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Corolla-lobes slightly longer than calyx-lobes, ovate, glabrous, gland- 

 dotted. Stamens as long as corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate, apiculate ; 

 filaments extremely short. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style subulate, 

 rather thick, scarcely exsert. Berry red, globose, "15 in. in diam., 

 gland-dotted when dry. 



Peeak: Wray 327, 3869; Scortechini 296; Kim/s Collector 8029. 

 Eocks and hilltops at 3,000 to 7,000 feet. 



13. Ardisia sinuata, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub or small tree, 

 reaching a height of 10 to 15 feet and a diam. of stem of 2 to 3 in. ; 

 branchlets pale brown, sinuate, compressed, with raised lines joining 

 the sides of the bases of the petioles, minutely scaly-pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acumi- 

 nate at apex, rounded or attenuate at base ; glabrous above, minutely 

 scaly beneath when young, afterwards glabrate ; glandular dots few, 

 scattered ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main-nerves 

 10 to 12 pairs, -3 to "4 in. apart, starting from the midrib at an angle of 60^^ 

 and at once curving upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves 

 and reticulations faint; petiole '3 to 4 in. long, channelled above by the 

 decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a lax, terminal, bracteate, 

 nearly glabrous, bi-tri-pinnute panicle 5 to 7 in. long, the branches 

 bearing subumbellate clusters of small flowers ; rachis flat, sinuate ; 

 bracts leafy, uppermost lanceolate recurved, '5 to 1 in. long ; bracteoles 

 minute, ovate ; pedicels slender, -1 in. long. Calyx-lobes triangular- 

 ovate, glabrous, ciliate, gland-dotted, -04 in. long. Corolla-lobes pale 

 green or pink, ovate, acute ; margins transparent. Stamens nearly as 

 long as corolla-lobes; anthers broadly ovate, shortly apiculate; filaments 

 very short. Ovary rounded, glabrous ; style slender, exsert, "1 to "15 in. 

 long. Berry globose, '15 in. in diam., obscurely striate and black 

 when dry. 



Peeak : Wray 2408, 3023 ; Ki?ig's Collector 4599. 



14. Aedisia coloeata, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 16 (1814), Fl. Ind. I. 581^ 

 and Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey and Wall. II. 271. A large shrub or small tree, 

 reaching 25 feet in height and a girth of 1 foot ; branchlets compressed, 

 pale brown, more or less lepidote-scaly, furnished with somewhat 

 zigzag raised lines proceeding downwards from the sides of the bases 

 of the petioles. Leaves chartaceous ; oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous on 

 both surfaces, entire; glandular dots many, irregularly scattered, chiefly 

 visible on the upper surface ; 5 to 10 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. broad ; midrib 

 prominent beneath, impressed above ; main-nerves 20 to 30, also 

 prominently raised beneath and impressed above, usually -3 to '4 in. 

 apart, starting at an angle of 70° to 75° with the midrib, at first straight 



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