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a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, acuminate, with 2 rows of 

 prominent black dots behind the anthers ; filaments short. Ovary 

 ovoid, surmounted by a short, -1 in. long, subulate style, glabrous. Berry 

 '2 in. in diam., black when dry, ribbed. 



Kedah : on Langkawi Island, Curtis 2133. Penang: Bidley 10216. 

 Peeak : Bidley 8269. 



6. Ardisia peeruginea, Mez Monog. Myrs. 108 (1901). A shrub (?) ; 

 branchlets slender, densely ferruginous - tomentose. Leaves mem- 

 branous ; linear- or oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acute at apex, rounded 

 at base ; glabrous or slightly rusty - scaly above, rusty - pubescent 

 beneath ; entire ; glands not apparent ; 3 to 4-5 in. long, -75 to 1 in. 

 broad; midrib slender, nerves very faint; petiole -1 to -2 in. long, 

 rusty-pubescent. Stiiniles small, linear-falcate. Flowers in densely 

 ferruginous-pubescent, bipinnate panicles in the axils of upper leaves ; 

 peduncles '5 to -75 in. long ; bracts linear subulate about -15 in. ; pedicels 

 slender, -1 to '2 in. long ; bracteoles minute ; buds conical. Calyx-lobes 

 ovate, obtuse, ciliate, connate to rather over one-third, with wavy 

 glandular dots. Corolla-lobes shortly connate at the base, broadly and 

 obliquely ovate, short acuminate, gland-dotted. Stamens a little shorter 

 than the corolla-lobes ; anthers large, ovate, gradually acute, scarcely 

 punctate ; filaments very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, style slender. 



Johore : at Kampong Sunpai, Lake & Kelsall (Bidley 4032). 



This species does not seem to diiier very much from A.Miqueliana, Scheff. in Tijdsch. 

 Ned. Ind. XXXI. 367, in respect to leaves, but that species has terminal and not axiUary 

 flowers. 



7. Ardisia lankawiensis. King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree; branchlets 

 smooth, glabrous, obscurely striate, with raised lines from the edges of 

 the bases of the leaf -petioles. Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate at apex, acute at base, glabrous ; entire; glandular 

 dots frequent near the margins; 3'5 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 1*5 in. broad; 

 midrib slender ; main-nerves obscure, about 12 to 14 pairs, anastomosing 

 near the margin, secondary nerves and reticulations similar ; petiole 

 •5 to '6 in. long, channelled above by the decurrent margins of the blade. 

 Flowers pink, in long-peduncled, closely congested racemes in the axils 

 of the uppermost leaves; peduncles 3 to 3-5 in. long, flattened, glabrous ; 

 pedicels "5 to "7 in. long, striate, slender ; bracteoles minute, caducous. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, with many glands on the back, -075 in. 

 long. Corolla-lobes ovate, acuminate, much gland-dotted, -25 to "3 in. 

 long. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, ovate-lanceolate, 

 mucronate, dehiscing on the margins but more widely near the top. 

 Ovary rounded, obscurely 5-lobed ; style "2 in. long, twisted and 



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