Ilex.] 



XXXVIII. ILICINEiE. 



441 



wide ; nerves 4 or 5 pairs ; petioles "25 in. long. Cymes pediincled 

 5-flowered. Flowers white or rose. Calyx lobes 4 or 5 glabrous 

 rounded. Petals connate at base. Stamens 4 ; filaments short. 

 Fruit globose '25 in. long. Hab. Woods on high mountains by 

 streams, Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5500 ft. altitude (Ridley). 



(14) I. pauciflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, 



P- ^77- 



Tree. Branches slender. Leaves coriaceous lanceolate' acumm- 



FiG. 43. — Ilex cymosa. 



ate, shortly narrowed at base ; nerves prominent beneath inarching 

 •15 in. from edge, 7 pairs, midrib sunk above, prominent beneath, 

 475 to 7 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide ; petioles -28 in. long. Panicles 

 in terminal axils, 3 to 4-5 in. long; branches distant few, 1-25 in. 

 long, dichotomous at the ends with a few flowers in small pubescent 

 cymes at the tips; pedicels pubescent very short. Sepals tri- 

 angular-ovate pubescent. Petals 4 rounded -024 in. long, free 

 nearly to base. Stamens 4 as long. Pistil conic; style short. 

 Hab. Penang, Waterfall (Fox). 



