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, 15 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 15 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 shining, nerves obscure; .. 3. A. chrysophyllifolia. 5. A. fulva. Leaves not shining, nerves conspicuous; 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, pubescent; leaves membranous .. Peduncles thick, 3 to 3.5 in. long, glabrous; Inflorescence terminal :— 6. A. ferruginea. 7. A. lankawiensis. 8. A. andamanica. 9. A. tuberculata. 10. A. ophirensis. many, prominent, over 24 pairs 11. A. labisiafolia. fewer, obscure, 20 pairs Leaves chartaceous : Panicles slender, elongate; leaves Panicles rather thick, compact; leaves generally large, mainnerves at about 75° to midrib Calyx-lobes 2 in. long, ferruginous pubescent Leaves with a conspicuous intramarginal nerve 13. A. sinuata. 14. A. colorata. 15. A. crassa. 16. A. platyclada. 17. A. porosa. 18. A. divergens. 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. long: Leaves few-nerved; inflorescence long, racemose Leaves many-nerved; Anthers not known; leaves 7 to 10 in. long, with secondary nerves and reticulations .. 29. A. oblongifolia. ovate, acuminate, 4.5 to 6.5 in. long; calyx 31. A. biflora. lobes 4; inflorescence apparently terminal.. 30. A. tetrasepala. Leaves crenate, with glands in the crenatures Calyx-lobes more or less gland-dotted:- Calyx-lobes under 1 in. long, prominently 32. A. tahanica. 33. A. villosa. dotted; inflorescence long; leaves oblong, glabrous, pale Calyx-lobes ovate, more or less acute : Inflorescence axillary, racemose or umbellate: Racemes or umbels in the axils of upper leaves only: Leaves over 5 in. long, crenatures broad, very shallow, rounded : 34. A. virens. 37. A. perakensis. Leaves membranous, pedicels slender 35. A. Wrayi. Inflorescence usually of panicled racemes; Calyx-lobes not gland-dotted; inflorescence ter- Branches of inflorescence short, not more than Branches of inflorescence 2 to 3 in. long; Leaves acutely and prominently serrate occasionally Inflorescence long, reaching 6 to 8 in.; leaves large, nearly or quite sessile 38. A. Meziana. 39. A. Ridleyi. 40. A. crenata. 41. A. rosea. 42. A. longepedunculata. .. 43. A. Maingayi. Inflorescence short, under 2.5 in.; leaves petioled: Inflorescence 1.5 to 2.5 in. long; anthers Leaves and branchlets fulvous-villous; Leaves and branchlets glabrous; flowers 44. A. theafolia. 45. A. odontophylla var. Lobbii. 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 |