PLATE DCXXIII. 



ARDISIA ELEGANS. 



Eleo;ant Ardisia, 



CLASS V. ORDER I. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Five Stamens. One Style. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Calyx 5-ph)'llus. Corolla hypocrateriformis. 

 Antherae magnae, erectae. Stigma simplex. 

 Drupa sicca, supera, 1-sperma. 



Cup five-leaved. Blossom salver-shaped. An- 

 thers large, erect. Stigma simple. Berry 

 dry, above, one-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ardisia corymbis terrainalibus, compositis, 

 nutantibus ; foliis lato-lanceolatis, crenatis, 

 nitidis, raargine reflexis. 



Ardisia with terminal, compound, nodding co- 

 rymbs, and brbad-lanced, crenated, shining 

 leaves, with the margin reflected. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



I. The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. The seed-bu-^ and pointal. 



This beautiful species grows naturally in moist situations and by the sides of rivulets in Pulo-Pinang, 

 where it was discovered by the collector sent out by T. Evans, Esq., and brought to England with him 

 on his return in ISOQ; and our drawing was taken from a plant of it nearly five feet high, which has 

 been flowering beautifully tLis year in the collection at Stepney, from August to the end of November. 

 The common height of the plant in Pinang, as the collector informs us, is from eight to about twelve 

 feet. 



