440. XXXVIII. iLiciNE^. [Ilex. 



glaucescent 2 to 2*5 in. long, i to 1-25 in. wide; petioles -15 in. 

 long. Cymes -5 in. long; branches 6. Flowers 8 sub-umbellate; 

 pedicels -i in. long. Sepals 5 edges ciliate. Petals 5 oblong almost 

 free. Stamens 5. Ovary conic. Berry globose "15 in. long; 

 pyrenes 4. Hab. High mountains, Pahang, Gunong Tahan, 5500 ft. 

 altitude (Ridley). 



(10) I. sclerophylla Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 606 ; King, I.e. 137. 

 Leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic-oblong blunt narrowed at 



base; nerves about 6 pairs slender elevate, beneath glaucous, 5 to 

 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles '5 in. long very thick. Cymes, 

 female i in. long sparingly branched; peduncles stout. Calyx 5 

 cihate lobes. Petals minute free. Ovary ovoid truncate. Hab. 

 Malacca, Mount Ophir (Maingay). 



Only known from a scrap, and not since found on Mount Ophir. Possibly 

 a state of /. hypoglauca Loesen. of Bangka and Sumatra. 



(11) I. sclerophylloides Loesen. Nov. Act. Cur. Ixxviii. 77. 

 Tree with white bark. Leaves stiff coriaceous elliptic shortly 



apiculate blunt, base cuneate entire, midrib sunk above, strongly 

 elevate beneath ; nerves 9 pairs, slender not very conspicuous 

 inarching, reticulations invisible, 3'5 to 4 in. long, i"25 to i'5 in. 

 wide ; petioles 3 in. long. Flowers very small in peduncled sub- 

 terminal cymes; peduncles 1*5 in. long or less puberulous. Fruit 

 sub-globose '2 in. through on pedicel, as long, and on a peduncle 

 •3 in. long. Calyx lobes round 4. Pyrenes about 10. Hab. 

 Kedah Peak at 3000 ft. altitude (Robinson and Kloss). Disirib. 

 Borneo. 



I have only fruit of this, and take the description of the flowers from 

 Borneo specimens, which in vegetative organs this plant very closely 

 resembles. It also is near /. eugenicsfolia Pierre of Cochin-China, but the 

 leaves are more coriaceous. 



(12) I. MaiiigayiHook. fil. F.B.I, i. 605; King, I.e. 135; Loesen. 

 Monogr. I.e. Aquifol. 426. 



A glabrous tree 20 to 80 ft. tall. Branchlets dark. Leaves 

 coriaceous elliptic to oblanceolate-oblong sub-acuminate, base 

 narrowed, sub-glaucous beneath ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs faint, 

 4 to 5-5 in. long, 1-35 to 2 in. wide ; petioles -4 to -65 in. long. Male 

 flowers less than -i in. across, in peduncled umbellate cymes i'25 in. 

 long. Male, calyx lobes 4 rounded glabrous. Petals 4 broad 

 oblong. Stamens longer. Females in short racemes. Sepals, 

 petals, stamens 6. Drupes ovoid or globular greenish yellow -2 to 

 •25 in. through, grooved when dry ; pyrenes 4 to 6 trigonous. 

 Hab. In woods. Singapore, Bukit Mandai. Selangor, Kwala 

 Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Coping, Limestone Hills (Kunstler). 

 Penang (Maingay) ; Government Hill. 



(13) I. patens Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 143. 

 Spreading tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves dark green thin cori- 

 aceous ovate entire obtuse, base round, 2 to 3 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. 



