582 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Ardisia. 
places penetrate a little. Embryo transverse, serpentine, &c, 
as in Geertner’s Anguillaria, i, 372. t. 77. 
A. A. umbellata, R. esralt; sr 
‘Shrubby, erect. Leaves short-petioled, oblong, mites 
_ veinless, entire. Umbels axillary, drooping. — five- 
parted. Berries vertically compressed. 
A native of Sumatra, from thence Dr, Charles Campbell 
sent the seeds to this garden, where the plants thrive luxaré 
antly, and blossom most part of the year. ae 
Stem shrubby, erect, with alternate, ascending minions 
all are covered with a smooth bark ; general height of the 
full grown shrubs about eight feet. Leaves alternate, short- 
petioled, oblong, entire, polished on both sides, deep green, 
and almost destitute of veins; length from thrée to four inches, 
and about two broad. Peduneles axillary, solitary, shorter 
than the leaves, bearing in a simple umbellet, many pretty 
large, drooping, rose-coloured flowers. Calyx five-parted ; 
divisions short, and rounded, Corol, Tube very short; 
divisions of the border lanceolate, first recurved, then revo- 
lute. Filaments short, inserted on the mouth of the tube of 
the corol. Anthers united by their heads intoa cone. Germ 
superior, round. Style tapering. Stigma simple, appearing 
without the points of the anthexs. Berry depressed, smooth, 
shining black, size of a large pea, succulent; the pulp being 
ine considerable a and: pepe with purple» page 2 
ee hacen Se = a 
ne diate 
Pas 5 xe 7 
5. hy villosa, R. 
. Shrubby, erect, with Spader villous linlaiebibieiahs Stee 
lanceolate, crenulate, — underneath, sg nptaannneRe 
nal, compound, hairy. — ba 
A native of the forests of Pulo Piindpes tebe Mr. R: wet 
it in blossom in July. pines oe = pi a a 
Lourier, Cochin Ch. 149. eg | 7 
