Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, 131 



and 2-75 in. broad. A. complanata, Wall. Cat. 2277 ; Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 210 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 126 ; Scheff. Myrs. 

 78 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1024. A. sanguinolenta, Bl. Bijdr. 685 {not of 

 Wall.). A. Zollingeri, DC. Prod. VIII. 670. 



Penang : Wallich 2277 ; Curtis 1052, 22494. Perak : Wray 2896, 

 3929 ; Scortechini 144, 112 ; King's Collector 7680.— Distrib. Chitta- 

 gong, Java, Sumatra. 



Vae. salicifolia, King & Gamble. Leaves lanceolate, 5 to 7 in. long, 

 1 to 1*5 in. broad, glabrous, obscurely gland-dotted ; main-nerves not 

 prominent. Panicles spreading, leafy ; rachis zigzag, much flattened ; 

 bracteoles persistent. 



Perak : Wray 2960 ; King's Collector 3216, 6816, 8563. Malacca : 

 Hervey. 



Vae. elliptica,, King & Gamble. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 

 acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, glabrous; 4*5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 

 broad; main-nerves fewer, 15 to 20 pairs, less prominent. Panicles 

 rather short and stout, 4 to 6 in. long, pyramidal, rachis less flattened, 

 scarcely zigzag. 



Perak : Wray 3293 ; King's Collector 3326, 3453, 5057, 6473, 6624, 

 6820, 8856. 



15. Ardisia crassa, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 518 (1882). 

 A small tree; branches pale brown, rounded, stout; branchlets somewhat 

 flattened above and with raised lines from below the base of the petioles. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; oblong, acute or slightly blunt-acuminate above, 

 cuneate at base ; glabrous and shining above, rufescent and with 

 inconspicuous rounded scales beneath ; entire ; 4 to 9 in. long, 1*5 to 

 2*5 in. broad ; midrib prominent beneath ; main-nerves nearly regular at 

 first, nearly at right angles to midrib, afterwards arching upwards and 

 round parallel to the edge, 20 to 27 pairs, secondary obscure. Li- 

 florescence a terminal rusty-pubescent panicle, 5 to 6 in. long, with 

 remote branches ending in closely packed umbels ; rachis thick, much 

 flattened, flexuose ; branches first at right angles, then curved, '5 to '8 in. 

 long ; pedicels very short, thick ; bracteoles ovate, blunt, about '1 in. 

 long. Calyx-lobes thick, ovate-orbicular, "2 in. long, minutely ferruginous- 

 pubescent, overlapping to right; tube about half the length of the lobes. 

 Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, unequal, obliquely and shortly acute, 

 *15 in. long. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, acute; 

 filaments very short, broad at base. Ovary rounded, glabrous ; style 

 short, about '1 in. long, subulate. Berry globose, depressed, not striate, 

 •25 in. in diam. Mez Monog. Myrs. 114. 



Malacca: Maingay (K.D.) 1015; Goodenough 1808. — Distrib. 

 Borneo. 



