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EPAORIDR.E. 



Leucopogon malayanus, Jack, In Mai. Misc. i. (1820) No. v, 20 

 (P' 314). 

 Grunong Tahan. Small tree. (5316.) 



Distrih. — Common on all the liills and on sandy coasts oi the 

 Peninsula. Occurs also in Borneo and Banka, with a variety 

 in Tenasserim. 



MYRSIXE.E. 



Ardisia rosea, King & Gamble, in Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. Ixxiv. ii. 

 Extr. (1906) 150 (j^. 314). 



Giinong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. Small tree ; flowers white, stalks 

 pui'plish. (5467.) Shrub ; flowers white, flower-stalks red ; 

 leaves and young wood tinged with red. (5334.) 



Distrib. — Perak, on most hill-ranges at high elevations. 



A. BINIFLORA, n. Sp. 



Frutex validus, ramis pallidis densis. Folia coriacea lanceolata 

 obtusa basibus cuneatis, glabra, 24 poll, longa, 1 poll, lata, 

 carina subtus crassiuscula, nervis copiosis, petiolo j poll, longo. 

 Flores axillares bini vel terni in pedunculo 1 poll, gracili, foliis 

 breviores. Bractese ad basin pedunculi et pedicellorum foliaceae 

 parvse ovatse. Sepala i-otundata brevia haud imbricata margini- 

 bus glanduloso-dentatis. Petala lanceolata acuta, glandulosa, 

 glandulis magnis, ~ poll, longa. Antherse lanceolatse apiculatse. 



Grunong Tahan, in ravines, 5,000-6,000 ft. Shrub 10-15 feet high ; 

 flower reddish pink ; anthers brownish. (5460.) 



A shrub with the hal)it of Ardisia littoralis, Andr., but with very 

 stifE, closely-veined, entire, ol^scurely gland-dotted leaves, and 

 flowers in pairs on axillary peduncles. 



Ardisia retinervia, n. sj). (p. 31d). 



Frutex 10-12 ped. alt., ramis validis bruuueis, omnino glaber. Folia 

 coriacea elliptica, apice rotundata, basi cuneata, 4-4| poll, longa, 

 2 poll, lata, crebre glandulose-pvmctata in utraque pagina, costa 

 superne depressa subtus elevate crassiuscula ; nervis superne 

 inconspicuis, subtus elevatis horizontalibus numerosis valde 

 reticulatis usque ad margines ; margines integri, glandulis margina- 

 libus nullis ; petiolo valido brevi, |-1 poll, longo. Cymse pauci- 

 florse axillares breves. Flores desunt ; pedicelli fructiferi suban- 

 gulati, t} poll, longi. Sepala 5 ovata obtusa hand glandulifera 

 glabi-a brevia. Drupa globosa multi-snlcata, j poll, longa ; stylo 

 brevi. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. Shrub 10-15 feet high. (5502.) 



Remarkable chiefly for its stiffly coriaceous, strongly reticulated 

 leaves. The drupe, which is large for the genus, is marked with 

 narrow ridges and grooves. 



