TO LOWER SI AM. 125 



Embclia Ribes~Burm, Lankawi (Curtis \ 



Distrib. India and Malaya. 

 Ardisia fulva, King and Gamble. Lankawi, Kwah, (Curtis, 

 Ridley). 



Distrib. Penang hill and the Dindings. 

 A. lankawiensis, King and Gamble. 



Lankawi woods opposite Kwah (Ridley, 8313), 

 Endemic. 

 A. colorata, Roxb. var. salicifolia, Kopah, (Fox), Kedah, Bukit 

 Pinarig near Alor, Sta ( 14933). 



Ardisia furva, n. sp. 



Shrub, leaves lanceolate, entire, narrowed at both 

 ends gradually, apex acute, glabrous above, beneath slightly 

 rufous, hairy in the midrib, densely dotted with glands 

 beneath, nerves in conspicuous, about 20 pairs of primary, 

 secondaries nearly as prominent, 4i inches long by l£ 

 inch wide, petiole half an inch long, red pubeseent. Cymes 

 in the axils of the upper leaves pubescent li inch long, 

 Peduncle 1 inch, pedicels about six, half an inch long, 

 Calyx lobes rounded, ovate, pubescent edges ciliate. 

 Corolla lobes longer, J inch ovate, lanceolate, obtuse 

 glabrous, dotted with glands in the upper half. Stamens 

 hastate mucronate base bilobed, broad with glands on 

 the back, filaments shorter, broad. Style narrowed 

 upwards. Fruit globose, unripe. 



Trang at Chong (Native collector). 



Allied to A. fulva, King and Gamble, but glabres- 

 cent calyx nor glandular not villous, anthers not acum- 

 inate, leaves entire. The leaves dry red brown, as in 

 A. fulva. 

 A. sanguinolenta, Wall. Perlis, TelorJambu hill (14932). 



Distrib. Burma. I am not sure of this species of 

 which I have seen no specimen and my plant was 

 only in fruit. 



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