ARDISIA. 
31 
mostly twisted. Stam. as many as and opposite cor.-lobes. 
Anth. 2-celled mostly erect introrsal. Style simple. Ov. 
mostly free 1 -celled with few (5-1) or many ampliitropal 
ovules immersed or imbedded in the pits or cells ( alveolae ) of 
the free central placenta . Fr. a dry thinly fleshy mostly small 
globose drupe or berry. Seeds rarely numerous, mostly one 
and then globose peltate i. e. umbilicate or concave at the base 
or hilum, clothed with the placental membranes and almost en- 
tirely consisting of horny or fleshy albumen enclosing the mostly 
cylindric straight or curved embryo lying across it transversely 
or parallel to the hilum. — Partially resinous tr. or shr. L. with- 
out stip. coriaceous evergreen, simple mostly alternate and 
entire. FI. small w. or pink rarely yellowish or greenish. — 
Differs from Primidacece merely in its indehiscent baccafe or 
mostly drupaceous fr. and woody st. or shrubby or arboreous 
habit. 
Tribe I. ARDIS1EAL. 
Cor. gamopetalous. Ov. free wholly superior. Ovules in- 
definite few or many. Fr. 1-seeded. Seed clothed with the 
placental membranes, umbilicate or excavated at the base. 
1. Ardisia. Cal. 5-4-fid or -partite. Cor. 5-4-partite rotate, 
lobes patent or reflexed imbricate and twisted, rarely val- 
vate, in the bud. Stam. distinct inserted into the base or 
throat of the short cor. -tube ; fil. free mostly short ; anth. 
erect free bilobed or cordate at the base. Style filiform 
subulate. Ovul. numerous radiant in concentric rows or 
stages round the placenta , all but one (very rarely 2 v. 3) 
early abortive. Drupe thinly fleshy. — FI. mostly cymose 
or paniculate rarely fascicled. 
Tribe I. Ardisiece. 
1. Ardisia Sw. 
§ Heherdenia ; lobes of cor. valvate in bud, their edges 
velvety-pulverulent. Anth. shorter than their fil. acute 
bursting by a longitudinal slit. Style subulate as long 
as stam. — Inflorescence lateral aggregato-fasciculate. — 
(§ 1. Parathesis DC. proxima.) 
1. A. excelsa Ait. Aclerno. 
L. obovate-oblong stiffly coriaceous smooth entire reticulately 
veined and punctate on both sides ; pedic. fasciculate or aggre- 
gate in more or less dense tufts on short lateral spurs (unde- 
veloped or abortive branchlets) below the 1. of the present 
year ; lobes of cal. ovate, of cor. linear-lanceolate patent 3 times 
the length of cal. -lobes. — Ait. ! II. K. (ed. 1) i. 261, (ed. 2) ii. 
5 ; Pers. i. 233 ; Spr. i. 662. Ileherdcnia excelsa Sol. ! in BIT. ; 
