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Fl. pink ill a lai'i^e terminal panicle, its ramifications (as well as the short 



pedicels) minutely lepidote. Calyx open in bud, segments ovate, anthers 



shortly miieronatej style liliform | in. long. 



Outer Himalaya from Crarln\al eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft., often along streams. 

 Atasam. Khabi lulls, Manipur, Cbittagong. FL April, May. 14. A. Icara, Ham. {A. 

 wmiUfta.KuTz). Absam, Xortli-East Bpiigal. Burma. Si milario 13, but 1. slightly 

 sprrulate, ealyx-spgm^nits liiiPar-lan<'eolate and anthers with a long terminal awn. 



15. A. depressa, Clarke. Sikkim i-6,O00 ft. Khabi hills. Slngbhum. Upper Burma. L. 

 laneeolatH or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. I in. long. Fl. small, in axillary long 

 ]3eduncnlate compound nmbels, slioiter than I. 16, A. rliomTjoidea, Wight Ic. t. 1213. 

 Anamalai billb. Travancore and Tinevelli Gliats 2-4,000 ft. A small tree, 1. elongate- 

 rhomboid, acuminate, 2-3 in. long, gradually narrowed into short petiole, peduncles 

 axillary 1-5-fld., shorter tlian 1. 



(b) Sepals and petals distinctly punctate. 



17. A. pauciflora. Heyne: Wight Ic. t. 1214. A large shrub or small tree, common 

 on the Nilgiris and other hillb on the Webt side of the Penin«;nla. L. lanceolate, blade 

 5-8, pet. I in. Racemes short axillary, 1-5-M., petals acuminate, berries red. 18. A. 

 pedmxculosa, Wall. Assam. Khasi hills. JL. lanceolate, 4-6 m. long, narrowed into a 

 short petiol«^. Fl. rose-red, in many-lid. axillary })edunculate comi>ound corymbs, 

 often torming a large drooping panicle at the ends of branches, buds very acute, 

 pedicels slender, I m., petals l-\ in. long. 



19. A. quincLuangularis, A. DC. Bengal. L. similar to 18. FL in a large terminal 

 panicle, petals ^ in. long, drupes obtusely o-ribbed. 20. A. GriffitMi, Clarke. Khasi 

 hills. Similar to 13. but 1. largt^r, elliptie-oblanceolate, 8-12 in. long, sec. n. numerous, 

 parallel, slender but dibtinct, sepals oblong, drupes vertically striated. 



0. Fl. small, in axillary and terminal panicles, petals less than ^ in. long. 



21. A. colorata, Eoxb. (.4. anceps, Wall. ; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 107), Assam, Khasi hills, 

 Cachar, Chittagong, Martaban and Tenasserim. A small tree, branchlets and under- 

 side of 1. covered with minute often shining scales. L. lanceolate-oblong, blade 8-12, 

 pet. I in. long, sec. n. numerous, slender, almost at right angles to midrib. FL small, 

 in axillary panicles, usually forming large terminal panicles, peduncles often flattened, 

 ii. small, petals ^ in., style much longer than petals. 22. A. andamanica, Kurz. Anda- 

 mans. Mergui. A small shrub, perfectly glabrous, branches slender. L. thin, lanceo- 

 late, blade 3-7, pet. | in. long. FL minute, in axillary lax panicles, pedicels slender, 

 divaricating, j-| in. long, petals ^^ in., wdth copious black, more or less elongate dots^ 

 style a little longer than petals. 



23. A. amplexicaulis, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. 1. 170; Manual t. xviii. Wainad, Travancore- 

 L. thin, sessile, with an unequal-sided (almost ami3lexicaul) base, 5-6 in. long, with 

 a belt of numerous raised dots along the margin. FL small, in a lax terminal panicle^ 

 petals ^ in. long. 



D. FL in terminal panicles, supported by a false whorl of leaves. 



24. A. pamculata, Eoxb. Assam. Khasi hills. Dacca, frequent. Chittagong hills, 

 A large shrub, 1. oblanceolate, glabrous, 8-20 in. long, narrowed into a short stout 

 petiole, midrib and sec. n. prominent beneath. FL middle-sized, rose-coloured, in 

 ample pja-amidal terminal panicles 8-12 in. long, supported at base by a false whorl of 

 large L, rachis and ramifications angular, glabrous, petals J in., style longer than 

 petals, pedicels in fl. ^-J in. long, sepals and petals not punctate. 25. A missionis, Wall. 

 [a. courtallensis^ Wight Ic. t. 1215). Hills on the West side of the Peninsula from Coim- 

 batore southwards. Ceylon, moist region, common. Similar to 24. Pedicels in fl. 1-1 

 in. long, sepals and petals black-punctate, petals J-J in. long, style as long as iDetals. 



26. A rigida, Kurz, Tenasserim, on the coast. Siam. L. elongate-elliptic, 5-7 in. 

 long, narrowed into a very short petiole, sec. n. arching, prominent beneath, panicle 

 contracted, 4-5 in. long, sepals and petals punctate, anthers with a long point. 27. A. 

 Kurzii, Clarke (A, polyceplmla^ var. acuminata^ Kurz F. FL ii. 110). Pegu Yoma, eastern 

 slopes. Hills east of Toungoo (D. B. Febr. 1880). A lai^ge shrub, 1. coriaceous, glabrous, 

 lanceolate, blade 6-9, narrowed into pet. J-| in., sec. n. arching running out below the 

 margin into distinct intra-marginal veins. Fl. in pedunculate umbelliform corymbs, 

 3-4 at the ends of branches, supported by a false whorl of large L 



II. Leaves crenate or serrate. 



A. Branchlets and petioles glabrous. 



