980, 2815, 2882, 2891, 2942, 2974, 2999, 3376, 8325, 10949. SINGAPORE: Lobb 313.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Korthals; Borneo.

2. LABISIA PAUCIFOLIA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small semiherbaceous undershrub, 10 to 15 in. high; the stems striate, round, minutely purplish-brown-pubescent, bearing rarely more than 3 to 4 leaves. Leaves long-petioled, the blade ovate or orbicular-ovate, rounded at top into a bluntly acute point, rounded at base and then very shortly decurrent; entire or very minutely crenate; 2.5 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 3in. broad; main-nerves slender, numerous, more or less parallel, joining near the edge; petiole 1 to 2 in. long, thickened at the base and decurrent into the stem. Inflorescence 1.5 to 2.5 in. long, consisting of axillary, short-peduncled, rusty-pubescent racemes, the flowers reflexed, single or in few-flowered sessile clusters; pedicels 05 to 1 in. long, with short subulate bracts of equal length. Calyxlobes ovate-acuminate, covered without with numerous glands, '075 in. long; tube short, about half the length of lobes. Corolla-lobes oblongacuminate, 125 in. long, glabrous. Stamens closely enfolded; filaments very short; anthers hastate, long apiculate, glandular warted behind, 1 in. long. Ovary rounded, pubescent; style about 04 in. long, angular, oblique; stigma minute, notched. Fruit a dark red berry, ·1 in. in diam., striate and with oblong glands.

PERAK: Scortechini; Wray 4102; King's Collector 8078. In open forest at 3,000 to 5,000 feet.

Besides the characteristic leaves, the acuminate petals and hastate long apiculate anthers make this species recognisable, though the leaf-venation resembles that of L. pumila.

3. LABISIA LONGISTYLA, King & Gamble, n. sp. An undershrub about 2 feet high; stem thick, rusty-brown, minutely pubescent. Leaves sessile, oblong, entire, rounded at apex and very slightly emarginate, decurrent below in a broad wing for about of their length; prominently glandular-pitted above and with rusty glandular scales below; 7 to 12 in. long, 3 to 4 in. broad; midrib very thick, prominent, glandular scaly; main-nerves at right angles to midrib, extremely numerous, straight, parallel, anastomosing towards the edge which is slightly recurved. Inflorescence a raceme-like rusty-pubescent panicle of single flowers or shortly peduncled few-flowered secund corymbs, 8 to 9 in. long, the main peduncle about 4 in.; corymb-peduncles curved, angled, 3 to 4 in. long; bracts very short, subulate; pedicels striate, about 15 in. long; bracteoles minute. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, glandular without, tube rather shorter than lobes, together '06 in. long. Corolla and stamens unknown. Ovary rounded, pubescent, crowned by a

filiform 2 in. long style. Fruit a globose berry, with a conical top and the remains of the style, glabrous, striate with linear-oblong prominent glands.

feet.

PERAK: Wray 1590. SELANGOR: Curtis 3750, at 3,000 to 4,000

5. ARDISIA, Swartz.

Small trees, shrubs or semi-herbaceous undershrubs, evergreen, generally all parts with pellucid glands which often dry black. Leaves sessile or petiolate, membranous to coriaceous, entire crenate or serrate. Flowers regular, pedicellate, hermaphrodite; inflorescence various. Calyx inferior, 4-6-lobed, the lobes free or overlapping to the right; tube very open, as long as or shorter than the lobes. Corolla red white or spotted, often waxy in appearance, 4-6-lobed, the tube often very short; the lobes overlapping to the right, often twisted. Stamens equal in number to, and opposite to, the corolla-lobes, sometimes long and narrow, usually sagittate-lanceolate and apiculate, sometimes very small, fixed to the corolla-tube by filaments usually short and broad; generally opening by slits, occasionally by terminal pores, in A. littoralis septate; dehiscence always introrse. Ovary globose, sometimes narrowed into the style, more often almost depressed; style usually filiform, rather long; stigma punctiform; ovules few or many, immersed in a globose placenta. Fruit a globose, rarely obovoid, berry, usually surmounted by the remains of the style, fleshy, red or purple or black, often spotted; endocarp crustaceous; 1-seeded. Seed solitary, large, globose, hollowed at the base; albumen pitted or ruminate; embryo cylindric horizontal.-DISTRIB. 200 to 250 species, all of tropical or sub-tropical regions in both worlds, scarce in Africa.

Leaves under 6 in. long:

Leaves shining, nerves obscure;

flower-buds very short, rounded

..

Leaves not shining, nerves con

3. A. chrysophyllifolia.

spicuous; flower-buds long, acuminate 4. A. solanoides. Leaves crenate; inflorescence on wood of

current year
Inflorescence long-peduncled (II. AKOSMOS):—
Peduncles slender, under 1 in. long, pu-
bescent; leaves membranous

Peduncles thick, 3 to 3.5 in. long, glabrous;
leaves coriaceous..

Inflorescence terminal:-
:-

Style exsert in the bud (III. STYLARDISIA) :—
Leaves membranous; inflorescence short,
few-flowered

Leaves chartaceous or coriaceous, inflor-
escence elongate, many-flowered :-

Leaves without a conspicuous intra-
marginal nerve :-

Calyx-lobes 05 in. long or under,
usually glabrous :-

Leaves coriaceous :

Leaves not thickly scaly beneath :

Nerves of leaves obscure, leaves
dark when dry

..

5. A. fulva.

6. A. ferruginea.

7. A. lankawiensis.

8. A. andamanica.

9. A. tuberculata.

10. A. ophirensis.

many, prominent, over 24 pairs 11. A. labisiæfolia.
Leaves narrow; main-nerves

Main-nerves at only about 30° with

25. A. oxyphylla.

the midrib; calyx-lobes emarginate 26. A. Scortechinii. Leaves usually under 6 or even 5 in.

Anthers not known; leaves 7 to 10 in. long,
under 2.5 in. broad; main-nerves at an angle
of 80° with midrib in an elegant network
with secondary nerves and reticulations
Anthers not known; leaves elliptic or elliptic-
ovate, acuminate, 4.5 to 6.5 in. long; calyx-

28. A. Hullettii.

29. A. oblongifolia.

lobes 4; inflorescence apparently terminal.. 30. A. tetrasepala. Anthers not known; leaves 3 to 5 in. long,

under 1.5 in. broad, acuminate, flowers 2 31. A. biflora.
Anthers not known; leaves 4 to 6 in. long,
7 to 9 in. broad, linear-lanceolate; flowers
in peduncled axillary umbellate racemes,
about 5 to 8

Leaves crenate, with glands in the crenatures
(VII. CRISPARDISIA):

Calyx-lobes more or less gland-dotted:-
Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse or obtusely acute :-
Calyx-lobes lingulate, over 25 in. long,
sparsely dotted; inflorescence short; leaves
lanceolate, more or less villous..

Calyx-lobes under 1 in. long, prominently

. 32. A. tahanica.

33. A. villosa.

white; ovary and base of style glabrous 46. A. bambusetorum.

1. ARDISIA PACHYSANDRA, Mez Monog. Myrs. 97 fig. 14 A-E (1901). A large shrub or small tree reaching to 40 to 50 feet high, and 6 to 10 in. diam.; branches with pale brown bark, marked with decurrent lines below the leaves or leaf-scars; branchlets thickly rustyvillous at the ends. Leaves membranous; oblong or slightly obovate, acute at apex, cuneate at base; glabrous above, except on the midrib which is sometimes minutely pubescent, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath; entire, glands numerous near the margins; 6 to 10 in. long, 1.5 to 3 in. broad; midrib thick, slightly impressed above; main-nerves