Ardisia. PENTAKDRIA MONOGYNIA. 2*73 



Anguillaria pyramidalis, Cavan. which is probably another plant) 

 seem* to be either Roxburgh's colorata or paniculata. — A. colora. 

 ta, Lodd. Bot. Cab. v. 465, appears to me to belong rather to A« 

 solanacea — N. VV. 



4- A. umbellata, R. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves short-petioled, oblong, smooth, veinless, 

 entire. Umbels axillary, drooping. Calyx five-parted. Berries 

 vertically compressed. 



A native of Sumatra, from thence Dr. Charle3 Campbell sent the 

 seeds to this garden, where the plants thrive luxuriantly, and blossom 

 most part of the year. 



Stem shrubby, erect, with alternate, ascending branches ; all are 

 covered with a smooth bark ; general height of the full grown shiuba 

 about eight feet. — Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, entire, 

 polished on both sides, deep green, and almost destitute of veins ; 

 length from three to four inches, and about two broad. — Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, bearing in a simple umbel- 

 let, many pretty large, drooping, rose-coloured flowers. — Calj/r 

 five-parted , - divisions short, and rounded. — Carol, lube very shoi t ; 

 divisions of the border lanoeolate, first recurved, then revolute. — 

 Filaments short, inserted on the mouth of the tube of the corol. — 

 Anthers united by their heads into a cone. — Germ superior, round. 

 Style tapering. Stigma simple, appealing without the points of the 

 anthers. — Berry depressed, smooth, shining black, size of a large 

 pea, succulent; the pulp being in considerable proportion, and re- 

 plete with purple juice. — Seed solitary, round. Ferispenn and em," 

 bryo as in the other species. 



Obs. by N. W. 

 A, litoralis, Andrew's Repos. x. 630. A. umlellala, JBot. Cab." 

 vi. 531 ;— -Roth. Mss. in Syst. veg. iv. 514 ; — Roth. nov. spec. 123. 

 — It is a common plant on the hills of Piuang, where I met with it 



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