Ilex.] XXXVIII. iLiciNE^. 439 



pubescent. Petals 4 ovate oblong blunt. Stamens 4 shorter. 

 Hab. High mountains, rare. Perak, Gunong Kerbau 6600 ft. 

 altitude (Robinson). 



(5) I. epiphytica King, I.e. 134. 



Shrub with stout branches. Leaves coriaceous glabrous oval 

 or elliptic quite obtuse entire, base narrowed blunt; nerves 5 to 6 

 pairs, slender, 2 to 3 in. long, i to 275 in. wide; petioles '15 in. 

 long. Flowers white fascicled 5 to 12, '2 in. across ; pedicels '2 in. 

 long. Calyx teeth 5 to 7 ovate blunt imbricate, edges pubescent. 

 Petals 6 oblong free. Stamens much shorter 6. Ovary tapering 

 to style. Stigma discoid. Drupe ovoid '2 to "25 in. long ; pyrenes 

 trigonous 6 or 7. Hab. High mountains 3000 to 6600 ft. altitude. 

 Malacca, top of Mt. Ophir (Hullett). Pahang, Gunong Tahan._ 

 Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong 

 Bubu 5000 ft. altitude (Kunstler) ; Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). 



(6) I. grandiflora Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 54. 

 Branches stout. Leaves coriaceous elliptic cuspidate, base 



cuneate; nerves 7 pairs, reticulations conspicuous, 5-5 to 6 in. 

 long, 175 in. wide; petioles stout "5 to i in. long. Flowers, female 

 in pairs or in fours on a short peduncle, '25 in. across ; pedicels 

 •2 in. long. Sepals 4 ovate round. Petals 4 unequal oblong obtuse. 

 Stamens 4; filaments broad. Ovary ovoid. Hab. High moun- 

 tains, rare. Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 4200 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



(7) I. glomerata King, I.e. 135 ; Loesener, I.e. 325. 



Tree 30 to 35 ft. tall, 4 to 6 in. through, glabrous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous oblong or elliptic acuminate, edge wavy, base 

 cuneate ; nerves 6 or 7 pairs invisible above, faint below, 3 to 4*5 in. 

 long, 1-3 to 175 in. wide; petioles '3 to -4 in. long. Flowers male 

 *2 in. across pale yellow, fascicled 6 to 12 together; pedicels '15 in. 

 long. Calyx minute, teeth round 4. Petals 4 ovate connate at 

 base. Stamens longer; filaments subulate; anthers ovoid short. 

 Hab. Mountain forests. Perak, Larut Hills 3500 to 4000 ft. 

 altitude (Kunstler). Distrib. Tenasserim. 



(8) I. illustris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 82, p. 177. 



A shrub with stout branches. Leaves stiff coriaceous elliptic 

 minutely apiculate, base narrowed, crenate, shining green, midrib 

 channelled above, strongly elevate and keeled beneath; nerves 

 8 pairs, elevate beneath, as are secondary nerves and reticulations, 

 7 in. long, 3 in. wide ; petioles 75 in. long. Flowers unknown. 

 Fruit on a peduncle 'i in. long axillary with 5 or 6 flowers ; pedicels 

 •4 in. long; berry '4 in. long oblong globose, sepals connate of 4 

 short blunt lobes. Stigma flat 4-lobed. Pyrenes 4, backs round 

 •25 in. long, -15 in. through. Hab. Mountains, local. Pahang, 

 Gunong Tahan (Ridley). In fruit only. 



(9) I. rupicola Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 142. 



Shrub. Leaves elliptic blunt or sub-acute coriaceous, base 

 rounded; nerves invisible above, faint 4 to 5 pairs, beneath;. 



