MYRSINEACEZ. VII. Bapura. 
4 B. Sreze‘rm (Alph. D. C. l. c. t. 5.) leaves obovate, 
obtuse, petiolate, full of pellucid 
dots, glabrous; peduncles axil- 
lary, 4 times shorter than the 
leaves, 4-8-flowered ; alabastra 
obtuse; calycine lobes ovate, 
acute, a little ciliated ; anthers 
cuspidate. h.S. Native of 
the Mauritius. — Ardísia lati- 
folia, Sieb. fl. maur. 11. p. 53, 
but not of Roem. et Schultes. 
Leaves 3-4 inches long, full of 
pellucid dots, approximate at 
the tops of the branches. 
Peduncles velvety. ^ Corolla 
white, dotted; lobes obtuse. 
Stigma peltate, or somewhat 2- 
FIG. 4. 
lobed. (f.4.) 
Sieber's Badula. Shrub or 
tree. 
5 B. ovarrròLIa (Alph. D. C. 1. c. p. 114.) glabrous; leaves 
ovate, acute at both ends, membranous, full of black dots; pe- 
duncles 3 times shorter than the leaves; alabastra ovoid, full of 
dots; anthers nearly sessile; style short, obtuse. hk. S. Na- 
tive of the Mauritius. Leaves 3-6 inches long. Peduncles 
dotted like the flowers.  Calycine segments simple, acute. 
Lobes of corolla ovate, acute. 
Oval-leaved Badula. Shrub or tree. 
6- B. cra’ssa (Alph. D. C.1. c.) glabrous; branches thick ; 
leaves elliptic, or oblong, obtuse, coriaceous; peduncles shorter 
than the leaves; pedicels alternate, short. h.S. Native of 
the Isle of Bourbon and the Mauritius. Leaves 3-5 inches 
long, full of pellucid dots. Lobes of calyx obtuse. Berry 
globose. 
Thick-branched Badula. Shrub or tree. 
7 B. aneustiréria (Alph. D. C.1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acute 
at both ends, nearly entire, dotted, glabrous; peduncles velvety, 
stiff, rather longer than the leaves. h.S. Native of Bourbon, 
in the more elevated places. Branches rusty. Leaves 12-15 
lines long, shining above. sometimes irregularly toothed on one 
side, towards the apex. Calyx rather pilose : with acute lobes. 
Berry globose. Stigma obtuse. 
Narron-leaved Badula. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Ardisia, p. 20. 
VIII. ONCOSTE MUM (from oyxoc, onkos, a mass; and 
oTnpwy, stemon, a stamen; the stamens are combined into an 
egg-formed mass in the first species). Adr. Juss. ann. mus. 
19. p. 136. t. 11. Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 115. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria Monogynia. Calyx and corolla 5-cleft. 
Stamens combined into an ovoid or cylindrical mass, which is 
joined to the tube of the corolla at the base : or is 5-toothed at 
the apex. Ovarium superior. Style simple.—Stigma funnel- 
shaped, nearly entire, or denticulated, &c. Shrubs, natives of 
Madagascar, with the habit of Ardisia and Bádula. 
1 O. Commersonia‘num (Andr. Juss. l. c. t. 11.) leaves lanceo- 
late or oblong-obovate, and bluntly acuminated ; peduncles and 
pedicels quite glabrous; calyx 5-cleft; stamens conferruminated 
into an egg-formed mass. kh.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Commerson's Oncostemum. Shrub or tree. 
2 O. CAPELIERA`NUM (Juss. l. c. p. 137.) leaves lanceolate, 
or oblong-obovate, and bluntly acuminated ; peduncles and 
pedicels hairy, as well as the calyxes; calyx 5-parted; stamens 
combined into a 5-toothed tube. b. S. Native of Madagascar. 
Capelier's Oncostemum. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. See Ardisia, p. 20, for culture and propagation. 
VIII. Oncostemum. IX. AnpisiA. 13 
IX. ARDI’SIA (from apóic, ardis, a point, in reference to the 
acute, spear-pointed anthers.) Swartz, prod. p. 48. Schreb. 
gen. no. 1735. R. Br. prod. p. 533. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 268. 
Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 116. Anguillària, Gaertn. fruct. 
1. p. 372. t. 77. Schreb. gen. p. 823. no. 845.  Bládhia, Thunb. 
fl. Jap. p. 7. Py'rgus, Lour. coch. p. 120. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 5. a.) 
Corolla 5-cleft (f. 5. b.); lobes imbricate in estivation. Sta- 
mens 5, with free filaments ; anthers free, rarely combined, equal 
to the filaments in length, or longer, erect, triangular, acute or 
acuminated, 2-celled; cells dehiscing by a longitudinal chink. 
Ovarium globose. Style filiform, permanent, longer than the 
stamens. Stigma simple, subulate, or dot-formed. Ovula 5, 
ex R. Br. or more. Berry globose.—Trees shrubs and sub- 
shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely almost opposite, or 3 in a 
whorl, dotted. Flowers more or less panicled. Panicles some- 
times many-flowered at the extremities of the branches, and 
longer than the leaves; sometimes few flowered, and in the 
axils of the leaves; pedicels rather umbellate at the tops of 
the peduncles. Flowers larger than those of Myrsine, always 
hermaphrodite, white or rose-coloured, and often dotted. 
Sect. I. Arpis1£ ve‘r# (this section contains the legitimate 
species of the genus.) Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 116. 
Anthers free, longer than the filaments. Style subulate, longer 
than the stamens. Bracteas much shorter than the pedicels. 
§ L. Leaves entire, glabrous. 
1 A. acumina'ra (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1062) leaves oblong, 
acuminated, attenuated at the base; panicles terminal and axil- 
lary, many-flowered ; lobes of calyx small, acute, dotted. h. S. 
Native of Guiana, in cultivated fields. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1678. 
Icacórea Guianénsis, Aubl. guian. suppl. l. t. 368. Corolla 
nearly white. 
Acuminated-leaved Ardisia. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. 
Shrub 6-8 feet. 
2 A.-mINIFOÜLIA (Swartz, prod. 48. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 468.) 
leaves elliptic, nerved ; panicle terminal; calycine segments 
subulate. h. S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains.— 
Sloane, jam. 2. p. 98. t. 105. Leaves dark green, 4 inches 
long, and 2 broad. Corollas pale red, revolute. 
Tinus-leaved Ardisia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1820. Tr. 20-30 ft. 
3 A. rAumrEüLIA (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 116.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous; racemes 
simple, axillary, and terminal. h.S. Native of the Antilles. 
A. latifolia, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 514.  Anguillària 
laurifólia, Lam. ill. 2. p. 109. no. 2741. Very nearly allied to 
A. coridcea, except in the shape of the leaves and the dis- 
position of the flowers. 
Laurel-leaved Ardisia. Tree. 
4 A. MACULA TA (Poiteau, in herb. D. C. ex Alph. D. C. in 
Lin. trans. 17. p. 116.) leaves oblong, obtuse, coriaceous ; pa- 
nicle terminal, branched, many-flowered, pyramidal; calycine 
lobes oval, obtuse, large; berry spotted. kh. S. Native of 
Hispaniola. A. Domingénsis, Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 803. ? Leaves 2 to 24 inches long. 
Spotted-berried Ardisia. Shrub or tree. 
5 A.czsrRIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 212.) 
branches rather angular; leaves glabrous, lanceolate-oblong, 
acuminated, cuneated at the base, quite entire, dotless; panicles 
axillary and terminal, sessile, crowded, glabrous; flowers pedi- 
cellate, racemose, 4-5-androus. h. S. Native of the Andes, 
about Quindiu. Calycine segments ovate, bluntish. Segments 
of the corolla oblong, acute. 
Cestrum-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 
6 A. CaroLLiA (Moc. et Sesse, icon. mex. ined. ex Alph, 
