20 MYRSINEACE. 
p. 372. t. 77. f. 1. Icacórea Bahaménsis, Lam. ill. t. 136. f. 1. 
Perhaps the same as 4. excélsa. 
Bahama Ardisia. Tree. 
90 A.riwEA'TA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 804. ex herb. 
Willd ) leaves oblong-ovate, parallelly veined, glabrous ; panicle 
terminal, divaricate. h.S. Native of South America. Humb. 
et Bonpl. 
Lined-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 
91 A. pıvarica`ra (Roem. et Schultes, l. c.) leaves lanceo- 
late, tapering into the petioles; flowers panicled ; branches of 
panicle divaricate. h.S. Native? 
Divaricate-panicled Ardisia. Shrub or tree. 
92 A.? PAnviFÓLIA (Roem. et Schultes, l. c.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate ; cymes trifid, axillary. h. S. Native of Peru. 
Humb. et Bonpl. Calyx small, 5-toothed. Corolla salver- 
shaped, having the tube inflated at the apex, and the limb 5- 
parted. Stamens inclosed. Style inclosed. Stigma ovate, 
thickened. Drupe ovate, clammy, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
Small-leaved Ardisia. Shrub 6 feet. 
93 A.? parasitica (Swartz, prod. p. 48. fl. ind. occ. 1. 
p. 474.) glabrous; leaves lanceolate, ovate, lined, sessile; ra- 
cemes axillary, simple. kh. S. Native of Dominica, on the 
trunks of trees, among the mountains.  Anguillària parasitica, 
Poir. dict. suppl. 7. p. 687. Branches slender, brittle, tetrago- 
nal. Leaves quite entire, paler beneath, with blackish veins. 
Pedicels short, bracteate at the base. Calyx coloured: with 
ovate, acute lobes. Corolla whitish purple, subrotate, dotted 
inside. Filaments short; anthers ovate, emarginate, diverging. 
Style length of stamens. Stigma obtuse. Drupe globose, 
dotted. 
Parasitical Ardisia. Shrub par. 
94 A.? aAncU'TA (H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 247.) 
branches and under side of leaves covered with small, rusty 
scales; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, sharply toothed; panicles 
lateral, much branched; flowers pedicellate, rather racemose. 
h. S. Native of the province of Popayan, on the burning 
mount Purace, near El Primer Pajonal. Leaves 5-6 inches 
long. Panicle beset with rusty scales. Calyx 5-parted, having 
the segments dotted with glands in the middle. Stamens 5-6, 
opposite the lobes of the corolla. Filaments short; anthers 
oblong-lanceolate. Ovarium ovate-conical, glabrous. Style 
filiform; stigma obtuse. Perhaps a distinct genus, although it 
has the habit and dotting of Ardisza. 
Sharp-tooth leaved Ardisia. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
95 A. ova'rA (Thunb. nov. gen. pt. 8. ups. 1795. ex Roem. 
et Schultes, syst. p. 517.) leaves ovate ; stem compressed, fur- 
rowed. kh. S. Native of the East Indies. Stem simple, a 
span high, glabrous: bearing 2-3 petiolate, coriaceous, entire, 
glabrous leaves, with reflexed margins, a hand long. Flowers 
panicled. 
Ovate-leaved Ardisia. Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. Almost all the species are handsome, and of easy 
culture. Any light rich soil answers them well, or a mixture of 
loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings, either of the branches or root, 
strike freely in a pot of sand, in heat. When propagated by 
pieces. of the root, the pieces should be planted so as their 
tops may be above the mould, and they should not, like cuttings 
of the branches, be placed under a hand-glass, as they are very 
apt to rot. 
X. EMBELIA (the Ceylonese name of one species). Burm. 
fl. ind. t. 23. Juss. gen p. 427. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 285. 
Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 129.—Ribesioides, Lin. fl. zeyl. 
no. 403. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla 5-parted; lobes rather valvate in aestivation. Stamens 5, 
IX. 
Arpisia. X. EMBELIA. 
about equal to the lobes of the corolla in length. Anthers 
ovoid, much shorter than the filaments, which are free, hori- 
zontal at the time the flowers are open. Ovarium superior, 1- 
ovulate (ex Wall.). Style shorter than the stamens: stigma 
capitellate. Berry globose, 1-seeded.—Usually climbing shrubs, 
natives of Asia; petioles sometimes denticulated. | Racemes 
axillary or terminal, simple or branched. Flowers small. Ala- 
bastra obtuse. Peduncles and pedicels alternate, usually pilose 
or velvety. 
* Panicles or racemes terminal. 
1. E. rises (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 285. Wall. cat. no. 2304.) 
scandent; tender shoots and peduncles hoary ; leaves oblong, 
entire, glabrous; panicles terminal, hoary. R.. S. Native of 
Silhet, Ceylon, Penang, Singapore, Golgipori, &c. Ribesioides, 
Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 403. Ribes, Burm. prod. 62. t. 23. A large 
climber. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers numerous, very 
small, of a greenish yellow colour. Lobes of calyx concave. 
Berries size of black pepper, succulent, black. The natives in 
the vicinity of Silhet, where the plants grow abundantly, gather 
the berries, and when dry sell them to the small traders in black 
pepper, who fraudulently mix them with that spice, which they so 
resemble as to render it almost impossible to distinguish them, by 
sight, or by any other means, as they are withal somewhat spicy. 
The vernacular name of the shrub is Baberung. 
Currant Embelia. Shrub cl. 
2 E. cane’scens (Jack. ex Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 292. 
Wall. cat. no. 2311.) branches villous; leaves ovate-oblong, acu- 
minated, retuse at the base, villous beneath ; petioles with 
curled glandular margins; panicle terminal, consisting of very 
long hairy branches; petals villous. k. ,, S. Native of 
Penang, where it is called 4ssum-Oatan, in the Malay language. 
Leaves membranous, with revolute edges. Lobes of corolla 
lanceolate. Flowers white. Very like Æ. ribes. 
Canescent Embelia. Shrub cl. 
* * Racemes axillary. 
3 E. rerrucinea (Wall. cat. no. 2310. Alph. D. C. 1. c.) 
young branches and peduncles tomentose, rusty ; leaves ovate- 
roundish, entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, and dotted with 
rusty stellate hairs beneath. h. „S. Native of the Burman 
Empire, on the banks of the Irrawaddy. Leaves 5 inches long, 
velvety on the nerves above; petioles pilose, not winged. Berry 
blackish. 
Rusty Embelia. Shrub cl. 
4 E. vittésa (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 289. cat. no. 2313.) 
climbing or rambling; branches villous, and with numerous 
callous dots; leaves oval, or roundish-oval, short-acuminated, 
acute at the base, villous beneath ; racemes simple, axillary, 
fascicled, long, slender, and villous. kh. S. Native about 
Rajmahul and Tavoy. Leaves ciliated, 4-5 inches long, glabrous 
above. Flowers small, whitish, very numerous. It comes very 
near E. robista, but differs from it in hairiness, and in the long 
fascicled slenderracemes. There are varieties of this species with 
broadly obovate-roundish, very pilose leaves; or ovate-acute, 
small, smoothish leaves. 
Villous Embelia. Shrub cl. 
5 E. picra (Wall. cat. no. 2302.) branches and peduncles vel- 
vety and rusty; leaves oval, smoothish, remotely denticulated ; 
racemes axillary, simple, longer than the leaves; calyx and co- 
rola velvety. hk. S. Native of the East Indies, in Gonga- 
chara and Goalpara. Samara pícta, Hamilt. herb. Branches 
pilose, and spotted with white. Leaves 3-5 inches long, and 2-3 
broad, glabrous above, remotely marked with black dots be- 
neath. Flowers as in Æ. villosa. 
Painted-branched Embelia. Shrub cl. 
