BY E. D. MERRILL. 543 



Hhododendron variolosum Becc, Merr. Enum. Bom. PI. 

 (1921) 463. 



Mount Poi. s.n.. altitude about J 500 m. Known only 

 from Mount Poi, the type locality, and apparently closely 

 allied to Rhododendron maiayanum Jack. 



VACCi\Tr:\i Ijinnaeiis. 



VacoiniujM PACHYDEEi\ru:\r Stapf. Merr. Enum. Born. PI. 

 ri921) 467. 



Mount Murud. .Vo. ]0f^, from altitudes between 1900 and 

 "2400 m. Previously known only from Mount Kinabalu. 



VAccixir:\r sp. 



^Fount -Sfni-ud, -Vo. 110. A vew characteristic species 

 with caudate-acuminate leaves and lax racemes, probably 

 undescribed. but the matei'ial available insufficient. 



Vaccinium sp. 



Mount Murud. No. 109, a sterile specimen. 



MYRSTNACEAE. 



Ardtsta Swartz 



Ardisl\ humtlis Vabl, Merr. Enum. Born. PI. (1921-) 470. 



Blount Poi, No. h'>S, near the foot of the mountain. India 

 to ^Malaysia as interpreted by ]Mez. The proper name for 

 this form is doubtful. Tt may pi'ove to be .1. Jiftoralis Andr. 



Ardisia lepidotula Merr., Mrer. Enum. Born. PI. (1921) 471 . 



]Mount Poi, No. iSn. at or above an altitude of 1500 ni 

 The type locality. 



.\rdisia mjobergii sp. nov. § Stiilardisia. 



Erutex vel arbor parva, inflorescentiis dense minute 

 castaneo-furfuraceis subtus foHis dense castaneo-lepidotulis 

 exceptis olaber, ramis teretibus. fjlabris ; foliis coriaceis vel 

 subcoriaceis, integris. oblongis ad oblonoio-lanceolatis, 5 ad 

 10 cm lonois, 2 arl 3 cm latis, laevis, opacis, in siccitate 

 brunneo-olivaceis, utrinque subaeiqualiter an^ustatis. basi 

 acutis, apice obtuse acuminatis, subtus parce punctate- 



