1892 



* ARDISIA odontophylla. 

 Tooth-leaved Ardisia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. Old. Myrsinace^. 

 ARDISIA.— Supn}, vol. 7. foL 533. 



A. odontophylla (Wallich Cat. no. 2279) ; foliis lanceolate -oblongis utrinquc 



acutis long^ petiolatis argut^ dentatis puberulis, racemis axillaribus foliis 



multo brevioribus, pedicellis brevlbus alternis ut pedicelli velutinis, lobis 



calycinis ovato-acutis ciliatis et puberulis, coroUae profunde partitse lobis 



- ovato-acutis. Alph. De Cand. in Linn. Trans, vol. 17. p. 125. t. 6. 



A stove shrub, native of Bengal towards the Sylhet 

 borders and about Gualpara, where it was found by Dr. 

 Buchanan, and by Dr. Wallich's collectors. 



It was first introduced by Thomas Carey Palmer, Esq. 

 of Bromley, by whom it was communicated to Mr. Knight 

 of the King's Road, in whose hot-house the accompanying 

 figure was made in July, 1834. 



Independently of its being, like all the Ardisias, a hand- 

 some evergreen, this species is remarkable for its delicious 

 fragrance. Its flowers are pale salmon colour, slightly 

 streaked with red. 



* From ap^ig, the point ol" a weapon, in allusion to the sharp-pointed 

 segments of the corolla. 



