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P L A T E DCXXIII.
A R D I S I A ELEGANS.
Eleoanf Ardisia. o
CLASS V. ORDEU I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Five Stamens. One Style.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-phyllus, Corolla hypocrateriforrais.
Antherae niagnae, erectas. Stigma simplex.
Drupa sicca, supera, l-sperma.
CUP five-leaved. Blossom salver-shaped. Anthers
large, erect. Stigma simple. Berry
dry, above, one-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ARDI SIA corymbis terminallbus, compositis,
nutantibus ; foliis lato-lanceolatis, crenatis,
nitidis, margine reflexls.
AKDISIA with terminal, compound, nodding corymbs,
and broad-lanced, crenated, shining
leaves, with the margin reflected.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1 . The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. The seed-bud 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 Englau-1 w,th him
on his return in I8O9 3 and our drawing was taken from a plant of it nearly five feet high, which has
been flowering beautifully this year in the collection at Slepney, 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.
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