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petiole rather slender, -8 to 1 in. long, bordered above by the decurrent 

 margins of the blade. Inflorescence an axillary corymbose raceme of 

 about 8 flowers and about "5 in. long on a 1"5 to 2 in. long flattened 

 peduncle ; pedicels -75 in. long, clavate. Calyx-lobes orbicular, ciliate, 

 gland-dotted, about •! in. long ; tube as long : rest of flowers unknown. 

 Berry globose, "2 in. long, glandular-dotted. 

 Peeak : at 1,000 feet, Wray 3797. 



30. Ardisia tbteasepala. King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub ; 

 branchlets slender, pale brown, with indistinct raised lines from the 

 sides of the leaf-petioles, sinuate, slightly scaly above. Leaves char- 

 taceous ; elliptic or elliptic- ovate, gradually acuminate at apex, rounded 

 at base ; glabrous above, pale brown when dry, very slightly pubescent 

 on and near the midrib beneath ; glandular dots many scattered, promi- 

 nently raised on the upper surface, margins slightly recurved ; 4-5 to 

 6-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. broad; midrib prominent below; main-nerves 

 about 16 to 20, irregularly spaced, starting at an angle of 60° from the 

 midrib, curved upwards, dividing and anastomosing with the secondary 

 nerves in a marginal network, all raised beneath ; petiole '2 to -3 in. 

 long, channelled above. Inflorescence a pseudo-terminal subumbellate 

 8-12-flowered scarcely "2 in. long raceme in the axil of the uppermost 

 leaf ; peduncle about '5 in. long, pedicels slender, about "5 in. long. 

 ■Calyx-lobes 4, ovate-orbicular, ciliate, gland-dotted, about "1 in. long, 

 reflexed in fruit : rest of flower unknown. Berry globose, '25 in. in 

 diam., black when dry and prominently dotted with oblong glands. 



JoHORE : at Jaffaria and Gunong Palai, 1,500 feet, G. King. 



We place this species in Tinus instead of in Tinopsis because not only does the 

 inflorescence seem to be only apparently terminal but its sub-umbellately racemose 

 character seems to approximate more nearly to that of the former section. 



31. Ardisia biflora. King & Gamble, n. sp. A small shrub, 4 to 

 '8 feet high ; branches smooth, pale brown ; branchlets divaricate, 

 slender. Leaves chartaceous; oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at both apex 

 and base ; glabrous ; entire or very faintly crenulate ; glandular dots 

 many, black, large, in the areoles of the reticulations ; 3 to 5 in. long, 

 •75 to 1*5 in. broad; midrib slender ; main-nerves 12 to 14 pairs, at an 

 angle of about 55° with the midrib, curving upwards to and along the 

 margin where they meet in a wavy intramarginal nerve ; secondary 

 nerves many, reticulations irregular ; petiole slender, "2 to "5 in. long, 

 sometimes longer. Inflorescence a lateral, 2-flowered, pedunculate umbel, 

 1-5 in. long; peduncle and pedicels each '75 in. long, slender. Calyx- 

 lobes ovate, scarious and ciliate on the margins, prominently gland- 

 dotted, '05 in. long ; tube as long : rest of flower unknown. Berry 



