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black, globose, -25 in. in diam., ribbed and prominently gland- 

 dotted. 



Perak : in dense jungle on limestone hills at 300 to 800 feet, King's 

 Collector 4296, 4711 ; Wray 3343. It is very near A. paupera, Mez, of 

 Sumatra, but the long slender peduncle and pedicels distinguish it. 



A specimen collected by Scortechini (without number) has similar leaves, but the 

 inflorescence is pseudo-terminal and branched, with more than 2 flowers and very short 

 pedicels. 



Eidley's No. 2670 from Pahang seems to be Ardisia rhyncophylla, Clarke, but the 

 specimen is imperfect, and we hesitate to describe it as a Malay plant. 



32. Aedisia tahanica, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub (?) ; branch- 

 lets brown, shining, somewhat flattened ; innovations scaly and hirsute, 

 leaf-buds ferruginous-pubescent, lanceolate. Leaves chartaceous; linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate at both ends ; glabrous above, scaly beneath and 

 slightly pubescent along the midrib ; margins entire, recurved ; glandu- 

 lar dots numerous, scattered, conspicuous on the under surface ; 4 to 

 6 in. long, •? to -9 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main-nerves obscure, 

 about 12 pairs, starting at a very oblique angle and curving upwards 

 to and along the margin ; secondary nerves similar, reticulations 

 obscure ; petiole slender, -4 to "6 in. long. Inflorescence an umbellate 

 peduncled raceme, 1-5 to 2 in. long, from the axils of some of the upper 

 leaves ; peduncle slender, -7 to 1-2 in. long ; flowers about 5-8, pedicels 

 slender, "5 in. long. Calyx-lobes semi-orbicular, scarious and ciliate on 

 the margins, rusty-pubescent on the back and with many glandular 

 dots, -05 in. long ; tube as long as lobes : rest of flower not seen. 

 Berry globose, depressed, '2 in. in diam., prominently striate. 



Pahang : Bidley 2669, in Tahan woods. 



Goodenough No. 10552, from Selangor, is also possibly the same species, but the 

 leaves reach 1*5 in. in breadth and the peduncle and pedicels are stouter. 



33. Ardisia villosa, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), Fl. Ind. 1. 582, and 

 Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 274. A small shrub, reaching 6 to 8 feet 

 in height ; branchlets rounded, from nearly glabrous to densely ferru- 

 ginous-pilose, the hairs moniliform. Leaves chartaceous ; oblong-lan- 

 ceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; 

 more or less distinctly but shallowly crenate, the crenations broad, 

 margins recurved; glabrous to minutely rusty-hirsute above, densely 

 red- villous beneath, especially on the nerves ; glandular dots many, 

 black, prominent ; 4 to 8 in. long, -75 to 2*5 in. broad ; midrib pro- 

 minent ; main-nerves 8 to 12 pairs, very irregular, slender, obscure, 

 arching upwards and ending in the crenature-glands ; secondary nerves 

 similar, meeting the main-nerves, reticulations faint ; petiole "4 to '8 in. 



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