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wings connivent above when dry. Inflorescence a short (2 to 3 in. long), 

 axillary, few-flowered, sub-umbellate, minutely ferruginous-pubescent, 

 peduncled raceme ; peduncles 1 to 1"5 in. long, flattened ; pedicels "4 to 

 •6 in. in flower, longer in fruit and then clavate ; flowers large, waxy, 

 pinkish-white ; buds rounded, -4 to -5 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate-orbi- 

 cular, emarginate, scarious and ciliate at the edges, puberulous outside, 

 •2 in. in diam., glandular dots conspicuous, of various sizes, black 

 and brown mixed; tube short. Corolla-lobes ovate, obtuse, oblique, 

 concave and keeled, -4 in. long, "2 in. broad, glandular dots and lineoles 

 prominent, tube very short. Stamens two-thirds as long as petals ; 

 anthers hastate, mucronate, opening by longitudinal slits, prominently 

 dotted on the back with large black glands. Ovary rounded, ending in 

 a short subulate style. Berry globose, apiculate, "4 in. in diam., 

 smooth, gland-dotted. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 130 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 

 1019 ; Scheff. Myrs. 71 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 245 ; Mez Monog. 

 Myrs. 130. 



Perak : Bidley 7172, 10319.— Distrib. Java. 



25. Ardisia OXYPHYLLA, Wall. Cat. 2291 (1829). A shrub ; branchlets 

 rounded, smooth ; buds narrowly lanceolate, glabrous. Leaves charta- 

 ceous ; elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, acutely narrowed 

 at base, entire ; glabrous above, glabrous beneath except for a few 

 minute scales ; glandular dots many, especially near the margin ; 3 to 

 7 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib slender, prominent ; main-nerves 

 about 16 pairs, irregular, usually at about an angle of 60° with the 

 midrib, more or less parallel at first, then arching nearly to the margin ; 

 secondary nerves slender, like the main-nerves, reticulations irregular ; 

 petiole "4 to '7 in. long, winged by the decurrent margins of the blade. 

 Inflorescence an axillary, long-peduncled, short, few-flowered (5 to 8) 

 subumbellate raceme, about 2 to 4 in. long ; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, 

 angular when dry; pedicels "4 in. long, *7 in. in fruit, slender; buds 

 rounded, '3 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate-rotundate, obtuse, •! in. in 

 diam., ciliate on the scarious edges, prominently dotted with numerous 

 black and brown glands ; tube short. Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, 

 sub-acute or obtuse, oblique, '25 to "3 in. long, prominently dotted 

 with many black or brown round glands and fewer elongate lineolate 

 ones. Stamens nearly as long as corolla-lobes, almost quite sessile ; 

 anthers sagittate, long-acute, the connective prominently marked on 

 the back with large black conspicuous glands. Ovary rounded, ending 

 in a short "15 in. long style, glabrous. Berry globose, "3 in. in diam., 

 fleshy, smooth. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 120, Prod. VIII. 

 130 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 528 variety excepted ; Stapf 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2. IV. 204 ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 131. 



