420 LXVII. MYESINACEiE [Ardlsia 



28. A. macrocarpa, Wall. Chumlani^ Kep. Nepal. Sikkim 4-8,000 ft. Bhutan. A 

 small single-stemmed shrubj forming tinclergrowtli in forests. L. membranous, 

 lanceolate, crenate, 5-6 in. long, narro\-\ed into a very short petiole, a row of large 

 raised dots on the margin. PI. large waxy, pale pink, in axillary jDedunculate umbels 

 near the ends of branches, often forming a terminal panicle, sepals oblong, after 

 flowering ^ in., petals J-J m. long. Berries bright red J-^ in. diam. dotted. 29. A. 

 crenata, Eoxb., including ^4. nndtdata^ Clarke {A, crisjja^ A. DC, Mez Myrsin. 144). 

 Khasi hills. China. Japan, Malay Archip. Similar to 28, but 1. often with large 

 raised dots all over, without a row of marginal dots, fl. smaller, petals ^ in. long, 

 berries smaller. 80. A. "biiotanlca, Clarke {AtnUyanthophis hJiotanica, Mez) fl. small, 

 umbels in short lateral panicles. 



31. A. virens, Kurz P. Fl. ii. 575. Assam. Khasi and Naga hills, Manipur. Cachar. 

 Upper Burma. Yunnan. A single-stemmed shrub with horizontal branches. L. 

 chartaceous, ellijjtic-oblong, blade crenate, 6-7 in. narrowed into petiole | in. long, 

 Umbels arranged in a terminal glabrous corymb, sepals elliptic obtuse, petals I in. long, 

 both prominently black-dotted. Berries J-| in. diam., yellow, spotted. 32. A. Kacliinensis, 

 Mez. Khasi hills, sepals ovate-triangular, as well as petals with black oblong dots. 33. 

 A. Brandisiana, Kurz. Thaungyin and Upper Sal ween forests. L. coriaceous, slightly 

 crenate, elliptic, obtuse or acute, blade 6-7, pet. 1-1 J, in. long, sec. n. slender, arching, 

 joined by prominent reticulate veins. Fl. large in axillary umbels on j)eduncles 3-5 

 in., sepals J, petals J in. long, not dotted. 



B. Branchlets and petioles hairy. 



34. A. villosa, Eoxb. (A. ve^tita, Wall. ; Mez Myrsin. 141). Martaban and Tenas&erim. 

 A small shrub, branchlets, petioles, young 1. and inflorescence rusty villous, 1. mem- 

 branous slightly crenate, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-7, pet. I in. long. Fl. in pedunculate 

 axillary bracteate umbels, sepals linear-lanceolate, J in., petals hardly as long as sepals. 

 35. A. soncMfolia, Mez (A. aillosa, var. obtusa). Shevagherry lulls. "Western Peninsula, 

 1. spathulate, fl. m broad axillary panicles, rusty pubescent, like the elongate-triangular 

 sepals. 



36. A. odontopliylla, Wall. Khasi hills, Patkoi range, Cachar. Malay Penins. A 

 small shrub, branchlets, petiole, midrib and sec. n. beneath rusty pubescent or villous. 

 L. membranous, finely and sharply serrate, elongate-elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. 1-2 in. long, 

 PL in simple or compound lax few-fld. racemes, pedicels slender, ^-l in. long with 

 minute hairs, petals J in. long. Berry scarlet, J in. diam. 



1. Pimelandxa e"ug"enisefolia, Hook, f . (Sadir'ia etigeniifolia, Mez). Khasi hills, common. 

 A shrub with spreading horizontal branches, 1. nearly glabrous, cau.date-acuminate, 

 crenate, blade 6-10, pet. ^ in. long, sec. n. very prominent beneath. Fl. J in. long, in 

 short axillary branched racemes, calyx and pedicel hairy, corolla campanulate, lobes 

 shorter than tube, ovules few in one horizontal line on the conical placenta, berries 

 bright red. Three other species in Assam and on the Khasi hills : 2. P. GrifBtMi, 

 Clarke, 3. erecta, Clarke, and 4. Sadixia solanifolia, Mez. 



Hymenandra WaUiclili, A. BO. (Ardisia Mymenandra, Wall. PI, As. Bar. t. 175). 

 Upper Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. A low, stout, usually simx^le-stemmed shrub, 3. 

 glabrous, membranous, crenate, nearly sessile, 8-16 in. long, from a narrow base 

 gradually widening upwards, sec. n. numerous, parallel, joined by distinct intra- 

 marginal veins. Fl. pink, in many-fld. umbels, several at the ends of short branchlets, 

 supported by 2-4 floral L, umbels 2-3 in,, peduncles 1, pedicels J in. long. Sepals and 

 petals punctate, sep. short, pet. lanceolate, J- J in. long, the right edge overlapping in 

 bud. Anthers connate into a tube by broad membranous edges, which terminate in 

 a long thin membranous appendix. 



Amblyantlius gland-olosus, A. DO. Kliasi hills, A small glabrous shrub, 1. glabrous, 

 membranous, narrow- lanceolate, slightly dentate, teeth often glandular- thickened, 

 raised dots on the underside, often a belt of such dots along the edge, blade 5-7, narrowed 

 into slender pet. J-| in. long, Fl. minute, a cluster of small pedunculate umbels 

 supported by 2-4 1. at the ends of long otherwise naked branchlets, peduncles slender 

 1-2 in. long, pedicels short. Buds obtuse, calyx and corolla punctate, corolla -^ in. 

 long, segments obovate, emarginate, anthers connate by their edges into a tube, ovules 

 3-4, in one line on the globose placenta. Mez (Myrsin. 210) adds 2 species : A, prceter- 

 msus^ Mez, Khasi hills and A. muUiflorus^ Mez, Assam. 



5, ANTISTROPHE, A. DO. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 531. 



Fl. bisexual, in sessile lateral umbels, pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes lanceo- 

 late, persistent. OoroUa-lobes twisted in bud, tbe left edge overlapping. 

 Anthers rostrate-acuminate. Ovules 3-4, in one line around the globose 

 placenta. Species 2. 



