136 Flofa of the Mcdaijan PcnitisiUa. 



obscure ; petiole "3 in. long, thick, winged by the decurrent margins of 

 the blade, which are often erose or wrinkled. Inflorescence of axillary- 

 umbellate racemes of about 8 flowers each, racemes shorter than the 

 leaves, about 2 in. long ; common peduncle about 1 in. long, usually 

 recurved ; pedicels -3 in. long, enlarged in fruit to "5 in. and then 

 clavate thickened ; bracteoles oblong, obtuse, deciduous ; flowers rose- 

 coloured, buds conica -4 in. long. Calyx-lobes orbicular, "1 in. in 

 diam., ciliate, edges somewhat scarious, elsewhere thickly dotted 

 with black glands, tube rather longer than lobes. Corolla-lobes ovate 

 acuminate, oblique, unequal, lineolate and much gland-dotted, -3 in. 

 long ; tube short. Stamens nearly as long as corolla-lobes ; anthers 

 ovate, acute, united in a cone, opening longitudinally and obscurely 

 septate in the cells ; filaments short, on broad bases confluent into a 

 ring adherent to the corolla-lobes. Ovary sub-globose, ending in a 

 subulate style -3 in. long. Berry globose, depressed, -2 in. in diam., 

 smooth, bright red, turning purplish-black when ripe; black glands 

 many, small. Kurz For. PI. II. 110 and Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. II. 

 226. A. obovata, Bl. Bijdr. 688; DC. Prod. VIII. 132. A. humilis, 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. Ill, 529 {7iot of Vahl. and in part only) ; 

 Mez Monog. Myrs. 127, fig. 20, A-E. A. umbellata, Eoxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 16 ; Fl. Ind. I. 582 ; Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 273 ; Lodd. 

 Bot. Cat. t. 531. A. solanacea, Wall. Cat. 2283a (part), 2283d {not 

 of Eoxb.). A. polycephala, Wight 111. Ind. Bot. t. 145 [not of Wail.). 

 Climacandra obovata, Miq. PI. Jungh. I. 199, Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1030; 

 Scheff. Myrs. 05; Koord & Val. Bijdr. V. 271. G. littoralis, Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XL. II. 68. 



Penang : Czcrtis 217 ; PJiillips. Perak : Wray 1866, 2373 ; Scor- 

 techini 1053 ; Kmg's Collector 4960. Malacca : Griffith ; Maingay 

 (K.D.) 1010; Hervey. Kelantan : Bidley. Pahang : Bidley 1638. 

 Singapore : Hidlett 331, 649 ; Cantley 153. — Distrib. Malay Islands 

 and eastwards to South China and the Philippines ; westwards to 

 Ceylon (C.P. 1803) and Travancore {Wight 1767). 



Climacandra vudtiflora, Miq., and C. salicifoUa, Miq., are probably only varieties of 

 this species, which seems to be a coast shrub only. 



22. Ardisia Kunstleri, King & Gamble, n. sp, A shrub or small 

 tree, usually 6 to 10 feet high, rising sometimes to 20 feet, and with a 

 stem about 2 to 3 in. in diam. ; branchlets thick, dark brown, uppermost 

 and innovations rusty-pubescent; leaf-buds lanceolate. Leaves coriaceo- 

 chartaceous ; elliptic, or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate at apex, 

 cuneate at base ; minutely pubescent or scaly on both surfaces, after- 

 wards glabrate ; entire or obscurely undulate-crenate on the margins 

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