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MYRSINEACE.E. IX. ARDISIA. X. EMBKUA. 



p. 372. t. 77. f. 1. Icacorea Bahamensis, Lam. ill. t. 136. f. 1. 

 Perhaps the same as A. excelsa. 

 Bahama Ardisia. Tree. 



90 A. LINEA'TA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 804. ex herb. 

 Willd ) leaves oblong-ovate, parallelly veined, glabrous ; panicle 

 terminal, divaricate. I? . S. Native of South America. Humb. 

 et Bonpl. 



Lined-leaved Ardisia. Shrub. 



91 A. DIVARICA'TA (Roem. et Schultes, 1. c.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, tapering into the petioles ; flowers panicled ; branches of 

 panicle divaricate. J? . S. Native ? 



Divaricate-"pamc\eA Ardisia. Shrub or tree. 

 _ 92 A.? PARVIFOLIA (Roem. et Schultes, I.e.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate ; cymes trifid, axillary. ^ . S. Native of Peru. 

 Humb. et Bonpl. Calyx small, 5-toothed. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, having the tube inflated at the apex, and the limb 5- 

 parted. Stamens inclosed. Style inclosed. Stigma ovate, 

 thickened. Drupe ovate, clammy, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



Small-leaved Ardisia. Shrub 6 feet. 



93 A.? PARASITICA (Swartz, prod. p. 48. fl. ind. occ. 1. 

 p. 474.) glabrous; leaves lanceolate, ovate, lined, sessile; ra- 

 cemes axillary, simple. ^ S. Native of Dominica, on the 

 trunks of trees, among the mountains. Anguillaria parasitica, 

 Poir. diet, suppl. 7. p. 687. Branches slender, brittle, tetrago- 

 nal. Leaves quite entire, paler beneath, with blackish veins. 

 Pedicels short, bracteate at the base. Calyx coloured : with 

 ovate, acute lobes. Corolla whitish purple, subrotate, dotted 

 inside. Filaments short; anthers ovate, emarginate, diverging. 

 Style length of stamens. Stigma obtuse. Drupe globose, 

 dotted. 



Parasitical Ardisia. Shrub par. 



94 A. ? ARGU'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 247.) 

 branches and under side of leaves covered with small, rusty 

 scales ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, sharply toothed ; panicles 

 lateral, much branched ; flowers pedicellate, rather racemose. 



1? . S. Native of the province of Popayan, on the burning 

 mount Purace, near El Primer Pajonal. Leaves 5-6 inches 

 long. Panicle beset with rusty scales. Calyx 5-parted, having 

 the segments dotted with glands in the middle. Stamens 5-6, 

 opposite the lobes of the corolla. Filaments short ; anthers 

 oblong-lanceolate. Ovarium ovate-conical, glabrous. Style 

 filiform; stigma obtuse. Perhaps a distinct genus, although it 

 has the habit and dotting of Ardisia. 



Sharp-tooth leaved Ardisia. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



95 A. OVA'TA (Thunb. nov. gen. pt. 8. ups. 1795. ex Rcem. 

 et Schultes, syst. p. 517.) leaves ovate ; stem compressed, fur- 

 rowed, fj . S. Native of the East Indies. Stem simple, a 

 span high, glabrous : bearing 2-3 petiolate, coriaceous, entire, 

 glabrous leaves, with reflexed margins, a hand long. Flowers 

 panicled. 



Ovate-leaved Ardisia. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. Almost all the species are handsome, and of easy 

 culture. Any light rich soil answers them well, or a mixture of 

 loam, peat, and sand. ^Cuttings, either of the branches or root, 

 strike freely in a pot of sand, in heat. When propagated by 

 pieces of the root, the pieces should be planted so as their 

 tops may be above the mould, and they should not, like cuttings 

 of the branches, be placed under a hand-glass, as they are very 

 apt to rot. 



X. EMBE'LIA (the Ceylonese name of one species). Burm. 

 fl. ind. t. 23. Juss. gen p. 427. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 285. 

 Alpb. D. C. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 129. Ribesioides, Lin. fl. zeyl. 

 no. 403. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla 5-parted ; lobes rather valvate in aestivation. Stamens 5, 



about equal to the lobes of the corolla in length. Anthers 

 ovoid, much shorter than the filaments, which are free, hori- 

 zontal at the time the flowers are open. Ovarium superior, 1- 

 ovulate (ex Wall.). Style shorter than the stamens : stigma 

 capitellate. Berry globose, 1-seeded. Usually climbing shrubs, 

 natives of Asia ; petioles sometimes denticulated. Racemes 

 axillary or terminal, simple or branched. Flowers small. Ala- 

 bastra obtuse. Peduncles and pedicels alternate, usually pilose 

 or velvety. 



* Panicles or racemes terminal. 



1. E. RiBEs(Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 285. Wall. cat. no. 2304.) 

 scandent ; tender shoots and peduncles hoary ; leaves oblong, 

 entire, glabrous ; panicles terminal, hoary. ^2 . ^,. S. Native of 

 Silhet, Ceylon, Penang, Singapore, Golgipori, &c. Ribesioides, 

 Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 403. Ribes, Burm. prod. 62. t. 23. A large 

 climber. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers numerous, very 

 small, of a greenish yellow colour. Lobes of calyx concave. 

 Berries size of black pepper, succulent, black. The natives in 

 the vicinity of Silhet, where the plants grow abundantly, gather 

 the berries, and when dry sell them to the small traders in black 

 pepper, who fraudulently mix them with that spice, which they so 

 resemble as to render it almost impossible to distinguisli them, by 

 sight, or by any other means, as they are withal somewhat spicy. 

 The vernacular name of the shrub is Baberung. 



Currant Embelia. Shrub cl. 



2 E. CANE'SCENS (Jack, ex Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 292. 

 Wall. cat. no. 2311.) branches villous ; leaves ovate-oblong, acu- 

 minated, retuse at the base, villous beneath ; petioles with 

 curled glandular margins ; panicle terminal, consisting of very 

 long hairy branches ; petals villous. ^ . w S. Native of 

 Penang, where it is called Assum-Oalan, in the Malay language. 

 Leaves membranous, with revolute edges. Lobes of corolla 

 lanceolate. Flowers white. Very like E. rlbes. 



Canescent Embelia. Shrub cl. 



* * Racemes axillary. 



3 E. FERRUGINEA (Wall. cat. no. 2310. Alph. D. C. 1. c.) 

 young branches and peduncles tomentose, rusty ; leaves ovate- 

 roundish, entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, and dotted with 

 rusty stellate hairs beneath. Jj . w S. Native of the Burman 

 Empire, on the banks of the Irrawaddy. Leaves 5 inches long, 

 velvety on the nerves above ; petioles pilose, not winged. Berry 

 blackish. 



Rusty Embelia. Shrub cl. 



4 E. VILLOSA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 289. cat. no. 2313.) 

 climbing or rambling; branches villous, and with numerous 

 callous dots ; leaves oval, or roundish-oval, short-acuminated, 

 acute at the base, villous beneath ; racemes simple, axillary, 

 fascicled, long, slender, and villous. ^ . w S. Native about 

 Rajmahul and Tavoy. Leaves ciliated, 4-5 inches long, glabrous 

 above. Flowers small, whitish, very numerous. It comes very 

 near E. robusta, but differs from it in hairiness, and in the long 

 fascicled slender racemes. There are varieties of this species with 

 broadly obovate-roundish, very pilose leaves; or ovate- acute, 

 small, smoothish leaves. 



fillous Embelia. Shrub cl. 



5 E. PICTA (Wall. cat. no. 2302.) branches and peduncles vel- 

 vety and rusty ; leaves oval, smoothish, remotely denticulated ; 

 racemes axillary, simple, longer than the leaves ; calyx and co- 

 rolla velvety. f? . w S. Native of the East Indies, in Gonga- 

 chara and Goalpara. Samara picta, Hatnilt. herb. Branches 

 pilose, and spotted with white. Leaves 3-5 inches long, and 2-3 

 broad, glabrous above, remotely marked with black dots be- 

 neath. Flowers as in E. villosa. 



Painted-branched Embelia. Shrub cl. 



