then arched upwards to and along the margin; secondary nerves many, slender, 1 to 2 between each pair of main-nerves, reticulations oblique; petiole rather thick, 5 to 8 in. long, channelled above, winged by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a pyramidal terminal panicle, 4 to 12 in. long, tripinnate, ferruginous scaly, bearing clustered umbellate racemes of flowers; rachis much flattened, as are its branch peduncles; primary branches 2 to 6 in. long, peduncle 5 in., bracts caducous; secondary branches 5 to 1 in. long, peduncles 2 to 4 in., bracteoles small, ovate-acuminate; pedicels slender. 1 to 2 in. long; umbels many-flowered. Calyx-lobes ovate, bluntly acute, 05 to -08 in. long, densely gland-dotted, margins scarious and ciliate; tube rather shorter than lobes. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate-acute, oblique, unequal, about 15 in. long, not gland-dotted; tube very short. Stamens a little shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers sagittate, acuminate; filaments very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style thick, 2 in. long. Berry globose, 2 to 25 in. in diam., deep red to black, obscurely ribbed when dry, shining. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 520; Mez Monog. Myrs. 113. A. pyramidalis, Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. 123 (not of Cav.). A. Rothii, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 117, Prod. VIII. 126. A. anceps, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1.c. 280, and Cat. 2261; DC. Prod. l.c.; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. II. 224, and For. Fl. II. 107; Scheff. Myrs. 77. A. polycarpa, Wall. Cat. 2285. A. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 2272.

KEDAH: Ridley 5509. PERAK: Scortechini 20, 203, 397, 1505, 1568; King's Collector 798, 1301, 3099, 3284, 3567, 6473, 6823, 7741, 8252, 10866; Ridley 5508. PROVINCE WELLESLEY: Ridley 6945. SELANGOR Ridley 7559; Goodenough 10551. MALACCA Maingay (K.D.) 1008; Goodenough 1762; Derry 553, 915, 1075; Ridley 1245, 1581, 2817.-DISTRIB. India, Burma, Malay Islands.

VAR. polyneura, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 520. Leaves paler when dry than in the typical form; wide, reaching 4.5 in. in width, sometimes reaching 15 in. in length; more usually elliptic, oblong or obovate, more rounded at base; all nerves more prominent. Panicle wide at the base; pedicels much reflexed; rachis very much. flattened. A. polyneura, Miq. in Pl. Jungh. I. 198, and Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1022; Scheff. Myrs. 81.

PERAK: Ridley 3000; Scortechini 1290, 1412; Wray 1643, 1950, 2810; King's Collector 527, 2152, 2197, 2629, 3643, 3655, 3657, 4119, 4751, 6922, 8640. MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3568.-DISTRIB. Java.

VAR. complanata, Clarke 1.c. Panicles smaller, rusty-pubescent; flowers and berries smaller; panicle, rachis, and branches much flattened. Leaves usually narrower and smaller, rarely over 7 in. long

and 2-75 in. broad. A. complanata, Wall. Cat. 2277; Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 210; DC. Prod. VIII. 126; Scheff. Myrs. 78; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1024. A. sanguinolenta, Bl. Bijdr. 685 (not of Wall.). A. Zollingeri, DC. Prod. VIII. 670.

PENANG: Wallich 2277; Curtis 1052, 22494. PERAK: Wray 2896, 3929; Scortechini 144, 112; King's Collector 7680.-DISTRIB. Chittagong, Java, Sumatra.

VAR. salicifolia, King & Gamble. Leaves lanceolate, 5 to 7 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. broad, glabrous, obscurely gland-dotted; main-nerves not prominent. Panicles spreading, leafy; rachis zigzag, much flattened; bracteoles persistent.

PERAK: Wray 2960; King's Collector 3216, 6816, 8563. MALACCA: Hervey.

VAR. elliptica, King & Gamble. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-obovate, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, glabrous; 4.5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad; main-nerves fewer, 15 to 20 pairs, less prominent. Panicles rather short and stout, 4 to 6 in. long, pyramidal, rachis less flattened, scarcely zigzag.

PERAK: Wray 3293; King's Collector 3326, 3453, 5057, 6473, 6624, 6820, 8856.

15. ARDISIA CRASSA, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 518 (1882). A small tree; branches pale brown, rounded, stout; branchlets somewhat flattened above and with raised lines from below the base of the petioles. Leaves coriaceous; oblong, acute or slightly blunt-acuminate above, cuneate at base; glabrous and shining above, rufescent and with inconspicuous rounded scales beneath; entire; 4 to 9 in. long, 1.5 to 2.5 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath; main-nerves nearly regular at first, nearly at right angles to midrib, afterwards arching upwards and round parallel to the edge, 20 to 27 pairs, secondary obscure. Inflorescence a terminal rusty-pubescent panicle, 5 to 6 in. long, with remote branches ending in closely packed umbels; rachis thick, much flattened, flexuose; branches first at right angles, then curved, 5 to 8 in. long; pedicels very short, thick; bracteoles ovate, blunt, about 1 in. long. Calyx-lobes thick, ovate-orbicular, 2 in. long, minutely ferruginouspubescent, overlapping to right; tube about half the length of the lobes. Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, unequal, obliquely and shortly acute, 15 in. long. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, acute; filaments very short, broad at base. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style short, about 1 in. long, subulate. Berry globose, depressed, not striate, -25 in. in diam. Mez Monog. Myrs. 114.

MALACCA: Maingay (K.D.) 1015; Goodenough 1808.-DISTRIB.

Borneo.

16. ARDISIA PLATYCLADA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree or shrub reaching 10 to 15 feet in height; branchlets pale brown, prominently marked by zigzag raised lines joining the sides of the bases of the petioles; uppermost ones prominently flattened and covered with rusty furfuraceous scales, as are also the young leaves. Leaves chartaceous; oblong or elliptic-oblong, abruptly acuminate at apex, attenuate and somewhat rounded at base; both surfaces covered when young with rusty stellate scales, glabrescent when old; margins undulate, recurved; 4 to 6 in. long, 15 to 2 in. broad; midrib slender but prominent beneath, impressed above; main-nerves 14 to 18 pairs, 3 to 4 in. apart, rather irregularly parallel, leaving the midrib at an angle of about 65° and joining at 1 to 2 in. from the margin in a very prominent intramarginal looped nerve; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure; petiole none or very short, rarely 2 in. long, rugose, rusty-scaly, and bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a terminal, compact, bracteate, rusty-scaly, pyramidal, bi-tri-pinnate panicle, 4 to 5 in. long, the flowers in dense subumbellate clusters on the branches; rachis flattened, flexuose; bracts foliaceous, spathulate or oblonglanceolate, 5 to 15 in. long; bracteoles small, triangular-subulate; pedicels glabrous, cernuous, about 1 in. long; buds very small, conical. Calyx-lobes pink, lanceolate, 04 in. long, ciliate, obscurely red-glanddotted; tube as long as or rather shorter than the lobes. Corolla-lobes waxy-white, ovate-acuminate, 07 in. long, slightly gland-dotted; tube very short. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, apiculate; filaments very short. Ovary rounded, minutely pubescent at top; style straight, 15 in. long, exsert. Berry globose, 15 to 2 in. in diam., glandular-rugose, dark blue, black when dry.

PERAK: Scortechini 232; King's Collector 824, 4569, 5863, 8136, 10140; usually in dense mixed forest.

A. pterocaulis, Miq.; Mez Monog. Myrs. 111, a tree of the forests of the Sumatran mountains, much resembles this at first sight, but the leaves are bigger, the flower panicles much larger and more open, with shorter pedicels, and the nerves of the leaves do not meet in a prominent looped intramarginal nerve. (Forbes 1992 in Herb. Calc.)

17. ARDISIA POROSA, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 522 (1882). A shrub, reaching 8 feet in height; branches flexuose, almost zigzag, winged by lines decurrent from the bases of the leaf-petioles. Leaves chartaceous; oblong, acute at apex, cuneate at base or sometimes rounded-acute; glabrous, pale beneath; entire, margin often recurved; glands small and obscure; 5 to 9 in. long, 1.5 to 2.5 in. broad; midrib rather slender, prominent beneath; main-nerves obscure, irregular, about

20 to 25 pairs; secondary faint, all arching upwards into an irregular intramarginal ring and reticulate; petiole 4 in. long, narrowly winged by the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a loose terminal few-flowered panicle up to 6 in. long; rachis flexuous; branches racemose, at right angles to rachis; peduncles 1 to 15 in. long, curving upwards; pedicels 5 to 7 in. long, slender, curved upwards; bracteoles minute, ovate, deciduous; flowers 3-5-, usually 4-merous; buds slender. Calyx-lobes ovate, '04 in. long, obscurely dotted; tube short. Corollalobes ovate-lanceolate, pink, 3 in. long by 1 in. broad, recurved in flower, not dotted but striate. Stamens as long as corolla-lobes; anthers very slender, opening by terminal pores as well as longitudinally; filaments very short, thick. Ovary conical, gradually passing into a slender style 25 in. long. Berry globose, 25 in. in diam., ribbed, glossy black when ripe. Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 260; Mez Monog. Myrs. 118.

PERAK: Scortechini 116, 1511; King's Collector 3108. MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3578; Maingay (K.D.) 1012; Wray 39; Goodenough 1528; Hervey.

18. ARDISIA DIVERGENS, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), Fl. Ind. I. 583, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 275. A small tree, reaching 20 feet in height; branchlets slender, smooth, rounded. Leaves chartaceous; elliptic or lanceolate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded at base, drying reddish-brown; glabrous on both surfaces; entire, margins slightly incurved; glandular dots large, prominent, especially near the margin; 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath; primary nerves 8 to 12 pairs, irregular, arched and joining in an intramarginal prominent nerve with a smaller, less prominent nerve near the edge; secondary nerves few, slender, reticulate; petiole 15 to 3 in. long, winged by the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a loose terminal rusty-pubescent panicle, 2 to 3 in. long, ultimate branches umbelled, 3-5-flowered; main peduncle 5 to 1 in. long, secondary peduncles about 5 in. with lanceolate leafy recurved bracts; pedicels about 4 in. long, thickened above, glandular; bracteoles ovate, deciduous; flowers red, buds short, conical. Calyx-lobes rounded, '05 in. in diam., ciliate, conspicuously dotted with few large, transparent, light brown glands; tube short. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute, 15 to 2 in. long, unequal in size, and oblique; tube very short, dots very few. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes; anthers large, ovate-acute; filaments very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, attenuated into a 1 in. long style. Berry round, smooth, somewhat depressed, tipped by the persistent style. Wall. Cat. 2269; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 130; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 521; Mez Monog. Myrs. 117. A. punctata, Jack;

Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 275 (not of Lindl.). A. punctulosa, D. Dietr. Syn. Pl. I. 615; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1025.

PENANG Jack; Wallich 2269; Maingay (K.D.) 1020; Curtis 1769. 19. ARDISIA SUMATRANA, Miq. Pl. Jungh. I. 195 (1853), Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1018, and Suppl. 247. A large shrub or small tree, reaching 15 to 20 feet in height and 3 to 4 in. in diam. of stem; branches pale brown, smooth; branchlets minutely ferruginous-scaly. Leaves chartaceous; elliptic-oblong or -obovate, rather suddenly acute at apex, acute or cuneate at base; entire, glabrous; glands large, frequent near the margin; 3 to 6 in. long, 15 to 2.5 in. broad; midrib slender, prominent beneath, impressed above; main-nerves 12 to 15 pairs, irregularly spaced, starting at an angle of about 50° with the midrib, curving upwards to and along the margin; secondary nerves and innovations indistinct; petiole ·3 to 5 in. long, bordered above by the decurrent, often erose, margins of the blade. Inflorescence a compact, shortly pyramidal, 3 to 4 in. long, squarrosely bipinnate panicle; common peduncle none or scarcely 5 in. long; bracts minute, triangular; branch peduncles 7 to 1 in. long, minutely ferruginous-scaly as is the rachis; pedicels 2 to 3 in. long, slender; buds ovoid, conical; flowers waxy-white, pedicels and rachis pink. Calyx-lobes orbicular, 1 in broad, ciliate, with scarious margins, much overlapping; glandular dots very few, scattered. Corolla-lobes shortly connate, ovate, acute, much twisted, 15 in. long; margins thin, denticulate; glands few, large and brown. Stamens about two-thirds the length of the corolla-lobes; anthers ovate-acute, 1 in. long, a few large black glands on the back. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style subulate, 15 in. long. Berry bright red at first afterwards black, globcse, shining, -2 in. in diam., smooth, faintly striate. Scheff. Myrs. 84; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 268; Mez Monog. Myrs. 121.

PERAK: King's Collector 771, 5639, 10836.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Beccari 325, 724; Forbes 2083 &c.; Java.

20. ARDISIA LANCEOLATA, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), Fl. Ind. I. 583, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 275. A large glabrous shrub or small tree, reaching 15 to 25 feet in height; branches cylindric, pale, smooth; branchlets sometimes fugaciously ferruginous-scaly. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic-oblong or -obovate, shortly acuminate at apex, long-cuneate at base; entire or sometimes slightly crenate near the apex; glabrous on both surfaces; glandular dots large scattered, more numerous near the margins; 6 to 11 in. long, 2 to 3.5 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath, impressed above; main-nerves 12 to 15 pairs, oblique, starting at an angle of about 50° with the midrib, and at first more or less parallel, then arching upwards to join in an irregular intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves similar but shorter, reticulations scarcely prominent,