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citer 1 mm longis; petalis oblongo-ovatis, 3.5 mm longis, acum- 
inatis, epunctatis vel cum glandulis 1 vel 2 instructis. 
A shrub, the young branchlets and the inflorescences rather 
densely cupreous-lepidote, the leaves distinctly but sparingly 
lepidote on the lower surface. Branches terete, glabrous, brown- 
ish, slender. Leaves alternate, chartaceous, usually olivaceous 
when dry, shining, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 5.5 to 11 
cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, entire, the base acute, apex slenderly 
but bluntly acuminate, eglandular or with few glands, the lower 
surface with scattered, brown or cupreous, minute scales ; lateral 
nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, 
anastomosing; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, 
paniculate, few-flowered, more or less cupreous-lepidote, the 
flowers subumbellately arranged on the ultimate branchlets, 
usually but two or three to a branchlet, their pedicels 5 to 7 
mm long. Calyx 3 mm in diameter, the lobes oblong-ovate, 
obtuse, ciliate on the margins, each lobe with 2 to 5 conspicuous 
glands. Petals oblong-ovate, acuminate, 3.5 mm long, eglandular 
or with one or two glands. Anthers oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, 2.5 mm long, the connectives slightly glandular. Ovary 
glabrous; style 2 to 2.5 mm long. 
British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Kemberanga and Gurulau 
Spur, Mrs. Clemens 10518 (type), 10827, November 15 and 27, 1915. 
This is allied to both Ardisia kinabaluensis Merr. and A. lepidotula 
Merr., differing from the former conspicuously in its fewer-nerved leaves, 
and from the latter in its distinct nerves, widely scattered lepidote scales 
on the lower surface of the leaves, and other characters. 
ARDISIA KINABALUENSIS sp. nov. § Acrardisia. 
Frutex, partibus junioribus minute cupreo-lepidulotis ; foliis 
alternis, olivaceis vel brunneo-olivaceis, nitidis, oblongis ad 
oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 9 cm longis, obtuse acuminatis, basi 
acutis, utrinque punctis multis instructis, nervis utrinque circiter 
18, tenuibus, distinctis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, circiter 4 cm 
longis, bipinnatim paniculatis, paucifloris, floribus in ramulis 
ultimis umbellatim dispositis; floribus circiter 1 cm diametro, 
calycis lobis oblongo-ovatis, obtusis, circiter 1 mm longis, parce 
punctatis, margine minute ciliatis ; petalis 5 mm longis, oblongo- 
ovatis, acuminatis, parce glanduloso-punctatis. 
A shrub, the very young parts distinctly but minutely cupreous- 
lepidote, the older parts entirely glabrous. Branches terete, 
brownish or reddish-brown, glabrous. Leaves alternate, sub- 
coriaceous, olivaceous to brownish, shining, oblong to oblong- 
elliptic, 5 to 9 cm long. 2 to 4 cm wide, base acute, apex blunt- 
acuminate, margins entire, both surfaces with numerous, black 
