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scaly above. Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, shortly and 

 rather abruptly acuminate at apex, rounded at base ; glabrous above 

 when old, when young densely covered, as is the under- surface always, 

 with rather large reddish-brown peltate scales, margins recurved ; 6 to 

 8 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent, impressed above ; 

 main-nerves 24 to 30 pairs, irregularly spaced, at first parallel, leaving 

 the midrib nearly at right angles, then near the margin curving upwards 

 to and along the margin and anastomosing with the prominent secondary 

 nerves which resemble the main ones ; reticulations prominent in an 

 elegant network, all more or less raised above when dry ; petiole 

 •5 to '8 in. long, thick, bordered above by the decurrent margins of the 

 blade. Inflorescence a pyramidal, rusty-scaly, bracteate, tripinnate 

 panicle, up to 6 in. long, the branches bearing sub-umbellate, pedun- 

 culate clusters of small flowers ; rachis somewhat flattened, rusty- 

 scaly ; bracts leafy spathulate ; bracteoles minute, ovate ; pedicels 

 •1 to '2 in. long, reflexed. Calyx-lobes ovate, -06 in. long, ciliate, scaly 

 and glandular-dotted ; tube one-third of lobes. Corolla-lobes deep pink, 

 ovate-acute, "14 in. long, with a very few black glands. Stamens nearly 

 as long as corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate, acute, •! in. long, apiculate ; 

 filaments rather thick, -3 to "4 in. long, minutely pubescent. Ovary 

 rounded, glabrous; style slender, exsert. Berry globose, often depressed 

 at top, '15 to -2 in. in diam., black when dry. 



Perak: Wray 320, 1566 ; Scortechini. HiUtops at 6,500 to 7,000 feet. 



12, Ardisia MONTANA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub reaching 

 4 to 6 feet in height ; branchlets brown, somewhat angular, uppermost 

 covered with a nearly furfuraceous glandular tomentum. Leaves 

 coriaceous ; elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate at 

 apex, rounded or attenuate at base ; scaly above, densely ferruginous- 

 hairy and scaly beneath, scales stellate ; glandular dots scattered, 

 obscure ; margins slightly recurved ; 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad ; 

 midrib prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves 20 pairs, obscure, 

 irregular, starting nearly at right angles to the midrib and curving 

 upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves many, reticulations 

 oljscure ; petiole '5 in, long, channelled above by the decurrent margins 

 of the blade, densely scaly and ferruginous-pubescent, hiflorescence a 

 rather lax, terminal, pyramidal, bi-tri-pinnate, leafy panicle, up to 6 in. 

 long in fruit, shorter in flower, the branches bearing sub-umbellate 

 pedunculate clusters of minute flowers ; rachis somewhat flattened, 

 furfuraceous-scaly ; branches squarrose ; peduncles "5 to •? in. long ; 

 umbel-peduncles "5 in. long ; pedicels "2 in. long, often reflexed ; bracts 

 leafy, deciduous ; bracteoles ovate, very small. Calyx-lobes ovate-acute, 

 under -05 in. long, margins scarious ciliate, dotted with large glands, 

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