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axils of the upper leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves, 2 to 4 in. long ; 

 peduncle 1 to 2-5 in. long, stout, flattened above as is the very short rachis 

 of the raceme; bracteoles concave, thin, prominently gland-dotted; pedi- 

 cels •? to 1 in. long, more or less clavate, slender at first, thicker in fruit ; 

 buds conical, "4 in. long. Calyx-lohes orbicular, ciliate, scarious on the 

 margins, '15 to "2 in. long, prominently black-gland-dotted ; tube nearly 

 equal to lobes. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate, rounded, -3 to "35 in. long, 

 prominently gland-dotted, minutely ciliate on the margins, otherwise 

 glabrous ; tube extremely short. Stamens about two-thirds the length of 

 the corolla-lobes ; filaments short, stout, conical ; anthers ovate-sagit- 

 tate, -2 in. long, acute, apiculate, the back of the connective studded 

 with prominent large black glands in a double row. Ovary ovoid, 

 glabrous; style slender, -25 in. long. Berry globose, dark blue or black, 

 •3 in. in diam. Willd. Sp. PL I. 1063 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1677 ; Wall. Cat. 

 2283 A-K ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 132, fig. 20 P-K ; Cooke Bomb. Fl. II. 

 86. A. humilis, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 118 {not of Vahl); 

 Wight Ic. t. 1212 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. PI. 137 ; Clarke in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. III. 529 {in part) ; Brandis For. FI. 287 ; Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. XLVI. II. 226, and For. Fl. II. 100 ; Prain Beng. PI. 645. 

 A. elliptica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. p. CXXXVIII. {not o/Thunb.). 



Peeak : Wray 1900, 3000 ; King's Collector 6011.— Distbib. India, 

 Burma. 



Var. elata, King & Gamble. A small tree reaching 25 to 35 feet in 

 height, and 6 to 8 in. in diam. Leaves thinner, oblong-lanceolate; 

 main-nerves less prominent than in the type. Inflorescence with rather 

 longer stouter peduncles and more numerous flowers. Berry slightly 

 larger. 



Perak : Scortcchini 679 ; King's Collector 4717, 5770. 



This variety is scarcely worthy of being classed as such, but, at any rate in the 

 lierbarium, the specimens are easily separable. 



24. Ardisia lurida, Blume Bijdr. 687 (1826). A large shrub, reaching 

 20 feet in height and 3 to 4 in. in diam. of stem ; branchlets thick, glabrous, 

 as are the lanceolate acuminate leaf-buds. Leaves entire, coriaceous ; 

 lanceolate- or sub-obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate at apex, gradually 

 cuneate at base ; glabrous and dark green above, pale and ferruginous- 

 brown beneath ; glands many, regularly scattered in the areoles of the 

 net venation; 5 to 10 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. broad; midrib prominent; 

 main-nerves 16 to 20 pairs, slender, irregular, starting at about 60° with 

 the midrib, parallel at first and then arched up to and along the margin 

 where they meet ; secondary nerves similar, reticulations obscure ; 

 petiole -4 to '7 in. long, winged by the decurrent edges of the blade, the 

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