544 PLANTS 



glandulosis ; nervis piimariis utriiic|ue circiter 16, tenuibus, 

 subtiis distinctis ; petiolo 3 ad 7 mm longo ; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, tripinnatim paniculatis. circiter 12 cm longis. 

 miiltifloris, minute castaneo-furfuraceis, ramis primariis paucis, 

 floribus in ramnlis nltimis uml;ellatim dispositis. iimbellis 

 5- ad 8-floris ; pedicellis circiter 3 mm longis, temiibiis ; 

 sepalis oblongo-ovatis, acntis vel obtnsis, 1.5 mm longis. 

 hand imbricatis. margine ciliatis glandnlis paucis (2 ad 5) 

 magnis praeditis ; petalis ovatis ad oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, 

 2.0 ad 3 mm longis, eglandulosis ; antheris late ovatis. 

 1.5 nmi longis, dorso hand ]wnctatis : ovarium glabrum. 



Mount Murud, No. 80, E. Mjoberg, October. 1922. between 

 the altitudes of 1900 and 24 m. 



A species probably belonging in Stylardisia rather than 

 in Acrardisia , although in but few of the flowers are 

 the styles exserted before anthesis. Its alliance is with 

 Ardisia synneura Scheff. but it has smaller leaves, ample 

 many flowered inflorescences, and prominently glandular- 

 punctate sepals. 



Ardisia obovattfolta sp. nov. § Akosmos. 



Frutex, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber, ramulis teretibus, 

 5 mm diametro ; foliis plus minusve confertis, obovatis, 

 integerrimis, apice latissime rotundatis interdum late acutis, 

 deorsum contractis, basi cuneatis, subcoriaceis. olivaceis, 

 brevissime petiolatis, circiter 15 cm longis et 8 cm latis. 

 utrinque glabris, margine arete revolutis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 15. patulis. subtus distinctis: petiolo crasso, vix 

 5 mm longo ; inflorescentiis axillaribus. minute castaneo- 

 puberulis, bipinnatim paniculatis, circiter 10 cm longis. ramis 

 primariis paucis, patulis, inferioribus circiter 2 cm longis, 

 floribus umbellatim dispositis, umbellis 5- ad 8-floris, pedicellis 

 sursum incrassatis, circiter 9 mm longis; sepalis apertis, 

 ovatis, obtusis ad acutis, 1 mm longis, margine ciliatis. 

 glandulis magnis paucis praeditis ; petalis lanceolatis. acumi- 

 natis. 4 ad 5 mm longis. parce glandulosis, glandulis 

 magnis; antheris lanceolatis. acuminatis. 2.5 ad 3 mm longis, 

 dorso eglandulosis; ovarium glabrum. 



Mount Murud, No. 79, E. Mjoberg, October, 1922. above 

 an altitude of 1900 m. 



