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down the stem, the racemes '1 to '15 in. long; bracteoles ovate, scarious, 

 conspicuously black-gland-dotted and ciliate; pedicels short, -1 to '15 in. 

 long, stout ; buds ovoid ; flowers waxy-white. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, 

 acute, ciliate, hyaline, with conspicuous black dots, '05 in. long ; tube 

 as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes, ovate, blunt, -1 in. long, conspicuously 

 black-gland-dotted ; tube very short. Stamens nearly as long as corolla- 

 lobes ; filaments short, thick ; anthers ovate-lanceolate, long apiculate, 

 the connective studded on the back with large black glands. Ovary 

 rounded, style filiform as long as corolla. Berry not seen. 



Pekak : on limestone rocks in open jungle at 500 to 800 feet. King's 

 Collector 5838. 



We have dedicated this well-marked species to C. Mez, whose Monograph of 

 Myesine^ has done so much for the elucidation of the Natural Order, and whose 

 study of Ardisia in particular has been of so much help to us. 



39. Ardisia Eidleyi, King & Gamble, n. sp. A slender shrub or treelet, 

 reaching 10 to 15 feet in height and about 1 in. in diam. ; branchlets dark 

 brown, slender, minutely ferruginous-pubescent ; leaf-buds lanceolate, 

 densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves membranous ; oblong-lanceo- 

 late, long acuminate at apex, acuminate or somewhat rounded at base ; 

 prominently crenate, the crenatures usually regular, margin slightly 

 recurved ; glabrous on both surfaces ; glandular dots few, scattered ; 

 4 to 8 in. long, 1-25 to 1-75 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 

 about 12 pairs, at irregular angles and spaces, ending in the crenatures 

 of the margin ; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure ; petiole 

 •2 to •? in. long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. 

 Inflorescence a 3-6-flowered, sessile, umbellate raceme in the axil of the 

 uppermost leaf of the branchlets ; raceme about -2 in. long ; pedicels 

 slender, -7 to 1-4 in. long, minutely rusty-pubescent; buds ovoid, acute. 

 Calyx-lobes 5, broadly triangular, acute, '075 in. long, sparsely black- 

 gland-dotted, rusty-pubescent. Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, acute, 

 •15 in. long, glabrous, densely and closely black-gland-dotted. Stamens 

 a little shorter than the corolla-lobes ; filaments very short, thick ; 

 anthers oblong, hastate, mucronate, -1 in. long. Ovary rounded, 

 glabrous, style slender, -05 in. long. Berry dark red, ovoid, apiculate, 

 sparsely striate and gland-dotted, -25 to '3 in. in. diam. 



Perak: in dense forest at 2,500 to 4,500 feet, Wray 209; King's 

 Collector 601^. Selangor: i^wZZez/ 8534. Singapore : i?ifZZe?/ 6434. 



Very like A. crenata var. angusta but has broader and thinner leaves, differently 

 nerved. 



40. Ardisia crenata, Koxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), Fl. Ind. I. 583, 

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