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20 to 25 pairs; secondary faint, all arching upwards into an irregular 

 intramargmal ring and reticulate ; petiole 4 in. long, narrowly winged 

 by" the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a loose terminal few-flowered 

 panicle up to 6 in. long ; rachis flexuous ; branches racemose, at right 

 angles to rachis ; peduncles 1 to 1-5 in. long, curving upwards ; 

 pedicels '5 to -7 in. long, slender, curved upwards; bracteoles minute, 

 ovate, deciduous ; flowers 3-5-, usually 4-merous ; buds slender. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate, "04 in. long, obscurely dotted ; tube short. Corolla- 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate, pink, -3 in. long by "1 in. broad, recurved in 

 flower, not dotted but striate. Stamens as long as corolla-lobes ; 

 anthers very slender, opening by terminal pores as well as longitu- 

 dinally ; filaments very short, thick. Ovary conical, gradually passing 

 into a slender style -25 in. long. Berry globose, '25 in. in diam., ribbed, 

 glossy black when ripe. Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 260 ; Mez Monog. 

 Myrs. 118. 



Perak : Scortechini 116, 1511 ; King's Collector 3108. Malacca : 

 Griffith (K.D.) 3578; Maingay (K.D.) 1012; Wray 39; Gooclenough 

 1528; Hervey. 



18. Ardisia DiVERGENS, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), Fl. Ind. I. 583, 

 and Fi. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 275. A small tree, reaching 20 feet 

 in height ; branchlets slender, smooth, rounded. Leaves chartaceous ; 

 elliptic or lanc«olate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded at base, 

 drying reddish-brown ; glabrous on both surfaces ; entire, margins 

 slightly incurved ; glandular dots large, prominent, especially near the 

 margin; 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath; 

 primary nerves 8 to 12 pairs, irregular, arched and joining in an intra- 

 marginal prominent nerve with a smaller, less prominent nerve near the 

 edge ; secondary nerves few, slender, reticulate ; petiole "15 to "3 in-, 

 long, winged by the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a loose terminal 

 rusty-pubescent panicle, 2 to 3 in. long, ultimate branches umbelled, 

 3-5-flowered ; main peduncle '5 to 1 in. long, secondary peduncles 

 about "5 in. with lanceolate leafy recurved bracts ; pedicels about -4 in. 

 long, thickened above, glandular ; bracteoles ovate, deciduous ; flowers 

 red, buds short, conical. Calyx-lobes rounded, "05 in. in diam., ciliate, 

 conspicuously dotted with few large, transparent, light brown glands ; 

 tube short. Ccn-olla-lobes ovate, acute, "15 to -2 in. long, unequal in 

 size, and oblique ; tube very short, dots very few. Stamens a little 

 shorter than the corolla-lobes ; anthers large, ovate-acute ; filaments 

 very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, attenuated into a "1 in. long style. 

 Berry round, smooth, somewhat depressed, tipped by the persistent 

 style. Wall. Cat. 2269 ; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 130 ; Clarke in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. III. 521 ; Mez Monog. Mjnrs. 117. A. punctata, Jack ; 



