U10 PE^TANDRIA M0NCGYN1A. Ardisia. 



thers oblong", acute. — Germ superior, oblong. Style avvled. Stigma 

 acute. — Berry size of a small cherry, round, juicy, black, one-seeded. 

 The juice of the berries is of a very beautiful, bright red colour; 

 upOQ paper it changes to a durable brown. 



Obs. by N. W. 

 Sims's Bot. Mag. xl. 1677.— it grows wild at Noakote in Nipal, 

 flowering in the month of March. — N. W. 



2. A. paniculata, R. 



Shrubby. Leaves cuneate.oblong, sub-sessile, entire, smooth, 

 reflex. — Panicles terminal, oval, composed of many alternate, com- 

 pound branches. 



. A iaige shrub, or small tree, a native of the hilly parts of Chitta- 

 gong, and particularly conspicuous on account of its laice reflexed 

 leaves, (from six to twelve inches long";) and very large, elegant 

 panicles of innumerable, lively rose-coloured flowers. Like most 

 of the other species, it continues to blossom and ripen its seed most 

 part of the year. 



Young shoots thick, somewhat succulent, with smooth, clear, 

 green bark. — Leaves crowded about the ends of the branchlets, sub- 

 sessile, from lanceolar to cuneate-oblong, rather obtuse, entire, smooth, 

 from six to twelve inches long, and from three to five bioad.-^ 

 T articles terminal, very large, oval ; composed of numerous, patent, 

 compound branches, all are round, smooth and green. — Elozcers very 

 numerous, pretty large, rose-coloured. — Bractes oblong. — Calyx the 

 border divided into five broad-ovate segments.- — Corol sub-rotate ; 

 segments of the border ovate. — Filaments five, short, inserted into 

 the base of the corol. Anthers sagittate, united into a cone. — Germ 

 ovate, one-celled, containing one ovulum attached to the bottom of 

 the cell. Style longer than the stamina. — Stigma simple. 



Obs. by N. W. 

 This noble species is a native also of SSW*** T« t^ bntanin 



