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then arched upwards to and along the margin; secondary nerves 

 many, slender, 1 to 2 between each pair of main-nerves, reticulations 

 oblique ; petiole rather thick, -5 to '8 in. long, channelled above, winged 

 by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a pyramidal 

 terminal panicle, 4 to 12 in. long, tripinnate, ferruginous scaly, bearing 

 clustered umbellate racemes of flowers ; rachis much flattened, as are 

 its branch peduncles; primary branches 2 to &in. long, peduncle "5 in., 

 bracts caducous ; secondary branches "5 to 1 in. long, peduncles '2 to 

 •4 in., bracteoles small, ovate-acuminate; pedicels slender, -1 to "2 in. 

 long ; umbels many-flowered. Calyx-lobes ovate, bluntly acute, -05 to 

 -08 in. long, densely gland-dotted, margins scarious and ciliate ; tube 

 rather shorter than lobes. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate-acute, oblique, 

 unequal, about '15 in. long, not gland-dotted ; tube very short. Stamens 

 a little shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers sagittate, acuminate; filaments 

 very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style thick, '2 in. long. Berry 

 globose, "2 to "25 in. in diam., deep red to black, obscurely ribbed when 

 dry, shining. Clarke in Hook, f . Fl. Br. Ind. III. 520 ; Mez Monog. 

 Myrs. 113. A. pyramidalis, Eoth Nov. PI. Sp. 123 {not of Cav.). A. 

 Bothii, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 117, Prod. VIII. 126. 

 A. anceps, Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I.e. 280, and Cat. 2261 ; DC. Prod. I.e. ; 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. II. 224, and For. Fl. II. 107 ; 

 Scheff. Myrs. 77. A. polycarpa, Wall. Cat. 2285. A. grandiflora, Wall. 

 Cat. 2272. 



Kedah: Bidley 5509. Peeak : Scortechini 20, 203, 397, 1505, 

 1568; King's Collector 798, 1301, 3099, 3284, 3567, 6473, 6823, 7741, 

 8252, 10866; Bidley 5508. Province Wellesley: Bidley 6945. 

 Selangor : Bidley 7559 ; Goodenough 10551. Malacca : Maingay 

 (K.D.) 1008 ; Goodenough 1762 ; Derry 553, 915, 1075 ; Bidley 1245, 

 1581, 2817. — DisTRiB. India, Burma, Malay Islands. 



Vae. polyneura, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. Ill, 520. Leaves 

 paler when dry than in the typical form ; wide, reaching 4-5 in, in 

 width, sometimes reaching 15 in. in length ; more usually elliptic, 

 oblong or obovate, more rounded at base ; all nerves more prominent. 

 Panicle wide at the base ; pedicels much reflexed ; rachis very much 

 flattened. A. p)olyneura, Miq. in PI. Jungh. I. 198, and Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 II. 1022 ; Scheff. Myrs. 81. 



Perak : Bidley 3000 ; Scortechini 1290, 1412 ; Wray 1643, 1950, 

 2810 ; King's Collector 527, 2152, 2197, 2629, 3643, 3655, 3657, 4119, 

 4751, 6922, 8640. Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3568.— Distrib. Java. 



Var. complanata, Clarke I.e. Panicles smaller, rusty-pubescent ; 

 flowers and berries smaller ; panicle, rachis, and branches much 

 flattened. Leaves usually narrower and smaller, rarely over 7 in. long 



