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acuminatis, epunctatis, nervis lateralibus valde obscuris, inter- 

 dum obsoletis; inflorescentiis e axillis foliis reductis, paniculam 

 foliaceam formans; floribus umbellatim dispositis; sepalis orbi- 

 culari-ovatis, 3 mm longis, imbricatis, obscure glandulosis vel 

 eglandulosis, margine ciliatis; petalis elliptico-ovatis, 4 ad 5 mm 

 longis, obtusis, epunctatis. 



A tree, glabrous except the minutely furfuraceous-lepidote 

 younger parts, the indumentum subferruginous, deciduous. 

 Branches terete, grayish, glabrous. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, 

 oblong, 12 to 17 cm long, 4 to 4.5 cm wide, those subtending 

 the inflorescences greatly reduced and 3 to 5 cm in length, sub- 

 equally narrowed to the acute base and the blunt-acuminate 

 apex, brownish-olivaceous and dull or slightly shining when 

 dry, of the same color on both surfaces, entire, epunctate, the 

 midrib impressed on the upper surface, prominent beneath, the 

 lateral nerves very slender, obscure, sometimes obsolete ; petioles 

 stout, rugose, pale, about 8 mm long. Inflorescences from the 

 axils of reduced leaves toward the apices of the branches, form- 

 ing a somewhat leafy panicle, all lateral, the individual inflores- 

 cences bipinnate, the flowers umbellately arranged at the tips of 

 the branches, 5 to 7 flowers in a panicle, their pedicels 5 mm 

 long or less, subtended by oblong bracteoles, the primary 

 branches 1 cm long or less, subtended by oblong-lanceolate bracts 

 up to 8 mm in length. Sepals 3 mm long, imbricate, orbicular- 

 ovate, rounded, obscurely glandular, margins ciliate. Petals 

 elliptic-ovate, 4 to 5 mm long, 3 mm wide, obtuse, glabrous, 

 epunctate. Ovary depressed-globose, glabrous ; style 5 mm long, 

 included. Anthers oblong-ovate, acuminate, 3 mm long, the con- 

 nectives not or very obscurely glandular. 



Sarawak, Lundu, Foxworthy 2U, May 10, 1908, with the local name 

 gmia. 



The alliance of this species is apparently with Ardisia pendula Mez, 

 from which it 4S distinguished, among numerous other characters, by its 

 shorter petioles, epunctate leaves, erect or spreading, not pendulous inflores- 

 cences, and smaller flowers. 



ARDISIA LANCI FOLIA sp. nov. § Acrardisia. 



Frutex, ramulis junioribus dense cupreo-lepidotis, foliis subtus 

 parce sed distincte lepidotis ; foliis lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, chartaceis, olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 11 cm longis, integris, 

 basi acutis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, epunctatis vel punctis 

 paucis instructis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus, anastomo- 

 santibus ; inflorescentiis tei minalibus, paucifloris, 2 ad 3 cm 

 longis, floribus subumbellatim dispositis; calycis lobis oblongo- 

 ovatis, obtusis, perspicue parce punctatis, margine ciliatis, cir- 



