| “(1950 ) 
ARDISIA CRENATA. Dwarr ArpIsIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Pentranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. hypocraterif. limbo reflexo. Anthere 
magne erecte, Stigma simplex. Drupa supera mono- 
sperma, 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Arpista crenata ; racemis lateralibus compositis, floribus 
umbellatis, foliis coriaceis ellipticis margine revolutis. 
crenatis. | . 
Arpista crenulata. Loddiges Bot. Cab. 2. Donn’s Hort. 
Cantab. a Pursh, p. 64. 
This little shrub, as we are informed in the Botanical 
Cabinet, is a native of China. It flowers at all seasons of 
the year, and frequently has ripe fruit, a perfectly round 
scarlet berry, at the same time. It takes up so little room, and 
1s so easily propagated by cuttings, that it is deserving a 
‘place in every greenhouse, where it will do as well as in the 
stove ; being hardier than any of the other species. ae 
_ The dotting on the flower, though very observable, even 
in all our dried specimens, both on the buds before they open 
and on the full-blown flowers, do not seem to be constant, as 
the flower is represented as quite white by our accurate 
friend Mr. Grorce Loppicrs. There are other species — 
that have the leaves somewhat crenated at the margin, but 
in none is this character so remarkable as in our present. 
plant; we prefer, therefore, crenata to the Nurserymen’s 
name of crenulata. Communicated by Messrs. Loppicss, 
in April 1816, 
