Volume 10 — PLATE DCXXIII. ARDISIA ELEGANS. Elegant Ardisia.

CLASS V. ORDER I.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Stamens. One Style.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 5-phyllus. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Antheræ magnæ, erectæ. Stigma simplex. Drupa sicca, supera, 1-sperma.

Cup five-leaved. Blossom salver-shaped. Anthers large, erect. Stigma simple. Berry dry, above, one-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ardisia corymbis terminalibus, compositis, nutantibus; foliis lato-lanceolatis, crenatis, nitidis, margine reflexis.

Ardisia with terminal, compound, nodding corymbs, and broad-lanced, crenated, shining leaves, with the margin reflected.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

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 1809; 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 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.