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ARDISIA DOLICHOSEPALA sp. nov. § Crispardisia. 
Frutex glaber, vel ramulis et inflorescentiis parcissime pubes- 
cens ; foliis alternis, oblong ad oblongo-lanceolatis, membranaceis, 
olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 21 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 
angustatis, acuminatis, nigro-punctatis, margine irregulariter 
crenatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, tenuibus; inflorescentiis 
subsessilibus vel pedunculatis, paucifloris, umbellatis ; floribus 5-, 
rariter 6-meris, circiter 8 mm longis, sepalis membranaceis, lan- 
ceolatis, obtusis, 7 ad 8 mm longis, perspicue punctatis; petalis 
perspicue punctatis, oblongo-ovatis, sepalis aequilongis. 
A glabrous shrub or the very young branchlets and inflores- 
cences very slightly pubescent. Branches terete, brownish, 
rugose. Leaves alternate, membranaceous, olivaceous, shining, 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 21 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, 
subequally narrowed to the acute base and the blunt-acuminate 
apex, the margins irregularly crenate, conspicuously black-punc- 
tate ; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, slender, 
anastomosing, the reticulations very lax, indistinct; petioles 1 
to 1.5 cm long. Umbels simple, in the upper axils, subsessile 
or pedunculate, the peduncles up to 3 cm in length, the pedicels 
about 1 cm long, ten or fewer flowers in each umbel. Flowers 
pink, about 8 mm long, the bracteoles oblong, glandular, up to 
3 mm in length. Sepals membranaceous, lanceolate, obtuse, con- 
spicuously glandular-punctate, 7 to 8 mm long, 1.6 to 2 mm wide, 
nearly glabrous, the margins sometimes with a few short hairs. 
Petals as long as the sepals, oblong-ovate, acuminate, conspicu- 
ously glandular-punctate, about 4 mm wide. Anthers oblong- 
ovate, subobtuse, 4 mm long, the connectives glandular. Ovary 
ovoid, glabrous; style slender, 7 mm long. Fruits red, brown 
when dry, subglobose, about 6 mm in diameter. 
British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Gurulau Spur, Minitindok 
Gorge, and Kiau, Mrs. Clemens 10819 (type), 10U86, s. n., November 17 and 
27, 1915. 
The alliance of this species is with Ardisia petocalyx Scheff., from which 
it is distinguished by its vegetative and inflorescence characters. The 
flowers are occasionally 6-merous, but normally 5-merous. The sinuses of 
the crenulations bear the characteristic glands of the subgenus, the leaf- 
margin otherwise bearing a rather close row of black glands similar to 
those that are scattered over other parts of the leaf. 
ARDISIA OBSCURINERVIA sp. nov. § Tinus. 
Arbor, partibus junioribus minute furfuraceo-lepidotis ex- 
ceptis glabra; foliis alternis, coriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 17 cm 
longis, in siccitate olivaceo-brunneis, opacis vel leviter nitidis, 
utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice leviter obtuse 
