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irregular ; petiole "5 to -7 in. long, winged by the decurrent blade, the 

 wings overlapping. Inflorescence a spreading, terminal or sometimes 

 sub-axillary, panicle, 4 to 6 in. long; rachis flexuose, angular or 

 flattened ; branches stout, flattened, swollen at base, bearing corymbose 

 racemes of about 7-8 flowers ; pedicels -6 to 1 in. long, stout, narrowly 

 clavate, striate, minutely ferruginous-pubescent ; bracteoles small, 

 obtuse, deciduous. Calyx-lobes orbicular, -2 in. in diam., enlarged and 

 spreading in fruit, glabrous or slightly pubescent ; margins scarious 

 and fimbriate-ciliate, base thickened ; glandular dots many, prominent ; 

 tube short. Corolla ovate acuminate, pink, much twisted in bud, -35 in. 

 long, of which one-third tube ; lobes unequal in size, oblique, dots not 

 prominent. Stamens large, shorter than corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate 

 acute, dehiscing longitudinally, back with few large usually oblong 

 prominent black glands. Ovary globose ; style -1 to -2 in. long, 

 subulate, twisted. Berry globose, depressed, smooth, -25 to 'S in. in 

 diam., black when dry. Wall. Cat. 2292; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 126; 

 Miq. M. Ind. Bat. II. 1025 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 519 ; 

 Mez Monog. Myrs. 122. A. speciosa, Bl. Bijdr. 684; A. DC. I.e. 133; 

 Miq. in PL Jungh. I. 197 and Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1022 ; Scheff. Myrs. 88 ; 

 Mez Monog. Myrs. 123. A. purpurea, Keinw. ; Bl. Bijdr. 684; A. DC. 

 I.e. 129; Miq. in PL Jungh. I. 197 and FL Ind. Bat. 1026; Scheff. 

 Myrs. 88; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 265. A. Hasseltii, Blume; Scheff' 

 Myrs. 86; Mez Monog. Myrs. 123. A. mucronata, Bl. Bijdr. 685; 

 A. DC. I.e. 126 ; Scheff. Myrs. 83 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V.269 ; Mez 

 Monog. Myrs. 123. .4. Leschenaultii, DC. I.e. 133; Miq. PL Jungh. I. 

 197 and Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1022 ; Scheff. Myrs. 89. A. plagioneura, 

 Scheff. Myrs. 85 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 268. 



Penang : Boxburgh ; Curtis 2755. Peeak : Scortechini 1824 ; 

 Wray 192, 1401, 2480, 2863, 3659 ; King's Collector 2954, 3200, 4528, 

 4785, 6586, 6785, 8730, 10049. Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3569, 3579 ; 

 Derry 512, 1117. Johore : Lake & Kelsall 4033. Singapore : 

 Major McNair ; Cantley 133 ; Bidley 6136, 6436.— Distrib. Java, 

 Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes. 



21. Ardisia littoralis, Andr. Eepos. X. t. 630 (1811). A glabrous 

 shrub of succulent character, reaching 8 to 10 feet in height ; branches 

 thick, rounded ; buds lanceolate. Leaves succulent-coriaceous ; obovate 

 or oblong-obovate, rounded or bluntly acute or almost lanceolate at 

 apex, cuneate at base ; entire ; glandular dots many, scattered, incon- 

 spicuous ; 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib prominent ; main- 

 nerves invisible in the fresh plant, obscure when dry, irregular, 13 to 

 18 pairs, at an angle of about 60° with the midrib, curved upwards to 

 and along the margin ; secondary nerves similar, slender, reticulations 



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