438 XXXVIII. iLiciNEJE. [Ilex. 



acuminate, base rounded or short cuneate; nerves faint 7 to 12 

 pairs, 3*5 to 6 in. long, i'5 to 2 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. 

 Racemes 75 to i'5 in. long puberulous. Flowers under "i in. long; 

 pedicels 'i in. long. Petals oblong connate at base. Stamens 

 longer. Females smaller than males. Drupes -i^ in. long ovoid; 

 pyrenes 10 to 16. Hab. Lowlands, rare. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(2) I. triflora Bl. Bijdr. 1150; Loesen. I.e. 344. I. Griffithii 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 601; King, I.e. 135. 



A pubescent bush 3 to 15 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous eUiptic 

 acute serrulate, base narrowed, glabrous above except midrib, pubes- 

 cent beneath; nerves 8 pairs, i to r2$ in. long, '5 to 1*3 in. wide; 

 petioles '15 to '25 in. long. Flowers 4-merous pink, fascicled or 

 females sometimes solitary "2 in. across or less; pedicels longer. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, lobes ciliolate. Petals oblong connate at base. 

 Ovary globose. Stigma sessile. Drupe globose -15 in. through, 

 black ; pyrenes 4 ; pedicel "35 to "6 in. long. Hab. High mountains 

 3000 to 6600 ft. altitude, common. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, 

 Gunong Tahan (Robinson). Gunong Berumbun, Telom. Selangor, 

 Gunong Semangkok. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Curtis) ; Thaiping 

 Hills 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude (Kunstler) ; Gunong Batu Putih 

 (Wray) ; Gunong Inas (Wray). Kedah Peak (Low). Disirib. 

 Indo-Malaya, Cochin-China, China. 



A variable shrub; the common form appears to be the var. Lobbiana 

 Loesener. The var. Kurziana Loesener is more ashy-tomentose on the leaves. 

 It occurs on Gunong Bubu. 



var. longifolia Ridl. 



Leaves nearly glabrous oblong acuminate, base sub-cuneate 

 shortly, edge crenulate 2*5 in. long, i"2 in. wide; petioles 'i in. 

 long. Cymes female 4- to 5-flowered ; peduncle "2 in. long ; pedicel 

 •3 in. long, pubescent. Flower "2 in. across. Calyx glabrous short 

 toothed. Petals round pink. Hab. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Curtis 

 1340) ; Maxwell's Hill. 



(3) I. myrtillus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 31. 



Shrub much-branched. Leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic to 

 obovate blunt or refuse; nerves invisible, 75 in. long, -5 in. wide; 

 petioles "i in. long. Panicles or racemes shorter than leaves, 

 pubescent. Sepals 4 ovate or orbicular pubescent. Petals 4 

 ovate connate at base. Stamens 3 ; filaments thick. Ovary conic. 

 Hab. Rare on high mountains. Selangor, Guncng Mengkuang 

 Lebah (Robinson). 



(4) I. polyphylla Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 45. 

 Pubescent shrub densely leafy. Leaves elliptic acute serrate, 



base shortly narrowed 75 in. long, -4 in. wide, glabrous, dotted 

 beneath; petioles 'i in. long puberulous. Flowers 2 to 4 on thick 

 axillary peduncles. Pedicels "i in. long. Sepals 4 ovate blunt 



