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MYRSINEACE^E. IX. ARDISIA. 



FIG. 5. 



cat. no. 2262. A. glandulosa, 

 Blum, bijdr. 690. but not of 

 Roxb. Leaves bluntish. Ra- 

 cemes generally solitary, from 

 the extremities of the corymbi- 

 form lateral branchlets. Flowers 

 small, drooping, red. Berries 

 red, size of peas. (fig. 5.) 



Var. ft ; corolla white, dotted 

 with red. J; . S. A. crenata, 

 Sims, hot. mag. t. 1950. A. 

 lentiginosa, Ker. bot. reg. t. 

 553. 



Var. y ; corolla white. Jj . S. 

 A. crenulata, Lodd. bot. cab. 

 t. 2. 



Curled-leaved Ardisia. Fl. 

 July, Aug. Clt. 1809. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



66 A. PENTAGONA (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acu- 

 minated at both ends, obsoletely crenulated, glabrous ; umbels 

 simple, lateral ; calycine teeth acute ; fruit depressedly penta- 

 gonal. *2 G. Native of China. A. quinquegona, Blum, 

 bijdr. 689. 



Five-angled Ardisia. Fl. year. Shrub. 



67 A. PUNCTA'TA (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 827.) glabrous ; leaves 

 lanceolate, coriaceous, repandly crenated, tapering to the base ; 

 peduncles umbellate, terminal, and axillary ; umbels involu- 

 crated by deciduous bracteas ; segments of corolla 4-5, obovate, 

 obtuse ; flowers subcampanulate, secund. Tj . G. Native of 

 China. Flowers greyish white, beset with dark dots : and the 

 pedicels with dark lines. 



Doited Ardisia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 to 10 

 feet. 



4. Leaves pilose, crenated, toothed, or serrated. 



68 A. CRENULA'TA (Vent, 'choix. t. 5.) leaves lanceolate- 

 ovate, tapering at both ends, repandly crenulated, pilose ; pani- 

 cles terminal ; pedicels umbellate. ^ . G. Native of Porto 

 Rico, Mexico between Tampico and Real del Monte, Antilles, 

 &c. A. lateriflora, Swartz, prod. p. 48. fl. ind. occ. 1. p, 473.? 

 Anguillaria lateriflora, Poir. diet, suppl. 7. p. 687. ? Ang. crenu- 

 lata, Poir. diet. 7. p. 689. Flowers of a reddish violet colour. 

 Berries black, size of currants. There are varieties of this with 

 more or less repand and hairy leaves. 



Var. ft ; leaves coriaceous, without pellucid dots, very pilose 

 beneath. 



Crenulated-leaveA Ardisia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1809. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



69 A. CUBA'NA (Alph. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 124.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, bluntish, undulated, glabrous above, rather pilose 

 beneath ; panicles terminal, branched, about equal with the 

 leaves ; peduncles rusty ; calycine segments acute ; lobes of 

 corolla linear-lanceolate, spreading, velvety. Ij . S. Native of 

 Cuba. Extreme branches and peduncles velvety. Leaves 2-3 

 inches long, obtuse or acutish ; hairs stellate. Flowers like those 

 of A. crenulata, from which species it hardly differs, unless in the 

 smaller, obtuse, less repand leaves. 



Cuba Ardisia. Shrub. 



70 A. MELANOSTICTA (Schlecht. in Linnaea, 8. p. 526.) leaves 

 elliptic or oblong-elliptic, tapering into the petioles at the base, 

 short-acuminated at the apex, glabrous above, but beset with 

 rusty down and black dots beneath, with erosely crenulated 

 membranous edges ; umbels crowded into axillary racemes, 

 which are shorter than the leaves ; corolla downy inside, at 



length revolute, with a short tube and narrow segments, fy . G. 

 Native of Mexico, in woods, between San Salvador and Jalapa. 

 Flowers white. Anthers cordate at the base. 

 Black-dotted Ardisia. Shrub or tree. 



71 A. ICARA (Wall. cat. no. 2264. Alph. D. C. 1. c. t. 7. 

 p. 125.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at the base, acute 

 at the apex, denticulated, rather pilose above, but glabrous and 

 paler beneath ; panicles branched, nearly terminal, about equal 

 to the leaves ; peduncles umbellate ; pedicels and flowers vel- 

 vety ; calycine segments subulate ; lobes of corolla ovate, acute. 

 \l . S. Native of Bengal, about Bhatgong and Mateabo. Leaves 

 6 inches long. Hairs simple. Umbellets surrounded by whorls 

 of bracteoles. 



Icara Ardisia. Shrub. 



72 A. ODONTOPHY'LLA (Wall. cat. no. 2279. Alph. D. C. 

 1. c. t. 6.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute at both ends, on long 

 petioles, sharply toothed, puberulous ; racemes axillary, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; pedicels short, alternate, and are, as 

 well as the peduncles, velvety ; calycine lobes ovate, acute, cili- 

 ated and downy ; corolla deeply parted : with ovate, acute lobes. 



(j . S. Native of Bengal, towards Silhet, and about Gualpara. 



A, pavonina, Hamilt. herb. Branches ascending, filled with 

 medulla. Leaves 4-6 inches long. 



Toothed-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 



73 A. MOLLIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 689.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminated at both ends, crenulated, dotted, rather villous be- 

 neath ; umbels axillary and terminal, simple ; calycine segments 

 semi-lanceolate, acute, about equal in length to the corolla. 

 fy . S. Native of Java, in the province of Bamtam, on the 

 mountains. Allied to A. glandulosa. 



Soft Ardisia. Fl. Feb. Shrub. 



74 A. TAVOYA'NA (Alph. D. C. 1. c.) extremities of branches 

 downy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 

 glabrous above, pilose and much dotted beneath, rather crenu- 

 lated, thin ; peduncles lateral, simple, velvety, rather shorter 

 than the leaves ; pedicels umbellate ; calycine segments linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, pilose outside, tj S. Native about 

 Tavoy, in the Burman empire. A. villosa, Wall. cat. no. 2280. 



B. It differs from A. villosa, Roxb. in the leaves being larger 

 and pilose beneath, &c. Berries pilose. 



Tavoy Ardisia. Shrub. 



75 A. viLL6sA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 274.) branchlets villous; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated, villous beneath, crenulated ; um- 

 bels axillary and terminal, very villous ; calycine segments linear- 

 lanceolate. Jj . S. Native of Penang and Singapore. Leaves 

 3-7 inches long, tapering to the base, copiously dotted. Berries 

 villous. Hairs simple, jointed. All the upper parts of the 

 plant are densely beset with hairs. Umbellets terminal, com- 

 pound. 



Villous Ardisia. Fl. Oct. Shrub. 



76 A. PUSILLA (Alph. D. C. 1. c. p. 126.) stem filiform, to- 

 rnentose ; leaves opposite, ovate, acute, serrated, villous ; pe- 

 duncles few-flowered, tomentose ; flowers lateral. T? . G. 

 Native of Japan. Bladhia villosa, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 96. t. 19. 



Least Ardisia. Shrub 1 foot. 



77 A. VESTITA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 274. cat. no. 

 2281.) branches densely villous and hairy; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, remotely and bluntly crenated, tapering at the base, 

 minutely and copiously dotted : and clothed with abundance of 

 long, soft, jointed hairs : umbels axillary and terminal, villous ; 

 segments of calyx linear-lanceolate, acute ; berries villous. 

 Tj . S. Native of Singapore. Leaves 5-7 inches long. All 

 the upper parts of the shrub are exceedingly thickly clothed 

 with soft hairs. 



Clothed Ardisia. Shrub. 



