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elongate, triangular, back rounded with a row of black dots 

 down the back. Style shorter than the stamens, blunt. 

 Tasan : Rose pink ; 6883. 



This species is remarkable for its rather large distinct 

 bracts and short petals. 



159. Ardisia (§ Pimelandra) congesta, sp. nov. 



Small tree 4 to 15 to 20 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves thin, 

 coriaceous, elongate, elhptic, shortly acuminate, blunt, base 

 narrowed blunt ; nerves 20 pairs, slender elevate beneath, 9 

 in. long, 2-25 in, wide ; petiole -25 in. long. Flowers in 

 dense axillary fascicles, shorter than petiole, glabrous. 

 Pedicels -05 in. long. Sepals narrow, oblong blunt, densely 

 glandular. Corolla -25 in. across. Petals lanceolate 

 acuminate, blunt, glandular. Stamens lanceolate acuminate, 

 glandular. Style long and slender shorter than stamens. 

 All glabrous. Tasan : dull crimson ; 15 to 20 ft. ; 6993 : 

 crimson ; 4 ft, ; 6879. Distinguished from Ardisia pachyr 

 sandra, {Pimelandra Wallichii) and Teysmanniana by 

 being quite glabrous, the flowers much smaller on very 

 much shorter pedicels with longer narrower petals. 



EBENACEAE. 



160. Diospyros siamensis, Hochr. 



Koh Jam Yai off Takuapa : Tree ; flowers apricot yel- 

 low ; fruit large, egg-shaped, green with- reddish fur ; 

 6632. Distrih. Siam South to Kedah. 



161. Diospyros flavicans, Hiern. 



Tasan : Yellow ; tree 20 ft. ; 6874. Distrih. Tenasserim 

 to Malay Peninsula. 



162. Maba merguensis, Hiern. 



Koh Jam Yai off Takuapa : Tree ; white ; 20 ft. Distrih. 

 Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



OLEACEAE. 



163. Jasminum syringaefolium, Wall. 



Klong Bagatae : White ; bush ; 6573 and 6572. Distrih. 

 Assam, Tenasserim. 



164. Jasminum decussatum, Wall. 



Nam Chut, Pakchan Estuary : Flowers white ; 6652. 

 Distrih. Tenasserim to Kedah. 



165. Jasminumi puberulum, n. sp. 



Branches puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate 

 acuminate base round, glabrous shining when adult ; nerves 

 4 pairs inarching elevate beneath, sunk above, 4 in. long, 

 1*75 in. wide, petiole -25 in. Cymes puberulous, 1-5 in. 

 long and wide. Calyx cup-shaped • 1 in. long, lobes as short, 

 linear hairy. Corolla white, tube stout, -25 in. long, lobes 

 8, linear siU^-acute, as long as the tube. 



