MYRSINEACE/E. XIII. ConvNocanPus. 
XIII. CORYNOCA'RPUS (from kopvvyj, coryne, a club ; and 
xapoc, karpos, a fruit, in reference to the shape of the fruit.) 
Forster, gen. t. 16. Schreb. gen. 394. Juss. 288. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria Monogynia. Calyx of 5 concave se- 
pals. Corolla of 5 roundish petals, narrowed at the base: alter- 
nating with as many petal-formed scales, which are furnished 
each with a gland inside at the base. Stamens 5, rising from 
the claws of the petals, subulate; anthers oblong; style one, 
short; stigma obtuse. Drupe terbinately clavate, containing a 
single 1-seeded nut.—A shrub, with alternate, stalked, obovate, 
wedge-shaped, sub-emarginate, quite entire, glabrous leaves ; 
and terminal, large, sessile panicles of white flowers. 
1 C. reviea‘ra (Forst. l. c. Lin. syst. 242.) 5. G. Native 
of New Zealand. 
Smooth Corynocarpus. Fl.? Clt. 1823. Tree. 20 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Ardisia, p. 20. 
+ Shrubs belonging to the Myrsinedcee, but doubtful to which of 
the genera they appertain, 
* Natives of Asia. 
1 Empe'tia? LücrpA (Wall. cat. no. 2315. Alph. D. C. 1. c. 
p. 134.) branches grey ; leaves oval, alternate, 2-4 inches long, 
acute at both ends, coriaceous, entire, with revolute hardly dotted 
edges, having the lateral nerves arched near the margin; pedun- 
cles spike-formed, axillary, solitary or twin, 4 times shorter 
than the leaves, velvety: covered with ovate-acute, imbricating 
bracteas their whole length ; ovarium sessile, ovoid, in the axils 
of the bracteas, terminated by a 2-5 lobed stigma. h. S. 
Native of Singapore. From the ovarium, stigma, and bracteas 
about the base of the peduncles, it agrees with Myrsine; but 
from the flowers being alternate on secund peduncles, it agrees 
with Zmbélia. 
Shining Embelia. Shrub. 
2 Empe'tra? coriacea (Wall. cat. no. 2314. Alph. D. C. 
l. c.) branches blackish, striated; leaves lanceolate, acute, half 
a foot long, entire, glabrous, coriaceous, glaucescent beneath, 
having the lateral nerves hardly evident, besprinkled with small 
dots on both surfaces ; panicle terminal, elongated, loose, length 
of leaves; peduncles and pedicels pilose; calyx glabrous; berries 
round, dotted, glabrous; style shorter than the berry ; stigma 
capitate. L.S. Native of Penang. Leaves and inflorescence 
those of Ardisia, but the stigma is capitellate. 
Coriaceous-leaved Embelia. Shrub. 
3 My’rsine? uuBELLA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 2312. Alph. D. C. 
l. c. p. 135.) branches glabrous; leaves 2-3 inches long, oblong, 
obtuse, glabrous, a little denticulated, with revolute margins, 
thickish, slightly dotted ; flowers axillary, on a common short 
peduncle: covered by ovate, acute, concave, rather ciliated, short 
bracteas ; pedicels umbellate, filiform, 4-6 in number; calyx 5- 
parted. h.S. Native of Singapore. Inflorescence that of 
Myrsine. 
Umbellulate-flowered Myrsine. Shrub. 
4 Arpista? srica`ra (Wall. cat. no. 2273. Alph. D. C. 1. c.) 
glabrous; leaves on long petioles : petioles 3 inches long, dilated 
and marginated, sheathing at the base for the space of one inch: 
limb ovate, acute at both ends, 3-4 inches long, 14 to 2} inches 
broad, repandly crenulated, coriaceous, full of pellucid dots, 
having the nervation very singular for the order: the lateral 
nerves are numerous, parallel, and very distinct, even to near the 
margin, with smaller, hardly perspicuous, transverse nerves; 
peduncles axillary, 1-3 inches long, and are, as well as the 
pedicels and flowers, rather downy: bearing lateral, many- 
flowered, or 1-flowered, alternate branchlets; pedicels usually 
umbellate at the tops of the branchlets, 2 lines long; bracteas 
subulate, caducous; calyx deeply 5-cleft, with slender, subulate, 
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erectly incurved lobes; corolla and stamens unknown; ovarium 
superior, ovoid, terminated by the filiform style, which is the 
length of the calyx; berries globose, thick, l-seeded, as in 
Ardisia h. S. Native of Singapore. The inflorescence is 
that of Choripétalum. The petioles, being dilated at the base, 
are very like those of Alisma, and it will therefore form a new 
genus. 
Spicate-flowered Ardisia, Shrub or tree. 
5 Arpisia DENTICULA'TA (Blum. bijdr. p. 691.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated at both ends, bluntish at the apex, denticulated at 
top, glabrous; umbels sub-corymbose, rarely solitary, terminal 
or axillary; calycine segments obtuse; flowers for the most 
part tetrandrous. h.S. Native of Java, on the Seribu moun- 
tains, and about Rompien. 
Denticulated-leaved Ardisia. Fl. March. Shrub. 
6. Masa rETRA'NDRA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 233.) leaves alter- 
nate, oblong, entire; racemes axillary; flowers tetrandrous. 
h. S. Native of the Moluccas. 
Tetrandrous Mesa. Shrub. 
* * Natives of Africa, and probably belonging to the genus 
Bádula. 
7 Arpista MIcROPHY'LLA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 804, 
ex Pet. Th. in. herb. Willd.) leaves obovate, acutish, quite 
entire; peduncles axillary, l-flowered. h. S Native of 
Madagascar. 
Small-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 
8 ÅRDÍSIA FLORIBUNDA (Roem. et Schultes, |. c.) panicles 
axillary, divaricate; leaves elliptic-obovate, quite entire. k. S. 
Native of Madagascar. 
Bundle-flowered Ardisia. Shrub. 
9 AnpísiA PYRIFÒLIA (Roem. et Schultes, l. c.) peduncles 
racemose, terminal; leaves obovate, coriaceous, quite entire. 
L.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Pear-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 
10 ÅRDÍSIA ERYTHROXYLOIDES (Roem. et Schultes, l|. c.) 
flowers lateral, subspicate at the tops of the branches; leaves 
lanceolate-obovate, coriaceous. h.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Erythroxylon-like Ardisia. Shrub. 
* * * Natives of America. 
11 My'usixz ? spica‘ra (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
250.) leaves obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, quite entire, 
glabrous, glaucous, pruinose and shining above; spikes axillary, 
about equal in length to the petioles ; flowers sessile; corollas 
4-5-parted. h.S. Native of the province of New Guiana, 
in inundated places on the banks of the river Atabapo. Leaves 
coriaceous, 3-3} inches long. Segments of calyx ovate-acute, 
full of glandular dots. Corolla yellowish, with bluntish revolute 
segments, full of glandular dots. Stamens, with very short gla- 
brous filaments: and erect, lanceolate, and tetragonal anthers, 
which dehisce lengthwise inside. Style filiform; stigma simple. 
Ovarium ovate, glabrous. Perhaps a species of Weigéltia; but, 
nevertheless, it differs in the form and size of the anthers. In- 
florescence not that of Myrsine. 
Spicate-flowered Myrsine. Shrub 8 to 12 feet. 
12 Arpista Brazitiz’Nsis (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 662.) leaves 
lanceolate-oblong, tapering to both ends, membranous, entire ; 
panicles lateral; peduncles umbelliferous. ^ b. S. Native of 
Brazil. 
Brazilian Ardisia. Shrub. 
* * * * Native country doubtful. 
13 Arpista MuLTIFLÓRA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 804. 
ex herb. Willd.) flowers racemose; leaves oblong, attenuated 
