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villous on the lower surface ; glands scattered, not prominent ; 4 to 

 8 in. long, 1-5 to 3*5 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent ; main-nerves 

 8 to 12 pairs, prominent, iri'egular in distance and angle, curving 

 upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves few, reticulations 

 transverse ; petiole variable, stout, -4 to 1 in. long, ferruginous-villous, 

 rarely glabrescent. Inflorescence of short (under 1 in. long) lax, few- 

 flowered, pubescent, simple or compound, umbellate racemes, from the 

 axils of leaves below the summit or of a linear subulate abortive leaf 

 about -5 in. long ; peduncles slender, -5 to 2 in. long ; pedicels slender, 

 •3 to -7 in. long, recurved ; bracteoles short, subulate ; buds ovoid. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate, '1 in. long, slightly pubescent, marked 

 with faint brown striae ; tube short. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate, obtuse 

 or bluntly acuminate, "15 to "2 in. long, unequal, marked with many 

 light brown linear and round glands ; tube short. Stamens half the 

 length of the petals ; anthers broad, oblong, -1 in. thick, emarginate ; 

 filaments very stout. Ovary ovoid, gradually narrowed into a slender 

 subulate style -1 in. long, the top of the ovary and base of the style 

 short pubescent. Berry globose, scarlet, fleshy, -25 in. in diam., 

 smooth. 



Pebak : Wray 2285, 2975 ; Kinrfs Collector 2583, 2978, 3053, 7367. 

 Selangor : Biclley 7560. Pahang : Biclley 2270, 5825. Singapore : 

 Lobb 316, an undershrub of dense forests in wet localities. 



Ridley's Pahang specimens have smaller leaves and longer calyx-lobes, with fewer- 

 flowered inflorescences, the whole plant more thickly fulvous-villous, but do not seem 

 capable of separation. 



46. Ardisia babibusetorum. King & Gamble, n. sp. A small semi- 

 herbaceous shrub 1 to 2 feet high ; stem pale brown about -25 in. in 

 diam., bark spongy, pith large. Leaves membranous ; oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate or obovate-oblong, acute at apex, narrowly attenuate at base 

 and slightly rounded ; glabrous on both surfaces, slightly scaly only 

 beneath ; glands few, scattered, chiefly near the margin ; margins very 

 briefly and irregularly toothed, usually recurved ; 4 to 6 in. long, 

 1 to 1'5 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, starting 

 at an angle of about 50° with the midrib, curved upwards, and often 

 branching, to and along the margin, where they anastomose in a rough 

 intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves few, reticulations oblique ; 

 petiole '4 to "6 in. long, channelled above. Inflorescence of lateral 

 pedunculate racemes 1 to 1*5 in. long supported by a linear abortive 

 leaf -5 in. long; peduncle -7 to -8 in. long, raceme the same; 

 bracteoles small subulate about "1 in. long ; pedicels slender, 

 clavate, -4 to -5 in. long recurved ; buds ovoid ; flowers white. 



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