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recurvi. Calyx ad vel ultra medium 5-lobus, 14 lin. dimetiens; lobi triangulares, 
minute ciliolati. . Corolle segmenta ovata, aristato-acuminata, 2 lin. longa; alabas- 
trum acutum. Filamenta brevissima ; anthere subsagittatee, apiculatee, 1 lin. longee. 
Stylus 13 lin. longus. Bacca subdepresso-globosa, 21 lin. dimetiens. 
At 3000 feet (?) (Haviland, 1386). 
I have not been able to identify this plant with any species in our Herbarium; but as 
we have no complete set of the Malayan species, as enumerated in Scheffer's * Commen- 
tatio de Myrsinaceis, I at first hesitated to describe it as a new species. However, the 
short, nodding, and truly terminal inflorescence, and the shortly petioled or almost 
sessile leaves, seem to distinguish it from any species which otherwise might come into 
consideration. Amongst these are Ardisia levigata, Blume, A. dingiensis, O. Kuntze, 
and particularly 4. javanica, A. DC. 
ARDISIA JAVANICA, A. DC., Prodr. vii. 130. 
At 8800 feet (Haviland, 1144). 
Distribution : Malaya, from Sumatra (Beccari, 400) to Borneo. 
ARDISIA AMABILIS, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex glaberrimus. Ramuli graciles, subanfracti, 
lineis 2 elevatis notati. Folia petiolo 1-13 lin. longo suffulta, ovato-lanceolata, 91-31 
poll. longa, 13-15 lin. lata, basi subrotundata vel breviter acutata, apice acuminata, 
subcoriacea, supra nigro-fuscescentia, opaca, elevatim punctata, subtus ferrugineo- 
fusca, nigro-punctulata, costa utrinque prominente, nervis lateralibus 10-12 tenwissi- 
mis, angulo 60? ortis, evenia. Panicula terminalis, gracilis, nutans, 3 poll. longa ; 
rami racemose ramificati; ramuli infimi 1-2-flori ; superiores umbelligeri, corymbose 
dispositi. Pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi, graciles. Calyx fere ad basin 5-partitus 1 lin. 
dimetiens ; segmenta ovata, acuta, minutissime ciliolata. Corolle segmenta ovata, 
caudato-acuminata, 13 lin. longa, deflexa, rubro-glandulose-punctata; alabastrum 
acutum. Stamina erecta; filamenta brevia; antherz sagittatz, apiculate, vix 1 
lin. longee. Stylus antheras 3 superans. 
At 6000 feet (Haviland, 1211). 
Allied to 4. Gardneri, C. B. Clarke, and to 4. andamannica, Kurz, but distinct by the 
very short petioles, the shape of the leaves, the very indistinct nervation, and the small 
calyx. 
ARDISIA VIRENS, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. 575. 
Shady jungle at Kiau (Burbidge) ; Penokok River, alt. 3500 feet (Haviland, 1315). 
Distribution: Khasia Hills and Assam to South-west China; Borneo. 
The berries are scarlet, and measure 4 lin. in diameter. The pedicels are slender, 9-14 
lin. long, whilst the peduncles measure 4-15 lin. in Dr. Haviland's, and 6-12 lin. in 
Burbidge’s specimens. The inflorescence is truly terminal. The leaves are crenulate, 
with glands between the crenz. This character, as well as the truly terminal inflores- 
cence, disagrees with the description of A. virens, Kurz, as given in Hooker's ‘ Flora of Brit. 
India, but the very specimens quoted by Mr. C. B. Clarke also possess crenee and truly 
