292 MYRSINEZ. 
1. Ardisia bracteosa, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 127; Prodr. viii. 
p- 123; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 740. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
Judging from the dissections in the tracing of the drawing upon which this was 
founded, it is not an Ardisia at all. 
2. Ardisia calycosa, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Glabra, foliis elongatis lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis ad apices ramorum confertis, paniculis termi- 
nalibus sessilibus laxis, ramulis filiformibus, sepalis fere liberis ovato-oblongis obtusis corollam 
excedentibus. 
Arbor vel frutex glaber, ramis ultimis graciliusculis, teretibus. Folia ad apices ramorum conferta, 
brevissime petiolata, vix coriacea, anguste lanceolata vel oblanceolata, usque ad 7 poll. longa et 
13 poll. lata, utrinque attenuata, apice obtusa, supra medium plus minus sinuata, lineolato-glan- 
dulosa, costa utrinque elevata, venis primariis lateralibus distantibus, arcuatis. Flores 5-meri, 
paniculati, longe pedicellati; panicule terminales, sessiles, laxze, conspicue bracteate, foliis 
paullo breviores, ramulis filiformibus, superne racemose 2-6-floris ; bractez lineari-oblonge, 
obtuse, inferiores usque ad 8-10 lineas longe, superiores gradatim breviores et comparate 
latiores ; pedicelli sub floribus incrassati, longiores, 8 lineas longi ; sepala contorta, fere libera, 
ovato-oblonga, 3-4 lineas longa, obtusa, venosa, crebre glandulosa; corolla rotata, contorta, 
calyce brevior, lobis obtusis; antherz subsessiles, apice 2-porose; ovarium glabrum, pluri- 
ovulatum. Fructus ignotus. 
Nicaraaua, Chontales (Tate, 454). Hb. Kew. 
This and A. opegrapha are remarkable for their large almost free sepals. Whether 
they resemble each other in the corolla being shorter than the calyx we cannot say, as 
we have only seen the corolla of A. calycosa. An analogous species, A. involucrata, 
Kurz, occurs in India. 
8. Ardisia capollina, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 116; Prodr. viii. 
p. 124; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 741. 
Mexico (Mog¢ino & Sessé). 
4. Ardisia caribzea, Miq.; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 395. 
Badula caribea, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 110. 
Panama, near Cruces (Seemann, 560), near Mamei station (S. Hayes, 662).—West 
Inpies. Hb. Kew. | 
5. Ardisia compressa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 245; DC. Prodr. viii. 
p. 125. | | 
Panama, near Cruces (Seemann), Empire station (S. Hayes)—Cotompia ; Ecuapor. 
Hb, Kew. 
6. Ardisia coriacea, Sw. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 48; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 122. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate); Panama, near the town of Panama (S. Hayes).—WEST 
Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
