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ARDISIA DOLICHOSEPALA sp. nov. § Crispardisia. 



Frutex glaber, vel ramulis et inflorescentiis parcissime pubes- 

 cens ; foliis alternis, oblong ad oblongo-lanceolatis, membranaceis, 

 olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 21 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 

 angustatis, acuminatis, nigro-punctatis, margine irregulariter 

 crenatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, tenuibus; inflorescentiis 

 subsessilibus vel pedunculatis, paucifloris, umbellatis ; floribus 5-, 

 rariter 6-meris, circiter 8 mm longis, sepalis membranaceis, lan- 

 ceolatis, obtusis, 7 ad 8 mm longis, perspicue punctatis; petalis 

 perspicue punctatis, oblongo-ovatis, sepalis aequilongis. 



A glabrous shrub or the very young branchlets and inflores- 

 cences very slightly pubescent. Branches terete, brownish, 

 rugose. Leaves alternate, membranaceous, olivaceous, shining, 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 21 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, 

 subequally narrowed to the acute base and the blunt-acuminate 

 apex, the margins irregularly crenate, conspicuously black-punc- 

 tate ; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, slender, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations very lax, indistinct; petioles 1 

 to 1.5 cm long. Umbels simple, in the upper axils, subsessile 

 or pedunculate, the peduncles up to 3 cm in length, the pedicels 

 about 1 cm long, ten or fewer flowers in each umbel. Flowers 

 pink, about 8 mm long, the bracteoles oblong, glandular, up to 

 3 mm in length. Sepals membranaceous, lanceolate, obtuse, con- 

 spicuously glandular-punctate, 7 to 8 mm long, 1.6 to 2 mm wide, 

 nearly glabrous, the margins sometimes with a few short hairs. 

 Petals as long as the sepals, oblong-ovate, acuminate, conspicu- 

 ously glandular-punctate, about 4 mm wide. Anthers oblong- 

 ovate, subobtuse, 4 mm long, the connectives glandular. Ovary 

 ovoid, glabrous; style slender, 7 mm long. Fruits red, brown 

 when dry, subglobose, about 6 mm in diameter. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Gurulau Spur, Minitindok 

 Gorge, and Kiau, Mrs. Clemens 10819 (type), 10^86, s. n., November 17 and 

 27, 1915. 



The alliance of this species is with Ardisia petocalyx Scheff., from which 

 it is distinguished by its vegetative and inflorescence characters. The 

 flowers are occasionally 6-merous, but normally 5-merous. The sinuses of 

 the crenulations bear the characteristic glands of the subgenus, the leaf- 

 margin otherwise bearing a rather close row of black glands similar to 

 those that are scattered over other parts of the leaf. 



ARDISIA OBSCURINERVIA sp. nov. § Tinus. 



Arbor, partibus junioribus minute furfuraceo-lepidotis ex- 

 ceptis glabra ; foliis alternis, coriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 17 cm 

 longis, in siccitate olivaceo-brunneis, opacis vel leviter nitidis, 

 utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice leviter obtuse 



