140 DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 
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in petiolum acutata, margine valde revoluto, basi integra a medio vel in parte 
tertid superiore minute glanduloso-serrata, apice obtusa, acuta vel retusa, sepe 
mucronulo terminata, coriacea, supra glabra, rugulosa, et secundum nervos laterales 
valde impressa, subtus in costá parce puberula, czeterum glabra, glanduloso-punctata, 
nervis utrinque 4-6, angulo 70-80” ortis, prominulis vel indistinetis. — Stipule 
minutissimse, subulatee. Flores masculi in cymis paucifloris, interdum ad flores 
solitarios redactis, 3—4 lin. longis, bracteatis puberulis dispositi; pedicelli 2 lin. 
longi. Sepala rotundata, 1-2 lin. longa, glabra, minute ciliata. Petala alba, basi 
connata, rotundata, 13-1? lin. longa. Filamenta antheris multo breviora. Ovarium 
rudimentarium, globosum. Flores feminei solitarii, in axillis foliorum superiorum 
vel in ramulis abbreviatis ; pedicelli puberuli, sursum incrassati, 4 lin. longi. Sepala 
et petala ut in flore masculo. Ovarium ovatum ; stigma sessile, breviter trilobum. 
Bacca nigra, tripyrena, globosa, 31 lin. dimetiens. 
At 11,000 feet (Haviland, 1087). 
Flex revoluta is very well marked by the revolute leaves, the apex of which is usually 
obtuse, with a few minute, sharp teeth, and a more or less distinct mucro. lt is 
nearest allied to 1. crenata, Thunb., and T. rugosa, Max. 
ILEX VACCINIIFOLIA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex.  Ramuli stricti, dense foliati, angulati, 
nigrescentes, juniores minutissime atque parcissime puberuli. Folia petiolo 1-17 
lin. longo suffulta, obovata vel oblonga, plerumque 4-7 lin. longa, 3-4 lin. lata, basi 
acuta, apice retusa, integra, coriacea, glabra, supra nigrescentia, nitida, subtus opaca, 
glanduloso-punctata. Flores (masculi tantum noti) in racemis axillaribus 4—6 lin. 
longis 10-20-floris dispositi, apicem. versus magis congesti ideoque interdum subum- 
bellati. Pedicelli graciles, 1 lin. longi. Sepala 4, glabra, basi connata, rotunda, 
minute ciliata. Petala basi connata, rotundato-ovata. Filamenta brevia.  Ovarii 
rudimentum stigmate sessili lobulato coronatum. 
a. Var. CAMPTONEURA. Folia obovata, subplana, nervis subbasalibus sub margine apicem 
versus productis distinctis, ceteris plus minusve inconspicuis. 
At 6600 feet, on the top of a ridge (Haviland, 1186). 
B. Var. SUBENERVIS. Folia magis coriacea, plerumque oblonga, marginibus recurvis, 
enervia vel nervo uno alterove subtus prominulo. 
At 8800 feet (Haviland, 1114). 
Like the preceding species, nearest allied to I. crenata, Thunb., from which it differs 
in the entire margin and the retuse apex as well as in the flowers, which are arranged in 
regular, often subumbellate racemes. The variety subenervis is extremely like some of 
the small-leaved specimens of J. Walkeri, Wight, so far as the habit is concerned; but 
the marginal nerve, instead of forming a distinctly broken line, is steadily curved, and 
the inflorescence is totally different. 
CELASTRINE. 
MICROTROPIS RAMIFLORA, Wight, Icon. t. 977. 
At 8000 feet (Haviland, 1110). 
Distribution: Ceylon and Western Gháts. 
