VAR. angusta, Clarke, 1.c.

Leaves narrowly lanceolate; flowers in

a simple umbellate raceme, pedicels divaricate, buds obtuse.

MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3584.

41. ARDISIA ROSEA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small shrub reaching 4 to 6 feet in height; branchlets divaricate, purplish-brown when dry, glabrous; buds lanceolate. Leaves membranous; elliptic, cuspidately acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; broadly crenate with shallow crenatures and prominent glands, the margin recurved; glabrous on both surfaces; glandular dots extremely numerous, prominent on the under surface which is paler than the upper when dry; 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1.5 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves obscure, 8 to 12 pairs, irregular, branching and usually ending in the crenature-glands; secondary nerves and reticulations indistinct; petiole red, slender, 25 to 5 in. long, bordered by the decurrent crisped margins of the blade. Inflorescence a corymbiform terminal or pseudo-terminal panicle of umbellate racemes, the branches divaricate, minutely rusty-pubescent; common peduncle, above the last leaf, short, about 05 in.; branch peduncles slender, 5 to 1 in. long; pedicels slender, 2 to 4 in. long, up to 5 in. long in fruit, flattened in flower; flowers in each umbel about 12, usually recurved; buds ovoid, acute. Calyx-lobes 5, triangular-ovate, 05 in. long, glabrous, not glandular; tube as long as lobes, lobes reflexed in fruit. Corolla-lobes waxy-white tinged with pink, or pink only, ovate-acuminate, 2 in. long, much twisted to the left, not glandular. Stamens nearly as long as corolla-lobes; filaments slender, 05 in. long; anthers ovate, blunt, 1 in. long, with very few glands. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style filiform, 15 in. long. Berry black, globose, 25 in. in diam., smooth, tipped with the long slender persistent style.

PERAK: Wray 32, 402; Scortechini 295, 664; Ridley 5511, 9720; King's Collector 3247, 6247, 8057; in dense forests in the mountains from 3,000 feet elevation to the top of Gunong Batu at 6,700 feet.

42. ARDISIA LONGEPEDUNCULATA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub; branchlets slender, rusty-pubescent, divaricate. Leaves membranous; oblong-lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, attenuate at base; crenulate with shallow glandular crenatures, margin recurved; glabrous on both surfaces, pale beneath when dry; glandular dots many, scattered, prominent on the under surface when dry; 4 to 6 in. long, 1.25 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 12 to 16 pairs, curved upwards to and along the margin usually to end in the crenature-glands; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure; petiole slender, 5 in. long, bordered by the decurrent crisped margins of the blade. Inflorescence a terminal

pyramidal panicle of long-peduncled racemes, 5 to 6 in. long and 6 to 9 in. broad, branches and rachis all rusty-pubescent; common peduncle about 1 in. long; branch peduncles 2 to 3 in. long, at right angles to the rachis and curved upwards; racemes about 5 in. long, about 8-flowered; pedicels slender, somewhat clavate, twisted, 5 to 1 in. long; bracteoles subulate, caducous; buds ovoid, acuminate. Calyxlobes triangular, blunt, 05 in. long, rusty-pubescent; tube as long. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate, long acuminate, 25 in. long, rusty-pubescent within, not gland-dotted; tube very short. Stamens much shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers oblong, acute; filaments very short. Ovary rounded, style subulate, 25 in. long. Berry purplish-black, globose, 2 in. in diam.

PERAK at low levels, Wray 296.

43. ARDISIA MAINGAYI, King & Gamble. A "bush or small tree" (Wray), "slender tree" (Scortechini); branchlets smooth, bark brown, pith rather small; innovations glandular - pubescent. Leaves membranous; sub-opposite or falsely whorled; elliptic-obovate or obovatelanceolate, attenuately or abruptly acuminate at apex, attenuately cuneate at base; glabrous on both surfaces except for a few scattered glandular hairs, pale beneath; margin finely toothed except on the lower third, the teeth caudate and glandular; 6 to 11 in. long, 2 to 3.5 in. broad; midrib slender above, thickened below; main-nerves 15 to 20 pairs, irregular in angle and distance, but usually at about 50° with the midrib, straight for about half-way and then curved to and along the margin; secondary nerves and reticulations very faint; petiole none or very short, the base of the leaf almost half stem-clasping. Inflorescence of slender, 6 to 8 in. long, sparsely glandular-pubescent, panicles of long peduncled sub-umbellate racemes, from the axils of upper leaves, of abortive leaves, or of the scars of fallen leaves below them; common peduncle slender, 2 to 3 in. long; branch peduncles very slender, divaricate, 5 to 15 in. long, supported by linear subulate 2 to 3 in. long bracts; racemes 3 to 5 in. long, 8-12-flowered; bracteoles small, subulate; pedicels slender, flattened above; buds ovoid acute. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, 05 to 1 in. long, recurved in fruit, minutely pubescent, ciliate on the margins. Corolla-lobes white, ovate, acute or acuminate, 15 in. long, glabrous, gland-dotted. Stamens much shorter than corolla-lobes; filaments short, dilated at base; anthers oblong, bluntly mucronate, ∙1 in. long. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style slender, 05 in. long. Berry red, 3 in. in diam., longitudinally ribbed when dry. A. odontophylla, Wall., var. Maingayi, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 526.

PERAK: Wray 304, 953, 1597; Scortechini 335, 339; Curtis.

MALACCA Maingay (K.D.) 1016, in the mountains about 4,500 feet and below.

Although Wray and Scortechini describe this more or less as a "tree," Maingay's specimen is that of a semi-herbaceous undershrub about 24 in. high, sending out roots from above the ground-level.

44. ARDISIA THE FOLIA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small shrub reaching 3 feet in height; branchlets brown, smooth, the uppermost parts and innovations rusty-glandular-pubescent. Leaves chartaceous; elliptic, long acuminate at apex, acuminate at base; alternate or subopposite or falsely whorled; minutely glandular-pubescent on both surfaces, scaly beneath; margins recurved, finely toothed except on the lower third and on the acumination, the teeth erect, glandular; glandular dots very numerous and prominent on both surfaces; 2 to 3 in. long, 7 to 1.2 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 10 to 14 pairs, close, curved upwards to near the margin, reticulations obscure; petiole 4 in. long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a 1.5 to 2.5 in. long panicle with short racemose branches in the axil of a leaf or of a subulate 2 in. long linear abortive leaf between the leaves on the upper part of the branches; branches 5 in. long, slender, divaricate; bracteoles minute, linear; flowers 2 to 5 in each raceme, buds ovoid. Calyx-lobes 5, rounded, '05 in. long, ciliate. Corolla-lobes 5, white, ovate, acute or obtuse, 15 in. long, gland-dotted. Stamens as long as corolla-lobes; filaments very short; anthers broadly oblong, mucronate. Ovary rounded, gradually produced in an erect or curved style, 1 in. long. Berry pyriform or nearly globose, 2 in. in diam., smooth, slightly ribbed when dry.

PERAK: on Ulu Batang Padang at 4,900 feet, Wray 1513; Scortechini.

45. ARDISIA ODONTOPHYLLA, Wall. Cat. 2279 (1829) (not of Lindl.); A. DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 125, t. VI., Prod. VIII. 135; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 525; Mez Monog. Myrs. 150. A. pavonina, Herb. Hamilt. fide DC. in Prod. l.c.-DISTRIB. India (Assam and Cachar).

VAR. Lobbii, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 526. An almost herbaceous undershrub reaching to about 2 feet in height, the stems rooting from nodes near the base; bark fleshy, pale brown; pith large; upper part of stem densely fulvous-villous; leaf-buds small, short. Leaves membranous, sub-opposite; elliptic or elliptic-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, acute at apex, cuneate at base and sometimes slightly rounded; the margins sharply serrate except for a short distance near the base; glabrous above except on the hirsute midrib, rustytomentose beneath, the midrib and main-nerves usually ferruginous

villous on the lower surface; glands scattered, not prominent; 4 to 8 in. long, 1.5 to 3-5 in. broad; midrib thick, prominent; main-nerves 8 to 12 pairs, prominent, irregular in distance and angle, curving upwards to and along the margin; secondary nerves few, reticulations transverse; petiole variable, stout, 4 to 1 in. long, ferruginous-villous, rarely glabrescent. Inflorescence of short (under 1 in. long) lax, fewflowered, pubescent, simple or compound, umbellate racemes, from the axils of leaves below the summit or of a linear subulate abortive leaf about 5 in. long; peduncles slender, ·5 to 2 in. long; pedicels slender, 3 to 7 in. long, recurved; bracteoles short, subulate; buds ovoid. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate, 1 in. long, slightly pubescent, marked with faint brown striæ; tube short. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate, obtuse or bluntly acuminate, ∙15 to 2 in. long, unequal, marked with many light brown linear and round glands; tube short. Stamens half the length of the petals; anthers broad, oblong, 1 in. thick, emarginate; filaments very stout. Ovary ovoid, gradually narrowed into a slender subulate style 1 in. long, the top of the ovary and base of the style short pubescent. Berry globose, scarlet, fleshy, 25 in. in diam., smooth.

PERAK: Wray 2285, 2975; King's Collector 2583, 2978, 3053, 7367. SELANGOR: Ridley 7560. PAHANG: Ridley 2270, 5825. SINGAPORE: Lobb 316, an undershrub of dense forests in wet localities.

Ridley's Pahang specimens have smaller leaves and longer calyx-lobes, with fewerflowered inflorescences, the whole plant more thickly fulvous-villous, but do not seem capable of separation.

46. ARDISIA BAMBUSETORUM, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small semiherbaceous shrub 1 to 2 feet high; stem pale brown about 25 in. in diam., bark spongy, pith large. Leaves membranous; oblong or oblonglanceolate or obovate-oblong, acute at apex, narrowly attenuate at base and slightly rounded; glabrous on both surfaces, slightly scaly only beneath; glands few, scattered, chiefly near the margin; margins very briefly and irregularly toothed, usually recurved; 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1.5 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, starting at an angle of about 50° with the midrib, curved upwards, and often branching, to and along the margin, where they anastomose in a rough intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves few, reticulations oblique ; petiole 4 to 6 in. long, channelled above. Inflorescence of lateral pedunculate racemes 1 to 1.5 in. long supported by a linear abortive leaf 5 in. long; peduncle 7 to 8 in. long, raceme the same; bracteoles small subulate about 1 in. long; pedicels slender, clavate, 4 to 5 in. long recurved; buds ovoid; flowers white.

Calyx-lobes 5, linear-oblong, acute, reflexed, 05 to 07 in. long, not gland-dotted. Corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, 15 in. long, dotted with elongated brown glands. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes; filaments short; anthers oblong, obtuse, emarginate, 1 in. long. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style slender, curved, 1 in. long. Fruit not seen. PERAK in dense bamboo forest, King's Collector 10095.

This is scarcely more than a var. of A. odontophylla, but is recognised by the somewhat different leaves, white flowers, glabrous ovary and style, and the absence of fulvous tomentum.

6. ANTISTROPHE, A. DC.

Slender shrubs, with puberulous branchlets. Leaves alternate, entire or dentate, lanceolate, acuminate, glandular, petiole margined. Flowers hermaphrodite, in sub-sessile axillary umbels or solitary, pedicels slender, bracts small. Calyx small, 5-lobed, persistent; lobes acute, imbricate. Corolla deeply 5-cleft; lobes lanceolate acuminate, overlapping to the left in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla; filaments short; anthers free, hastate-lanceolate, the connective produced upwards in a membranous tip, cells dehiscing longitudinally and introrsely. Ovary ovoid, attenuated in a filiform style, stigma punctiform; ovules many on a globose central placenta. Fruit a globose berry, pericarp coriaceous, endocarp chartaceous. Seed 1, albumen ruminated; embryo cylindric, transverse.-DISTRIB. Species 4, Indian and Malayan.

Inflorescence 1-2-flowered, glabrous; leaves caudate acuminate
Inflorescence 4-6-flowered, hirsute; leaves short acuminate

1. ANTISTROPHE CAUDATA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub or small tree; branches smooth, divaricate, nearly glabrous; branchlets puberulous, with faint raised lines from the bases of the leaf-petioles; innovations rusty-pubescent. Leaves membranous; elliptic-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate at apex, attenuate or somewhat rounded at base; entire or undulate on the margins; glabrous on the upper, minutely puberulous or glabrous and with pale peltate scales on the lower, surface; glandular dots very many, scattered, prominent; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; midrib slender, conspicuous below; main-nerves 8 to 12 pairs, prominent beneath, at an angle of about 60° with the midrib, arching upwards, forking and obscurely anastomosing near the margin, the lowest pair of nerves more oblique than the rest; secondary nerves short, slender, reticulations indistinct; petiole 1 to 2 in. long, edged by the decurrent margins of the blade which are almost connivent above. Inflorescence of short, axillary, usually only 1-2-flowered sub