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ARDISIA lentiginosa. 

 Speckle-Jhwered Ardisia, 



PENTANDRIA MOT^OGYNIA. 



Nat ard, MyRSINE^. Braum prod* 1. 532, 



ARDISIA. CaL 5-partitus. Cor, hypocrateriformis : Umbo nQexo. 

 Antk. m^n%, erecUe. Stigma simplex. Ihupa carnosa, supera, m<»]o- 

 spertna. Persoon sjfn. 1. 233- Fnitices v, arbusculffi. FoL alteraa coriacea. 



OBS* Ardisia Mtrsini nimU affinu, diversa solummodd floribns her- 

 mapkroditis, stigmate nmplidy ovario md^niii pofy^permo fwuUt ^^uri- 

 bus), antheris cmniventibw^ Bladhxa ab tUrogtie genere foliU oppoHtiB 

 temisve divena, JrucH^catione totd tmiHs* Wallgnia qua hujw wdinU, 

 et dioica, d prtiBcedentibus differt, coroUA hngiiit tnbuhsd^ Umbo abbremato 

 et semper ^fido. An itaque omnia comungenda? Brown prod. &33. 



A. lehtiginosa, foliis laoceolatU^ crenatis; corymbis compositis; 6oribua 



minute lenti^nosis. 

 Ardisia crenata. Curtis*$ magaz, 1950; (non Carey korL beng. 85.) fiuF 



fort^ Ardisia elegans. Andrews^s reposit, 623? 

 Ardisia crenulata. Ihnn cant, ed, 8. fi4(non Ventenat choix* tab. 5.) 



Fnitex erectus ramuHs numerotis approximatis undigue sparsis strictis 

 supemh confertimfoHosis: novellis crassmseuUs, Fol, sparsa, coriacea, atro- 

 viridia, ovali-lanceolata, utrinqvie attemuata, margine refiexo-crenutd, 2-3- 

 undaHa UOitudine vix unciati; petiolus brevis c^maUeuiaius tmd aow nervo 

 medio folU lineolato-punctatus, Corymbi compositi ramulorum terminales, 

 laxiOs multifiori, cemui, divaricaii, bremoresjoHis: rachis conunums firerif 

 robustus Mtrtctus viridis ; pedunculi tmdique sparsi plurimiim bmgiores rackide 

 strictiuscuH virides punctis tineoluHs glandulasis asperti, wU-phLrifiori, 

 pedicelli tanbeUati artzculato^annexi, panim hmgiares ^fiare. Floras cemut» 

 aibicantes lineolis glandulasis rufescentibus punctati, diametro §- partem 

 uncim vix adceqvwUes* Cal. eoroUas cancolor, 4plo brevior, cammula, ac- 

 cumbens, punctis crebris notatus, steUato-^Jidus, persistens et sensim cum 

 drupd coccineo-rubescens. Cor. campami/afo-rotofa G^rtita, lac. €equaKbus 

 avato-obbmgis acuminatis, concaviusculis, disco brevissime connexis. Stam. bis 

 fermv bremora coroUd, erecto-conniventia ; fil, brevistima robusta imo margini 

 c&rolhe ajffixa; anUi. magme luteas sagittato-UinceoUitm postici lineolis badiis 

 parci^ punctatcE, ^ basi injix^, utrinqne hngitudinaliter dehiscentes, apiculo 

 acuta. Germ, punctatum viride subrotundo-cylindraceum, orulis subtrinis?, 

 stylus setaceus virescens subeequalis caralkB erectus persistens, stigma apiculus 

 acutus, Drupa cartice tenuiits camoso tecta, impunctata, coceinea, bevis, 

 s}^lobosa, magnitudiTte Pisi mediocris v. miner, stylo infemi camoso at 

 langiiis d parte supemd spkacelata prtefixa : put^men fiacescens, crustaceum, 

 tenue, palUdo-striatum; albumen comeicm. 



Mr. Brown thinks the present genus almost too artifici- 

 ally separated from Myrsinb, from which it differs merely 

 by flowers with perfect stamens and pistil on the same plant, 



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