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ARDISIA paniculata. 
Panicled Ardisia. 
— ud 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MYRSINEE. Brown prod. 1. 532, 
ARDISIA. Supra vol. 7. fol. 633. 
A. paniculata, fruticosa; foliis cuneato-oblongis, subsessilibus, integris, 
glabris, reflexis: paniculis terminalibus, ovalibus, alternè decompositis. 
Roxburgh MSS; (ex anglico versum ). 
Frutex arboreus. Rami novelli crassi, subsucculenti, cortice levi late 
virenti. Folia ramulorum apicibus sparsè confertóque cireumposita, subses- 
silia, lanceolata vel cuneato-oblongata, obtusiuscula, integra, glabra, 6-14- 
uncialia latitudine 3-5-uncialia. Panicula terminales, amplissime, ovales, 
ex ramulis compositis patentibus teretibus glabris virentibs. Flores nume- 
rosi, grandiusculi, rosei. Bractem oblonga. Cal. limbo 5-fido segmentis 
late ovatis. Cor. subrotata, laciniis limbi ovatis. Fil. brevia, basi corolla 
inserta: antheræ sagittate in conum coadunate. Germen ovatum, unilocu- 
lare, ovulo solitario fundo loculi annexo. Stylus staminibus longior: stigma 
simplex. Roxburgh MSS; (ex anglico versum). 
Newly introduced from the East Indies, and now in 
flower at the Comtesse des Vandes's botanical garden, 
Bayswater, for the first time in this country. It requires 
to be cultivated in the hothouse. 
Said by Dr. Roxburgh to form a large shrub or small 
tree on its native hills of Chittagong, where it is conspi- 
cuous for the size of the reflexed foliage, and copious pa- 
nicles of lively pink blossom. Like most of the congeners, 
it continues covered for a great part of the year at once 
with both blossom and fruit. 
* Young shoots thick, somewhat succulent, with a 
* smooth clear green bark. Leaves crowded about the 
“ ends of the branchlets, subsessile, passing from a lanceo- 
„late to a cuneately oblong form, rather blunt, entire, 
“ smooth, from six to fourteen inches long and from three 
* to five broad. Panicles terminal, very large, oval, com- 
“ posed of numerous patent compound round smooth green 
* branches. Flowers very numerous, pretty large, pink. 
* Bractes oblong. Border of the calyx divided into five 
“ broad ovate segments. Corolla subrotate; segments ovate. 
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