1892 
* ARDÍSIA odontophylla. 
Tooth-leaved Ardisia. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MYRSINACEZA. 
ARDISIA.—Suprà, vol. 7. fol. 533. 
A. odontophylla (Wallich Cat. no. 2279); foliis lanceolato-oblongis utrinque 
acutis longê petiolatis argutè dentatis puberulis, racemis axillaribus foliis 
multò brevioribus, pedicellis brevibus alternis ut pedicelli velutinis, lobis 
calycinis ovato-acutis ciliatis et puberulis, corolle profundè partite lobis 
ovato-acutis. Alph. De Cand. in Linn. Trans. vol. 17. p. 125. t. 6. 
A stove shrub, native of Bengal towards the Sylhet 
borders and about Gualpara, where it was found by Dr. 
Buchanan, and by Dr. Wallich's collectors. 
It was first introduced by Thomas Carey Palmer, Esq. 
of Bromley, by whom it was communicated -to Mr. Knight- 
of the King's Road, in whose hot-house the accompanying 
figure was made in July, 1834. 
Independently of its being, like all the Ardisias, à hand- 
some evergreen, this species is remarkable for its delicious 
fragrance. Its flowers are pale salmon colour, slightly 
streaked with red. 
* From ápdwc, the point of a weapon, in allusion to the sharp-pointed 
segments of the corolla. 
