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scaly above. Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic or elliptic- oblong, shortly and 
rather abruptly acuminate at apex, rounded at base ; glabrous above 
when old, when young densely covered, as is the under-surface always, 
with rather large reddish-brown peltate scales, margins recurved ; 6 to 
8 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent, impressed above ; 
main-nerves 24 to 30 pairs, irregularly spaced, at first parallel, leaving 
the midrib nearly at right angles, then near the margin curving upwards 
to and along the margin and anastomosing with the prominent secondary 
nerves which resemble the main ones ; reticulations prominent in an 
elegant network, all more or less raised above when dry; petiole 
•5 to -8 in. long, thick, bordered above by the decurrent margins of the 
blade. Inflorescence a pyramidal, rusty-scaly, bracteate, tripinnate 
panicle, up to 6 in. long, the branches bearing sub-umbellate, pedun- 
culate clusters of small flowers ; rachis somewhat flattened, rusty- 
scaly ; bracts leafy spathulate ; bracteoles minute, ovate ; pedicels 
■1 to -2 in. long, reflexed. Calyx-lobes ovate, -06 in. long, ciliate, scaly 
and glandular-dotted ; tube one-third of lobes. Corolla-lobes deep pink, 
ovate-acute, -14 in. long, with a very few black glands. Stamens nearly 
as long as corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, acute, -1 in. long, apiculate ; 
filaments rather thick, -3 to '4 in. long, minutely pubescent. Ovary 
rounded, glabrous ; style slender, exsert. Berry globose, often depressed 
at top, -15 to -2 in. in diam., black when dry. 
Pebak: Wray 320, 1566 ; Scortechini. Hilltops at 6,500 to 7,000 feet. 
12. Ardisia MONTANA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub reaching 
4 to 6 feet in height ; branchlets brown, somewhat angular, uppermost 
covered with a nearly furfuraeeous glandular tomentum. Leaves 
coriaceous ; elliptic- oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate at 
apex, rounded or attenuate at base ; scaly above, densely ferruginous- 
hairy and scaly beneath, scales stellate ; glandular dots scattered, 
obscure ; margins slightly recurved ; 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad ; 
midrib prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves 20 pairs, obscure, 
irregular, starting nearly at right angles to the midrib and curving 
upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves many, reticulations 
obscure ; petiole -5 in. long, channelled above by the decurrent margins 
of the blade, densely scaly and ferruginous-pubescent. Inflorescence a 
rather lax, terminal, pyramidal, bi-tri-pinnate, leafy panicle, up to 6 in. 
long in fruit, shorter in flower, the branches bearing sub-umbellate 
pedunculate clusters of minute flowers ; rachis somewhat flattened, 
furfuraceous-scaly ; branches squarrose ; peduncles - 5 to '7 in. long ; 
umbel-peduncles - 5 in. long ; pedicels - 2 in. long, often reflexed ; bracts 
leafy, deciduous ; bracteoles ovate, very small. Calyx-lobes ovate-acute, 
under -05 in. long, margins searious ciliate, dotted with large glands. 
