MYRSINACEAE 
Ardisia Rekoi Lundell sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva; ramuli graciles, novelli glan- 
duloso-puberuli. Petioli 0.8-1.5 cm. longi. Lamina 
membranacea, oblanceolata vel oblonga, 7-15 em. longa, 
2.2-5.5 em. lata, apice acuminata, basi acuta vel sub- 
acuminata,supra glabra, subtus parce glanduloso-puberu- 
la, acute serrata. Inflorescentiae terminales, pyramidales, 
glanduloso-puberulae; flores umbellati. Pedicelli 8-4 
mm. longi, glanduloso-puberuli. Sepala quinque, gland- 
uloso-puberula et glanduloso-ciliolata, punctata, anguste 
ovato-oblonga, fere 2 mm. longa. Corolla 5—-5.5 mm. 
longa, punctata. Filamenta glanduloso-pilosa. 
A shrub or small tree; branchlets slender, at first 
densely glandular-puberulent with minute reddish hairs. 
Petioles canaliculate or narrowly winged, glabrous in the 
groove, glandular-puberulent elsewhere, 0.8 to 1.5 em. 
long. Leaf-blades membranaceous, slightly paler be- 
neath, oblanceolate or oblong, 7 to 15 em. long, 2.2 to 
5.5 em. wide, apex long-acuminate (the acumen entire, 
often subfaleate, up to 1.8 em. long) base entire, acute 
or subacuminate, decurrent, the margin elsewhere con- 
spicuously serrate with numerous erect acute teeth, 
sparsely red glandular-puberulent beneath, glabrous a- 
bove except for a few minute scattered hairs along mid- 
vein, the costa impressed above, elevated beneath, primary 
veins seven to fourteen on each side, inconspicuous above, 
evident beneath. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, the 
panicles pyramidal, bright red, somewhat shorter than the 
leaves, glandular-puberulent; flowers umbellate; bracts 
and bractlets small, ligulate, obtuse, glandular-puberulent, 
early deciduous. Pedicels rather stout, glandular-puber- 
ulent, 8 to 4mm. long. Flower buds about 5 mm. long. 
Sepals five, rather sparsely glandular-puberulent, the 
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