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a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, acuminate, with 2 rows of 
prominent black dots behind the anthers ; filaments short. Ovary 
ovoid, surmounted by a short, '1 in. long, subulate style, glabrous. Berry 
•2 in. in diam., black when dry, ribbed. 
Kedah : on Langkawi Island, Curtis 2133. Penang : Ridley 10216. 
Perak : Ridley 8269. 
6. Ardisia ferruginea, Mez Monog. Myrs. 108 (1901). A shrub (?) ; 
branchlets slender, densely ferruginous - tomentose. Leaves mem- 
branous ; linear- or oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acute at apex, rounded 
at base ; glabrous or slightly rusty - scaly above, rusty - pubescent 
beneath; entire; glands not apparent; 3 to 4-5 in. long, -75 to 1 in. 
broad ; midrib slender, nerves very faint ; petiole -1 to -2 in. long, 
rusty-pubescent. Stipules small, linear-falcate. Flowers in densely 
ferruginous-pubescent, bipinnate panicles in the axils of upper leaves ; 
peduncles - 5 to -75 in. long; bracts linear subulate about -15 in. ; pedicels 
slender, -1 to '2 in. long ; bracteoles minute ; buds conical. Calyx-lobes 
ovate, obtuse, ciliate, connate to rather over one-third, with wavy 
glandular dots. Corolla-lobes shortly connate at the base, broadly and 
obliquely ovate, short acuminate, gland-dotted. Stamens a little shorter 
than the corolla-lobes ; anthers large, ovate, gradually acute, scarcely 
punctate ; filaments very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, style slender. 
Johore: at Kampong Sunpai, Lake & Kelsall (Ridley 4032). 
This species does not seem to differ very much from A. Miqueliana, Scheff. in Tijdseh. 
Ned. Ind. XXXI. 367, in respect to leaves, but that species has terminal and not axillary 
flowers. 
7. Ardisia lanka wiensis, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree; branchlets 
smooth, glabrous, obscurely striate, with raised lines from the edges of 
the bases of the leaf-petioles. Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic or elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminate at apex, acute at base, glabrous ; entire ; glandular 
dots frequent near the margins; 3'5 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 1'5 in. broad; 
midrib slender ; main-nerves obscure, about 12 to 14 pairs, anastomosing 
near the margin, secondary nerves and reticulations similar ; petiole 
•5 to '6 in. long, channelled above by the decurrent margins of the blade. 
Flowers pink, in long-peduncled, closely congested racemes in the axils 
of the uppermost leaves; peduncles 3 to 3’5 in. long, flattened, glabrous ; 
pedicels - 5 to '7 in. long, striate, slender ; bracteoles minute, caducous. 
Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, with many glands on the back, -075 in. 
long. Corolla-lobes ovate, acuminate, much gland-dotted, -25 to -3 in. 
long. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, ovate-lanceolate, 
mueronate, dehiscing on the margins but more widely near the top. 
Ovary rounded, obscurely 5-lobed ; style -2 in. long, twisted and 
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