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black, globose, 25 in. in diam., ribbed and prominently glanddotted.

PERAK: in dense jungle on limestone hills at 300 to 800 feet, King's Collector 4296, 4711; Wray 3343. It is very near A. paupera, Mez, of Sumatra, but the long slender peduncle and pedicels distinguish it.

A specimen collected by Scortechini (without number) has similar leaves, but the inflorescence is pseudo-terminal and branched, with more than 2 flowers and very short pedicels.

Ridley's No. 2670 from Pahang seems to be Ardisia rhyncophylla, Clarke, but the specimen is imperfect, and we hesitate to describe it as a Malay plant.

32. ARDISIA TAHANICA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub (?); branchlets brown, shining, somewhat flattened; innovations scaly and hirsute, leaf-buds ferruginous-pubescent, lanceolate. Leaves chartaceous; linearlanceolate, acuminate at both ends; glabrous above, scaly beneath and slightly pubescent along the midrib; margins entire, recurved; glandular dots numerous, scattered, conspicuous on the under surface; 4 to 6 in. long, 7 to 9 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves obscure, about 12 pairs, starting at a very oblique angle and curving upwards to and along the margin; secondary nerves similar, reticulations obscure; petiole slender, 4 to 6 in. long. Inflorescence an umbellate peduncled raceme, 1.5 to 2 in. long, from the axils of some of the upper leaves; peduncle slender, 7 to 1.2 in. long; flowers about 5-8, pedicels slender, 5 in. long. Calyx-lobes semi-orbicular, scarious and ciliate on the margins, rusty-pubescent on the back and with many glandular dots, 05 in. long; tube as long as lobes: rest of flower not seen. Berry globose, depressed, 2 in. in diam., prominently striate. PAHANG Ridley 2669, in Tahan woods.

Goodenough No. 10552, from Selangor, is also possibly the same species, but the leaves reach 1.5 in. in breadth and the peduncle and pedicels are stouter.

33. ARDISIA VILLOSA, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), Fl. Ind. I. 582, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 274. A small shrub, reaching 6 to 8 feet in height; branchlets rounded, from nearly glabrous to densely ferruginous-pilose, the hairs moniliform. Leaves chartaceous; oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; more or less distinctly but shallowly crenate, the crenations broad, margins recurved; glabrous to minutely rusty-hirsute above, densely red-villous beneath, especially on the nerves; glandular dots many, black, prominent; 4 to 8 in. long, 75 to 2.5 in. broad; midrib prominent; main-nerves 8 to 12 pairs, very irregular, slender, obscure, arching upwards and ending in the crenature-glands; secondary nerves similar, meeting the main-nerves, reticulations faint; petiole 4 to 8 in.

long, rusty-villous. Inflorescence a sessile or short-peduncled, more or less rusty-villous, umbellate raceme at the end of the main branchlets or at the ends of long-peduncled axillary 2-leaved branchlets; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. long, deciduous; pedicels 3 to 4 in. long, secund; buds conical. Calyx-lobes pink, linear-oblong or lingulate, obtuse or slightly acute, 25 to 3 in. long, 075 in. broad, glabrous to thickly rusty-villous, apex often recurved, glandular lines and dots scattered; tube exceedingly short. Corolla-lobes pale pink, ovate-acute or -acuminate, 25 to 3 in. long, prominently dotted with round or oblong glands, much twisted in bud; tube short. Stamens shorter than the petals, 2 in. long; anthers ovate, acuminate, dehiscing by wide pores in the upper half; filaments very short. Ovary globose, crowned by a slender 2 in. long style, the base of the style and top of ovary minutely pubescent. Berry globose, 25 in. in diam., bright red, sparingly pubescent. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 136; Wall. Cat. 2280A; Miq. Pl. Jungh. 191, Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1017; Scheff. Myrs. 90; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 227 and For. Fl. II. 113; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 525 var. excepted; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 253. A. vestita, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 274; A. DC. 1.c.; Miq. l.c.; Mez Monog. Myrs. 141. A. mollis, Bl. Bijdr. 689. A. tavoyana, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 125.

PENANG: Maingay (K.D.) 1011; Ridley 9357; Curtis 1597. PERAK: Scortechini 638; Wray 151, 862, 2967, 3149; King's Collector 1819, 3138, 6104, 6448, 7915, 10052. PAHANG Ridley 2176. SELANGOR Ridley 1558; Curtis. MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3588; Hervey; Ridley; Cuming 2390. SINGAPORE: Ridley, 2833, 2816.DISTRIB. Burma, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and eastwards to Tonkin and Hainan.

VAR. glabrata, Kurz l.c. Calyx glabrous or nearly so.

Leaves, at least when full grown, glabrous. Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, IV. 204. A. glabrata, Bl. Bijdr. 692; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 136; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1022.

PERAK: Ridley 2899; Wray 2801, 3414; King's Collector 949, 4612, 6188, 6255, 7696; Scortechini 315. - DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra, Borneo.

Ridley's 5510 from Kedah seems to be a form of this with smaller leaves and shorter calyx-lobes, but can hardly be separated as a second variety.

34. ARDISIA VIRENS, Kurz For. Fl. II. 575 (1877), and Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 226. A small glabrous shrub; branchlets slender, pale, somewhat compressed and twisted. Leaves membranous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; faintly

crisped-crenulate with large glands in the crenulations; pale and glabrous on both surfaces; glandular dots scattered, in the areoles of the reticulations; 4 to 6 in. long, 1.5 to 2 in. broad; midrib prominent, somewhat impressed above; main-nerves about 12 to 14 pairs, irregular and irregularly spaced, usually starting at an angle of about 60° with the midrib, at first straight, branching and joining in an intramarginal nerve close to the margin and passing through the crenature glands; secondary nerves many, slender, reticulations many, curved; petiole 4 to 6 in. long, winged by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence an almost sessile terminal corymb, composed of long-peduncled sub-umbellate racemes; peduncles 1 to 1.5 in.; pedicels 5 to 8 in. long; buds conical 25 in. long. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, thin, 075 in. long, conspicuously dark-brown-gland-dotted; tube short. Corolla-lobes ovate, bluntly acuminate, oblique, unequal, conspicuously marked by few dark brown lines and dots, 3 in. long; tube very short. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes, 2 in. long, obtusely hastate; anthers opening by broad longitudinal slits, conspicuously black-gland-dotted on back; filaments short. Ovary rounded, style slender, 2 in. long. Berry globose, pale, somewhat depressed, 3 to 4 in. in diam., conspicuously marked with round or oblong purple dots, somewhat fleshy. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 524; Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, IV. 203; Mez Monog. Myrs. 147.

PERAK Wray 1444 at 2,000 feet.-DISTRIB. Assam, Cachar, Manipur, Yunnan, Borneo.

35. ARDISIA WRAYI, King & Gamble, n. sp. A single-stemmed treelet or shrub reaching 5 feet in height, but usually smaller; upper part of stem 25 in. thick, brown, with spongy bark and scurfy scales; leaf-buds glabrous, lanceolate-acuminate. Leaves membranous; oblonglanceolate, long acuminate at apex, long cuneate at base; margins recurved; somewhat scaly on both surfaces, scurfy along the midrib beneath; glandular dots prominent scattered; broadly crenate, the crenatures shallow with large glands; deep green above, red or purple beneath; 6 to 10 in. long, 1.5 to 3 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 12 to 20 pairs, irregular in angle and distance, curving upwards to and along the margin where they or their branches end in the glands of the crenatures; secondary nerves few, reticulations many scarcely prominent; petiole 7 to 1.3 in. long, somewhat flattened, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence of glabrous sub-umbellate racemes from the axils of the uppermost leaves, usually crowded so as to present almost the appearance of a terminal cluster; peduncles usually 5 in. long, occasionally shorter but often longer, even up to 2 in., flattened; racemes very short, much marked by the scars of very

caducous bracteoles; flowers 8 to 12; pedicels slender below, flattened above, twisted and curved, 3 to 4 in. long; buds ovoid. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, 1 in. long, prominently black-gland-dotted. Corolla-lobes waxy, reddish or purple, ovate, 15 to 2 in. long, sparsely gland-dotted. Stamens nearly as long as corolla-lobes; filaments very short, thick; anthers ovate, acute, connective much gland-dotted on back. Ovary rounded; style short, slender, glabrous. Berry globose, red, rugose, 3 in. in diam., prominently gland-dotted when dry.

PERAK: Wray 438, 2795, 3280, 4051; Scortechini 418; King's Collector 1888, 3631, 6938, 7514, in dense jungle on rich soil, both in low-level localities and up to 4,000 feet in the mountains; one specimen, rather more slender, thinner and more glabrous, from the top of rocks (K.C. 7514).

K.C. No. 6938 from mountains at 3,000 to 4,000 feet, has the main-nerves nearly at right angles to the midrib, while other specimens have it at 60° or even 45°; these are, however, intermediate, and all that can be said is that the character is a variable one. The species seems to resemble the A. macrocarpa, Wall., of Northern India, in its habit of growth.

36. ARDISIA MINOR, King & Gamble, n. sp. Apparently a short (12 to 18 in. high) treelet or undershrub; lower part of stem with side rootlets; stem 2 to 25 in. thick, rusty-pubescent, dark brown. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic, long caudate-acuminate at apex, attenuate or cuneate at base often unequally; margins recurved, very shallowly crenate, the crenatures with large prominent glands; glabrous on both surfaces but somewhat scaly; 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2.5 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves about 15 pairs, starting at an angle of about 50° with the midrib, and thence straight to the margin where they or their branches end in the crenature glands; secondary nerves similar to the main-nerves, reticulations oblique, all raised beneath when dry; petiole thick, rugose, rusty-pubescent, 7 to 1 in. long, winged by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence of very short, rusty-pubescent, umbellate racemes of about 5 to 6 flowers from the axils of the uppermost leaves; peduncle scarcely ·2 in. long, thick; racemes about ·2 in. long; bracteoles many, ovate or oblong, recurved; pedicels thick, 3 to 4 in. long, flattened, recurved. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, 1 to 15 in. broad, glabrous, prominently gland-dotted, nearly free. Corollalobes ovate acute, 2 in. long, glabrous, dotted prominently with large black glands. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes; filaments very short, thick; anthers oblong acuminate, the connective gland-dotted at the back, 1 in. long. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style 1 in. long, subulate. Berry not known.

PERAK: Scortechini.

Very near A. Wrayi, but differs especially in the coriaceous leaves and the shorter and much thicker pedicels.

37. ARDISIA PERAKENSIS, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small bush; branchlets pale brown, smooth, wrinkled when dry; innovations densely rusty-glandular-pubescent. Leaves membranous; elliptic-lanceolate,. long acute both at apex and base; nearly glabrous on both surfaces. but with small peltate scales, young leaves rusty-glandular-pubescent; margin slightly recurved, shortly and shallowly crenate or nearly dentate except on the lower third and at the apex, glands in the crenatures present, obscure; glandular dots absent or very sparse; 2·5 to 4 in. long, .75 to 1.25 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves about 16 pairs, rather irregular in angle and distance, meeting near the margin in an irregularly looped intramarginal nerve, reticulations many, transverse, all raised on lower surface; petiole slender, 2 to 4 in. long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence of small, 2-3-flowered, rusty-glandular, pubescent, pedunculate umbels from the axils of upper leaves or of reduced bract-like leaves; peduncles 3 in. long; pedicels 1 to 2 in. long; bracteoles ovate, minute; buds ovoid, pale pink. Calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, acute, minutely pubescent and glanddotted, 05 in. long. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute, 1 to 15 in. long, glabrous, sparsely black-gland-dotted. Stamens a little shorter than corolla-lobes; filaments almost none; anthers ovate, acute, 1 in. long. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style subulate, 075 in. long. Berry not known.

PERAK at 300 feet in Upper Perak, Wray 3462.

38. ARDISIA MEZIANA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A herbaceous undershrub, 1 to 2 feet in height, stem 2 in. in diam.; bark soft, pale brown, upper parts and innovations rusty-glandular pubescent. Leaves chartaceous; elliptic-obovate, shortly and abruptly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; glabrous above, sparsely glandular-pubescent beneath; margins rather narrowly crenate-dentate except in the lower third to half and at the acumination, recurved, glands in the crenatures obscure; glandular dots many, scattered, inconspicuous; 3.5 to 5.5 in. long, 1.5 to 2 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 10 to 14 pairs, at an angle of about 60° with the midrib, at first straight afterwards curved upwards to anastomose near the margin; secondary nerves few, reticulations oblique, all more or less raised on both surfaces when dry; petiole 3 to 5 in. long, somewhat thickened below, densely rustyglandular-pubescent. Inflorescence of very short, sessile, rusty-glandularpubescent racemes of about 6 flowers each, in the axils of the leaves all

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