Ardisia. pentandria monogynia. 583 



6. A. lanceolala. R. 



Shrubby, with diverging- branches. Leaves broad-lanceo- 

 lar, polished. Panicles terminal, axillary, composed of a few 

 simple racemes. 



A native of the forests of Pulo Pinang, where Mr. W. 

 Roxburgh found it in blossom in July. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, broad-lanceolar, acumi- 

 nate, smooth, entire ; from six to nine inches long, and two or 

 three broad. Panicles terminal and axillary, shorter than 

 the leaves, composed of a few diverging branches. Flow- 

 ers numerous, pedicelled, of a middling size, divergino-, 

 Bractes solitary, under each pedicel, lanceolate. Calyx deep- 

 ly divided into five ovate segments. Corol rotate ; segments 

 five, ovate-acuminate. Anthers sub-sessile, sagittate, open 

 near the acute apex on the inside. Germ ovate, one-celled, 

 containing one ovultnn attached to the bottom of the cell. Style 

 length of the stamina. Stigma simple, acute. 



7. A. divergens. R. 



Shrubby, with diverging branchlets. Leaves sub-sessile, 

 lanceolate, smooth, entire. Umbellels terminal, sessile. 

 A native of the Moluccas. 



8. A. crenata. R. 



Leaves lanceolate, crenate. Racemes terminal, often com- 

 pound. Flowers drooping. 



From Pulo Pinang, where it is a native. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves short-petioled, alternate, lanceo- 

 late, margins smooth, somewhat obtuse, crenate. Racemes 

 generally solitary, from the extremities of the corymbiform 

 lateral branchlets, and always accompanied with a leaf or 

 two, sometimes they are proliferous. Flowers numerous, 

 small, drooping. Calyx, corol, stamens and pistillum as in 

 A. solanacea. Berry globular, smooth, size of a pea, one- 

 seeded. 



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