusty- 

 pubescent, 1-2 in. long. 14. E. nutans, Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. Similar to 13, 

 youngest shoots, petioles and midrib rusty pilose, racemes -^-l in. long. Ovary beaked. 

 15. E. Gtardneriana, Wight Ic. t. 1208. jSTilgiris. A large climber, branchlets flexuose, 

 rusty-hairy, 1. coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, crenate-serrate, sec. n. and the finely reticu- 

 late veins prominent on both surfaces, blade 2-9, pet. | in. long. Corymbs axillary, 

 rusty-hairy, almost umbelliform, petals pale yellow, ovary pink, beaked. 



4 ARDISIA, Swartz; M. Brit. Ind. iiL 518. 



Shrubs, small trees or undershx^ubs, 1. as a rule entire. Fl. bisexual^ usually 

 pentamerous, in axillary or terminal, simple or compound umbels or corymbs, 

 the lateral peduncles frequently in the axils of bracts instead of leaves. M. 

 not supported by bracteoles, calyx of 5 sepals connate at base, persistent. 

 Corolla redj white or spotted, segments (petals) twisted, the right hand edge 

 overlapping, stamens 5, filaments shorter than anthers, style cylindric, stigma 

 punctifonuj ovules in several tiers on the globose placenta. Fr. fleshy, globose, 

 1-seeded, pedicels lengthening in fr., embryo horizontal in an oily albumen. 

 Species 230, tropics of both hemispheres. 



I. L. entire, excepting A, Icara. 



A Sepals broad, in bud overlapping with the right hand edge. Style in 

 bud shorter than the petals. Inflorescence lateral, usually simple corymbs or 

 racemes and in the axils of bracts. 



