pubescent, glands inconspicuous, tube very short. Stamens nearly as long as corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, concave and warted on the connective at the back, 175 in. long; filaments slender, '05 in. long, glabrous. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style slender, subulate, as long as stamens. Berry globose, slightly depressed, ‘3 in. in diam., black-gland-dotted, faintly ribbed. Mez in Monog. Myrs. 97. Pimelandra Teysmanniana, Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. II. 64. Pimelandra Wallichii var. Teysmanniana, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 531.

MALACCA Maingay (K.D.) 1007. SINGAPORE: Cantley; Ridley 2800, 5573, 6788.-DISTRIB. Bangka.

This species is easily distinguished from the former by having many more and much closer nerves to the leaves, and by the dense rusty tomentum.

3. ARDISIA CHRYSOPHYLLIFOLIA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree, branchlets reddish-brown, innovations densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves entire, coriaceous; oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acute at apex, narrowed at base; glabrous on both surfaces; glands scattered, visible on the under surface; 4 to 6 in. long, 75 to 1.25 in. broad; midrib thick, prominent; main-nerves many, more or less parallel, inconspicuous, meeting, with the secondary nerves, in a wavy intramarginal nerve, reticulations fine; petiole 4 to 5 in. long, glabrous, channelled above and edged by the decurrent margin of the blade. Inflorescence of small, axillary, sessile or shortly peduncled, umbels of up to about 12 flowers; pedicels slender, 2 in. long, ferruginous-pubescent; bracts minute, triangular; buds very short, rounded. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, minutely ciliate, pubescent and scaly outside, dotted with many conspicuous golden glands, '05 in. long, tube a little shorter. Corolla-lobes ovate, concave, sparsely glandular, glabrous, 08 in. long; tube none or very short. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes; anthers ovate acuminate, black-gland-dotted behind; filaments short. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style subulate, 05 in. long. Berry globose, somewhat depressed, covered with round and elongate glands, 15 in. in diam.

PERAK: at Lower Camp, Gunong Pateh, 3,400 feet, Wray 483, 1118, 1182.

4. ARDISIA SOLANOIDES, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small shrub, 3 to 4 feet high; branches slender, smooth, dark brown; branchlets glandular-hirsute, marked by obscure raised lines from the sides of the bases of the petioles. Leaves entire, membranous; elliptic, bluntly long caudate-acuminate at apex, attenuate at base; glabrous above, more or less glandular-hirsute beneath; glandular dots many, scattered, prominent; 2-5 to 3.5 in. long, 75 to 1.25 in. broad; midrib slender,

raised beneath; main-nerves 8 to 9 pairs, raised, at an angle of 60° with the midrib, the lowest pair more oblique, nearly straight, meeting at about two-thirds of the way to the margin in a looped intramarginal raised nerve, reticulations obscure; petiole 15 in. long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence of sessile, axillary, umbellate, nearly glabrous racemes of about 4 to 6 flowers, racemes hardly 1 in. long; bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, gland-dotted, ·1 in. long; pedicels slender, 3 to 4 in. long, slightly clavate; buds conical, acuminate, 3 in. long; flowers white with a blueish tinge. Calyx-lobes 4 to 5, very short, rounded, scarious and ciliate on the margins, glanddotted. Corolla-lobes ovate below, caudate-acuminate above, twisted and reflexed in flower, 3 in. long, sparsely pale-glandular-punctate. Stamens nearly as long as corolla-lobes, lanceolate, membranous at tip, with two lines of glandular dots on the back of the connective. Ovary rounded; style very slender, as long as stamens. Berry bright red, glossy, 25 in. in diam. when dry.

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PERAK in dense jungle on rich soil, at 500 to 800 feet, King's Collector 4254.

This species very closely resembles Antistrophe caudata, but is at once distinguished by the fact of the corolla-lobes overlapping to the right instead of to the left. The flowers somewhat resemble those of Ardisia porosa.

5. ARDISIA FULVA, King & Gamble, n. sp. Apparently a shrub; branchlets rather thick, usually marked by raised lines descending from the bases of the leaves; innovations densely tawny-villous; leafbuds lanceolate, densely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate at apex, somewhat rounded at base; glabrous or slightly scaly above, thickly tawny - villous beneath; glandular dots few, scattered, obscure, in the areoles of the minor nerves; crenate, especially in the upper two-thirds; 4 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 20 to 24 pairs, irregular, arching upwards and joining in an intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves slender, faint, reticulations curved; petiole 4 to 6 in. long, winged by the decurrent edges of the blade. Inflorescence of short 1 to 1.5 in. long, densely tawny-pubescent, drooping, corymbs in the axils of tawny, leaf-like, often nearly 1 in. long, bracts from the young branches below the end leaves; peduncles about 7 in. long, slender, pedicels slender, up to 5 in. long; bracteoles subulate, short, tawny; buds ovate, •2 to 25 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate, thin, villous without, ciliate, 1 to •15 in. long, marked with prominent black dots, recurved in flower; tube short. Corolla-lobes obovate, obtuse, 2 to 25 in. long, oblique, unequal, marked by prominent round or oblong black dots, tube short. Stamens

a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, acuminate, with 2 rows of prominent black dots behind the anthers; filaments short. Ovary ovoid, surmounted by a short, 1 in. long, subulate style, glabrous. Berry 2 in. in diam., black when dry, ribbed.

KEDAH: on Langkawi Island, Curtis 2133. PENANG: Ridley 10216. PERAK: Ridley 8269.

6. ARDISIA FERRUGINEA, Mez Monog. Myrs. 108 (1901). A shrub (?) ; branchlets slender, densely ferruginous - tomentose. Leaves membranous; linear- or oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acute at apex, rounded at base; glabrous or slightly rusty - scaly above, rusty - pubescent beneath; entire; glands not apparent; 3 to 4.5 in. long, 75 to 1 in. broad; midrib slender, nerves very faint; petiole 1 to 2 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Stipules small, linear-falcate. Flowers in densely ferruginous-pubescent, bipinnate panicles in the axils of upper leaves; peduncles 5 to 75 in. long; bracts linear subulate about 15 in.; pedicels slender, 1 to 2 in. long; bracteoles minute; buds conical. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate, connate to rather over one-third, with wavy glandular dots. Corolla-lobes shortly connate at the base, broadly and obliquely ovate, short acuminate, gland-dotted. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes; anthers large, ovate, gradually acute, scarcely punctate; filaments very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, style slender. JOHORE: at Kampong Sunpai, Lake & Kelsall (Ridley 4032).

This species does not seem to differ very much from A. Miqueliana, Scheff. in Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. XXXI. 367, in respect to leaves, but that species has terminal and not axillary flowers.

7. ARDISIA LANKAWIENSIS, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree; branchlets smooth, glabrous, obscurely striate, with raised lines from the edges of the bases of the leaf-petioles. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic or ellipticlanceolate, acuminate at apex, acute at base, glabrous; entire; glandular dots frequent near the margins; 3.5 to 5 in. long, 1.25 to 1.5 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves obscure, about 12 to 14 pairs, anastomosing near the margin, secondary nerves and reticulations similar; petiole 5 to 6 in. long, channelled above by the decurrent margins of the blade. Flowers pink, in long-peduncled, closely congested racemes in the axils of the uppermost leaves; peduncles 3 to 3.5 in. long, flattened, glabrous; pedicels 5 to 7 in. long, striate, slender; bracteoles minute, caducous. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, with many glands on the back, ·075 in. long. Corolla-lobes ovate, acuminate, much gland-dotted, 25 to 3 in. long. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, dehiscing on the margins but more widely near the top. Ovary rounded, obscurely 5-lobed; style 2 in. long, twisted and

wrinkled. Fruit a depressed, obscurely 5-angled berry, 2 in. in diam., pericarp very smooth inside.

KEDAH on Lankawi Island, Ridley 8313.

8. ARDISIA ANDAMANICA, Kurz For. Fl. II. 108 (1877) and in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 225. A small or medium-sized evergreen shrub reaching 15 feet high and 2 in. in diam.; branches slender with reddishbrown bark, striate when dry, branchlets glabrous. Leaves entire, membranous; oblong lanceolate, narrowly long acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; glabrous on both surfaces but with many scattered glandular dots and occasional peltate scales; 3 to 6 in. long, 75 to 1 75 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves about 20 pairs, very thin and inconspicuous, at about 60° with the midrib, at first straight then arching upwards to and along the margin; petiole 3 to 5 in. long, channelled above. Inflorescence a loose terminal panicle 2 to 3 in. long, with few slender umbel-like racemes on 3 to 5 in. long, squarrose peduncles; pedicels slender, 3 in.; bracteoles small, ovate, deciduous. Calyx-lobes acute, triangular, 05 in. long, minutely ciliate at the edges, dotted with black glands; tube rather shorter than lobes. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute, ∙15 in. long, glabrous, with inconspicuous nerves and few scattered round or oblong glands. Stamens a little shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, apiculate, 1 in. long, glabrous on the back or with few black glands; filaments 05 in. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style filiform, long exsert, 15 in. long. Berry round or slightly pyriform, smooth, ⚫3 in. in diam. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 521; Mez Monog. Myrs. 110. Ardisia neriifolia, A. DC. Prod. VIII. 127 in part (not of Wall.), Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. t. 8 (fig. only).

MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3570; Hullett 830; Stoliczka. PERAK : Ridley 9718; Wray 867, 943, 971, 1033; King's Collector 5692, 8064. JOHORE: Ridley 3717.-DISTRIB. Andamans, Mergui.

9. ARDISIA TUBERCULATA, Wall. Cat. 2274 (1829). A shrub, reaching 10 feet in height; branchlets smooth, stout, reddish, uppermost flattened, glabrous. Leaves entire, coriaceous; elliptic, bluntly acuminate at apex, attenuate or rounded at the base; glabrous and shining above, covered beneath with rather deciduous peltate scales, dark when dry; 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; midrib prominent; main-nerves obscure, about 15 pairs, starting at an angle of about 75° from the midrib, then arched upwards to and along the margin; secondary nerves more slender, reticulations obscure; petiole 3 to 5 in. long, thick, rough, winged by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a lax, leafy, terminal, tripinnate, 3 to 6 in. long, panicle; rachis flexuous, flattened, often scaly; primary peduncles squarrose, 6 to 1 in. long, supported by ovate acuminate leafy bracts; secondary peduncles also squarrose,

3 to 5 in. long with subulate bracts; ultimate racemes umbellate, 6-8-flowered; pedicels slender, short, 1 to 15 in. long; bracteoles subulate; buds ovoid, obtuse, glabrous. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute or rounded, '05 in. long; margin ciliate, dotted with black glands. Corollalobes broadly ovate, blunt, glabrous, 1 in. long, with very few dots; tube very short. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes; anthers acute, but gland-dotted behind; filaments minute, broad. Ovary globose; style subulate, longer than the petals. Berry obovoid, smooth, ∙15 to 2 in. in diam. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 119, Prod. VIII. 130; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1026; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 521, except var.; Mez Monog. Myrs. 112, fig. 16. A chrysophylloides, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 574.

PENANG Wallich 2274. MALACCA: Derry 394. MALACCA: Derry 394. PAHANG: Ridley 1071. JOHORE: Ridley 6438. SINGAPORE: Griffith (K.D.) 3564; Maingay (K.D.) 1014; Ridley 2817, 8916, 1916(A).-DISTRIB. Bangka Teysmann.

10. ARDISIA OPHIRENSIS, Mez Monog. Myrs. 113 (1901). A shrub (?); branchlets pale brown, flattened, smooth; innovations minutely ferruginous-scaly. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded or somewhat acute at base; pale and somewhat shining on both surfaces, the under covered with minute brown peltate scales; glands scattered, numerous; 3 to 6 in. long, 1.75 to 2.25 in. broad; midrib thick, prominent; main-nerves prominent, raised on both surfaces, 10 to 12 pairs, starting at an angle of about 75° with the midrib, at first straight then curving upwards to meet some way from the margin in a prominent network; secondary nerves prominent, reticulations transverse; petiole 4 to 5 in. long, thick, bordered above by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a terminal, leafy, angular, tripinnate panicle, about 3 to 4 in. long; rachis flexuous, flattened, scaly; peduncles squarrose, about 1 in. long, supported by ovate-oblong, reflexed, leafy bracts; pedicels 3 in. long, slender, in fruit very spreading. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, '05 in. long, back dotted with prominent large glands. Corolla-lobes elliptic-ovate, rather oblique, shortly connate, nervose; glands few, near the apex, black. Stamens rather shorter than the corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, large, not glandular, apiculate; filaments short, slender. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style long, subulate, exsert. Berry black when dry, 15 in. in diam., with prominent glands. A. tuberculata var. ophirensis, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 522. MALACCA: Hullett 754; Ridley 621; Miller 9. On the top of Mount Ophir.

11. ARDISIA LABISIÆFOLIA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree; branchlets thick, slightly flattened, smooth, glabrous below, lepidote