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dotted; inflorescence long; leaves oblong, 



glabrous, pale .. .. .. 34. A.virens. 



Calyx-lobes ovate, more or less acute : — 

 Inflorescence axillary, racemose or umbel- 

 late : — 



Kacemes or umbels in the axils of upper 

 leaves only : — 



Leaves over 5 in. long, crenatures broad, 

 very shallow, rounded : — 



Leaves membranous, pedicels slender 35. A. Wrayi. 

 Leaves coriaceous, pedicels thick . . 36. A. minor. 

 Leaves under 4 in. long, crenatures 

 narrow, almost dentate .. .. S7. A. perahensis. 



Eacemes in the axils of all or nearly all 

 the leaves, crenatures narrow .. 38. A. Meziana. 



Inflorescence terminal or pseudo-terminal: — 

 Inflorescence of a single sessile, umbellate 

 raceme ; leaves 4 to 8 in. long . . 39. A. Ridleyi. 



Inflorescence usually of panicled racemes ; 

 leaves 2 to 4 in. long . . . . 40. A. crenata. 



Calyx-lobes not gland-dotted ; inflorescence ter- 

 minal or pseudo-terminal : — 



Branches of inflorescence short, not more than 



1 in. long ; leaves 2 to 4 in. long . . 41. A. rosea. 



Branches of inflorescence 2 to 3 in. long ; 



leaves 4 to 6 in. long .. .. 42. A. longepedunculata. 



Leaves acutely and prominently serrate occasionally 

 abortive (VIII. Bladhia) : — 



Inflorescence long, reaching 6 to 8 in. ; leaves 



large, nearly or quite sessile . . . . 43. ^. Maingayi. 



Inflorescence short, under 2-5 in. ; leaves 

 petioled : — 



Inflorescence 1'5 to 2-5 in. long ; anthers 

 mucronate ; leaves under 8 in. long . . 44. A. thecc folia. 



Inflorescence under 1-5 in. long ; anthers 

 emarginate ; leaves over 4 in. long : — ■ 

 Leaves and branchlets f ulvous-villous ; 

 flowers pink ; ovary and base of style 

 pubescent . . . . . . 45. A. odontophylla var. LobhiL 



Leaves and branchlets glabrous ; flowers 



white ; ovary and base of style glabrous . . 46. A. hambusetorinn. 



1. Ardisia pachysandra, Mez Monog. Myrs. 97 fig. 14 A-E (1901). 

 A large shrub or small tree reaching to 40 to 50 feet high, and 6 

 to 10 in. diam. ; branches with pale brown bark, marked with 

 decurrent lines below the leaves or leaf-scars ; branchlets thickly rusty- 

 villous at the ends. Leaves membranous ; oblong or slightly obovate, 

 acute at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous above, except on the midrib 

 which is sometimes minutely pubescent, glabrous or shghtly pubescent 

 beneath; entire, glands numerous near the margins; 6 to 10 in. long, 

 1-5 to 3 in. broad ; midrib thick, shghtly impressed above ; main-nerves 



