Plate 2316. 



ARDISIA MEGAPHYLLA, IhmnJ. 



Myrsinace-i:. 

 A. megaphylla, HemsUy in Kero Bull 1894,6; arl)nsrula crecU 



glabcrrima, caule sjepius simplici foliis ad npicem con^ostis coronato, 

 loliis (2^-3 ped. longJs) breviter petiolatis tenuiter coriaceis oblongis 

 acutatis basi anguste cordatis auriculis obtusis pntiolo a»rjnilo!igis v 

 eodem longioribus costa subtus valida nervis priiiiariis utrimpie c. 30 

 paniculis ad apicem rami aggregatis elongato -pyraniidatis prdicellis 

 semiuncialibus Isevibus solitariis v, subuinl)ellati!n conftrtis basi 

 articulatis, sepalis (in fl. cor. delaps.) ovato-rotundatis obtu.sis v. sub 

 apiciilatis ovarii basin arete cingentibus, fructibus globoais litvibus 

 embryone cjlindrico curvulo cotyledoiiibus brev* ' ' 



^ Hab. Fiji Islands, Home (Xo. 429); Viti Levu (one or two miles 

 inland on the south side of the island), Yeoicard. 



Mr. Home calls this plant a shrub with a ' single stem unbranclied/ 

 and with leaves of a 'dark metallic CTeen.' Mr. Yeoward says *The 

 natives say it grows to 100 feet straight up, almost without a break, 

 and they call it Dacea^ in habit therefore recalling species of C/avija 

 or certain Araliace^e. It is allied to Ardisia grandis, Seem., of the 

 same islands, and to A, scrobiculata, Seem., of New Caledonia. In the 

 dimensions of its noble leaves it must exceed any of its congeners. Tlie 

 corollas are fallen in our specimens.— D. Oliver. 



•^Jg. 1. Calyx and enclosed pistil, 2. Vertical section of same. 3. Detached cafjx- 

 segment. 4. Fruits. 5. Vertical section of 8am«. 6. Section of seed, showing 

 curved terete embryo. Parts of flower and sectmis of fruit and seed tvlnrgtd. 



