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acutis margine ciliatis nigro-punctatis, corollae alte partitae seg- 

 mentis ovatis acutis punctis perpaucis obscurioribus signatis, 

 filamentis brevibus antheris corolla brevioribus apice acutis 

 impunctatis, ovario ovoideo glabro stylo longiore coronato, bacca 

 parva globosa levi. 



British New Guinea, Mt. Sogere, 2000 ft. ; H. 0. Forbes, 120, 

 483, 656. 



Folia usque ad 16 x 5 cm., complura + 10 X 3-4-5 cm., 

 in sicco griseo-viridia ; petioli circa 5 mm. long., validi, late 

 canaliculati. Inflorescentias circiter 10 cm. long. Pedicelli 

 plerique 3-5 mm. long. Calyx 1 cm. long. Corolla dilutissime 

 punicea, 2-5 mm. long. Filamenta "5 mm., antherae 1*5 mm. 

 long., has basi cordatae. Ovarium 1 mm. long. Stylus crassi- 

 usculus, glaber, ovario circa aequilongus. Bacca in sicco 5 mm. 

 diam., brunnea. 



This, it is to be presumed, should be inserted next to 

 A. javanica A. DC, a species with smaller, plentifully punctate 

 leaves, much larger flowers, punctate stamens, &c. 



Ardisia (Tinopsis) venusta, sp. nov. Fruticosa, erecta, 

 ramulis subteretibus sat crebro foliosis, foliis ovato-oblongis prope 

 apicem attenuatis apice acutis basi in petiolum brevem validumque 

 cuneatim angustatis margine integris tenuiter coriaceis glabris 

 utrinque pagina tota punctulis parvis eminentibus praeditis, pani- 

 cula terminali foliis breviore floribus apicem versus ramulorum 

 patentum racemosis vix subcymosis, pedicellis flores plane exce- 

 dentibus patentibus glandulis minutis lucentibus inspersis, calycis 

 segmentis saepius dextrorsum obtegentibus basi connatis suborbi- 

 cularibus margine purpureis microscopiceque serrulato-ciliolatis 

 medio punctulis brunneis crebris indutis, corollae segmentis ima 

 basi solummodo connatis latissime ovatis sursum rotundatis 

 pluripunctatis, antheris sessilibus corollae segmentis paullo brevi- 

 oribus acuminatis dorso fusco-punctatis, ovario late ovoideo glabro 

 in stylum crassiusculum desinente, baccis coccineis purpureisve 

 globosis stylo persistente acuminato terminatis. 



British New Guinea, Mt. Sogere, 2000 ft., Korkoko Eange, 

 2500-3000 ft., and near Meroka ; H. 0. Forbes, 54, 118, 364, 490, 

 665, 791. 



Folia pleraque circa 15 x 5-5 cm., summum 19 X 6 cm., 

 supra in sicco fusco-subtus griseo-viridia ; costa centralis pag. inf. 

 maxime eminens ; reticulum pag. eadem perspicuius ; petioli 

 saepius 5-10 mm. long., canaliculati. Inflorescentiae ± 8 cm. 

 long., usque ad 10 cm. lat., raro latiores. Pedicelli saepe fere 

 15 mm. long., interdum vero + 12 mm. Flores rubro-purpurei, 

 crassiusculi. Calyx 3 mm. long. Corollae segmenta 9 mm. long., 

 6 mm. lat. Antherae 7 mm. long, ambitu triangulares. Ovarium 

 2 mm., stylus 4 mm. long. Baccae in sicco 7 mm. diam. 



This should be inserted in the genus next A. lanccolata Roxb. 

 The chief pecuharities are the leaves uniformly dotted all over 

 instead of near the margin alone, the fleshy not hard and firm 

 calyx and corolla, the very broad segments of the corolla, and the 

 sharply pointed berries. 



