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longa, oblonga, ad angulos brevissime scabra; pappus brevis, 
albus, sericeus 
SoutH Inpia. Attraymallay hills: Travancore; 1580 
k. H, Beddome (Herb. Madr.); Agastiamalai, Tinnevelly, Mat 
1901, C. A. Barber 2930; Kalivayalpil, Tinnevelly, June 1901, 
C. A. Barber 3053. 
1017. . Ardisia ae gies [Myrsinaceae Eumyrsineae] ; 
A, pauciflorae, Heyne, et A. rhomboideae, Wight, affinis, foliis 
eximie nervosis ogni « conspicue crenato-serratis insignis. 
Fruiex erectus, ramulis teretibus, ultimis ferrugineo-villosis. 
Foha elliptico- lanceolata vel oblanceolata, chartacea, punctata, 
apice caudato-acuminata, basi longe et cuneatim attenuata et in 
petioli margines decurrentia, margine crenato-serrata, 6-10 cm 
longa, 2-3-5 cm. lata ; costa conspicua, supra profunde i impressa ; 
nervi utrinque 10-20, irregulares, conspicui, supra impressi, 
marginem versus arcuatim juncti et nervulis multis intermediis 
aucti; petiolus circiter 1 cm. longus, alatus. Cymae axillares, 
subumbellatae, ad 3 cm. longae, ferrugineo-villosae ; pedunculus 
gracilis, 2 cm. longus ; pedicelli graciles, brevissimi ; bracteae et 
bracteolae subulatae. Calycis lobi minimi, patentes nigro- 
punctati et margine glandulosi. Corollae lobi ovati, acuti, rosei, 
eximie nigro-punctati, 3mm.longi. Antherae ovatae, acuminatae, 
dorso nigro-punctatae. Stylus gracilis, subulatus, persistens. 
Bacca globosa, nigra, glabra, 4-5 mm. diametro. 
I Madura District: “ High Wavy Mountain ” 
near Cumbum, May 1917, 1300-1700 m., Blatter and Hallberg 3, 
251, 552, 564. Hills of Travancore in moist forests, 700-1300 m., 
fie F. Bourdillon, February 1887, ‘‘ a shrub 15-20 ft. high, 4-6 in. 
in diameter’; 7’. F. Bourdillon 14 is probably the same species, 
but the leaf-nervation is less conspicuous. 
1018. Bassia Bourdillonii, Gamble [Sapotaceae]; species 
decidua, floribus subterminalibus fulvo-tomentosis, foliis ongis 
membranaceis oblanceolatis brevissime petiolatis ad apices 
ramulorum conspicue confertis insignis. 
Ar mediocris, decidua, ad 20 m. alta, 40-50 cm. trunci 
diametro, ramulis rugosis crassissimis. Folia membranacea, ad 
apices ramulorum densissime conferta, oblanceolata, apice acuta, 
basi in petiolum attenuata, supra glabra, subtus (et aliquando 
juventute supra) ad costam et nervos fulvo-lanata, 20-30 cm. 
longa, 6-10 cm. lata; costa crassa, supra impressa; nervi 
primarii utrinque 20-25, primum recti, deinde prope marginem 
curvati, nervulis transversis et reticulatione inconspicuis ; petiolus 
ad 1 cm. longus, crassus, dense fulvo-tomentosus. lores pedi- 
cellati, ad apices ramulorum conferti, bracteis brevissimis lanceo- 
latis suffulti; pedicelli fulvo-tomentosi, circiter 2 cm. longi, 
patentes vel haud conspicue nutantes. Calycis lobi ovati, acuti, 
fulvo-tomentosi, 7-10 mm. longi. Corollae tubus carnosus, 5 mm 
longus, glaber ; lobi 12, oblanceolati, 7 mm. longi, lutescentes. 
Stamina circiter 24; antherae glabrae, basi cordatae, longe 
