1920] Ridley : Peninsular Siamese Plants. 99 



petiole -25 in. long. Racemes fascicled, slender, -5 in. to 

 1-5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate-acuminate half as long as 

 the pedicel which is slender -8 in. long. Sepals very small, 

 round, entire not glandular nor toothed. Corolla-tube as 

 long as sepals, globose at base and narrowed abruptly below 

 the limb, lobes 5, round, imbricate. Stamens 5, anthers 

 sub-sessile on the mouth of the tube, style cylindric as long 

 as tube. Ovary flattened at toD. Fruit ovoid globose, -1 

 in. long, crowned at the top with the conspicuous ovate-acute 

 sepals. Tasan : White, tipped pink ; 1 foot ; 6720. 



Very distinct in the entire leaves, only the younger ones 

 having a faint trace of serration, short slender raceme and 

 flask-shaped corolla. 



151. Maesa indica, DC. 



Tapli : White ; bush ; 6738. Distrib. India, Malay 

 Peninsula. 



152. Maesa paniculata, DC. 



Tasan : White ; climber ; 6842. Distrib. Tenasserim. 



153. Labisia pothoina, Lindl. 



Tasan : White ; 6835. Distrib. India, Malay Peninsula. 



154. Ardisia complanata, Wall 



Mamoh : Flowers whitish, sepals crimson ; tree ; 20 ft. ; 

 6715. Distrib. India, Malaya. 



155. Ardisia Amherstiana, Mez. var. lanceolata, var nov. 



Tapli : Mauve pink ; small tree, 20 ft. ; 6785. The 

 leaves of this plant are much more narrow lanceolate acumi- 

 nate to both ends than they are in the typical forms, but it 

 does not appear to be a common plant and has seldom been 

 collected. Distrib. Tenasserim. 



156. Ardisia crenata, Roxb. 



Klong Bagatae : Fruit crim son ; 4 f t. ; 6574. Distrib. 

 Common in open country, India China, Malaya. 



157. Ardisia villosa, Roxb. 



TapU : White, centre buff ; 4 ft. high ; 6747. Tasan : 

 rose pink, centre of flower dull yellowish ; 7013. Distrib. 

 Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. 



158. Ardisia bractescens, sp. nov. 



Unbranched or little branched shrub, 1 foot tall ; stem 

 woody -12 in. through. Leaves at top only. Leaves her- 

 baceous, broad, lanceolate-acuiainate, base cuneate, edge 

 crenate gland-dotted sparsely on both sides, glabrous, 6-5 

 in. long, 2-25 in. wide, petiole • 1 j in. long, Panicle axillary 

 1 in. long, few flowered ; peduncles and pedicels dotted with 

 minute black hairs. Pedicel • 3 m. long. Bracts at base of 

 pedicels 2, oblong in pairs, gland dotted • 1 in. long. Sepals 

 lanceolate acuminate as long as petals or longer -18 in. long, 

 dotted with black glands and :short black hairs. Petals 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate, glf.ndular. Stamens shorter. 



