202 DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 
utrinque leviter prominentem intertextis. Racemi axillares 5-12-flori, rhachi 2-4 
lin. longa; bractese minute. Pedicelli graciles, 2 lin. longi. Calyx fere ad basin 
4-partitus; segmenta ovata, 3 lin. longa, glanduloso-punctata, haud ciliolata. 
Corolla fere ad basin 4-partita ; segmenta obovato-oblonga, 1 lin. longa, glanduloso- 
punctata, minutissime ciliolulata. Stamina corollam subsequantia. Ovarium sparse 
elanduloso-papillosum, ovoideum, in. stylum paulo longiorem abiens. Bacca 
globosa, apiculata, 23 lin. dimetiens, rubra, crebre glanduloso-punctata. 
At 11,500 feet (Haviland, 1089). 
This species belongs evidently to the same group as the two preceding species. It is 
very distinct by its glabrousness. The prefloration varies. The more frequent case 
is, one segment innermost, the other three overlapping to the left; then I found one 
segment outside, the opposite one inside, the lateral ones overlapped by the former and 
overlapping the latter. But in one case I observed a fifth smaller segment, and in this 
case there were two segments outside, two inside, and the fifth inside, overlapped 
perfectly by an outer and an inner segment. Upon these facts the prefloration hardly 
affords a good character for subdividing the genus. 
ARDISIA OOCARPA, Stapf, n. sp. Arbor humilis, glaberrima. Ramuli superne ancipites. 
Folia petiolo crasso, alato, 3-1 lin. longo suffulta, lanceolata, 8—10 poll. longa, 2-23 
poll. lata, basi in petiolum decurrentia, apice subacuminata, tenuiter coriacea, supra 
nigro-fuscescentia, nitida, subtus rubro-brunnea opaca, elevatim punctata, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 25-30, anguló 50—60° ortis, supra leviter impressis, subtus 
prominulis, indistincte venulosa. Panicula terminalis, laxa, interdum foliata, 5-7 
poll. longa; rami inferiores racemose ramificati, superiores vel fere omnes simplices, 
umbelligerij sursum curvati. . Pedicelli demum semipollicares. Calyx fere ad 
basin 5-partitus; segmenta late ovata, acutiuscula, 13 lin.longa. Corolle segmenta 
ovata, acuta, 2 lin. longa. Filamenta brevissima; antherz 14 lin. longs, acute. 
Stylus 2 lin. longus. Bacca ovoidea vel ovoideo-globosa, apiculata, 81—4 lin. longa, 
longitudinaliter striata, basi calyce arcte adpresso circumdata. 
Penokok River, alt. 3000 feet (Haviland, 1317). 
Very similar in habit to 4. paniculata, Roxb., and A. colorata, Roxb., but very distinct 
by the large ovoid berries. 
ARDISIA BRACHYTHYRSA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex glaberrimus. Rami robusti, novelli 
exsiecando nigrescentes, demum cinerascentes. Folia subsessilia vel petiolo brevis- 
simo crasso suffulta, oblonga vel elliptica, 3-5 poll. longa, 14-24 poll. lata, basi 
breviter attenuata vel subrotundata, brevissime acuteque acuminata vel acuta, 
margine subrecurvo, valde coriacea, supra lucidula, subtus minute nigro-punctata, 
nervis lateralibus angulo 70-80” ortis, primariis utrinque 14-20, secundariis inter- 
jectis, areuatim sub margine collectis, nervo marginali alio extero irregulariter 
undulato vel areuatim fracto addito, grosse laxeque reticulata, nervis venisque 
utrinque prominulis. Panicula terminalis brevis, pollicaris, cernua, ramis umbelli- 
feris vel corymbuliferis, 3-5 lin. longis. Pedicelli circa 3 lin. longi, recti vel ssepius 
