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A R D I S I A.* 
(Swartz.) 
Natural Order MyRSiNEiE. (R. Brown.) Linncean Classifi- 
cation , Pentandria Monogynia. 
Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Corolla monopetalous, 5-parted, reflected. 
Anthers large, erect. Stigma simple, acute, j Drupe superior, the nut 
1 -seeded. 
Trees or shrubs of tropical America and India, with alternate thickish 
or coriaceous leaves : flowers terminal, paniculated, or in axillary cymes 
or umbels. 
FLORIDA ARDISIA. 
ARDISIA pickeringia, paniculis axillaribus ter?ninalibusque , foliis 
cuneato-oblongis integris coriaceis aveniis , calycibus abbreviatis , caule 
arboreo . 
Cyrilla paniculata. Nutt, in Silliman’s Journ. Sci. vol. 5, p. 290. 
Pickeringia paniculata. Ibid. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. vol. 7, p. 
95. 
* A name derived from ccpfo?, a pointy on account of the acute seg- 
ments of the corolla. 
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