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Corolla-lobes slightly longer than calyx-lobes, ovate, glabrous, gland- 
clotted. Stamens as long as corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate, apiculate ; 
filaments extremely short. Ovary rounded, glabrous; style subulate, 
rather thick, scarcely exsert. Berry red, globose, ‘15 in. in diam., 
gland-dotted when dry. 
Perak: Wray 327, 3869; Scortechini 296; King's Collector 8029. 
Eocks and hilltops at 3,000 to 7,000 feet. 
13. Ardisia sinuata, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub or small tree, 
reaching a height of 10 to 15 feet and a diam. of stem of 2 to 3 in. ; 
branchlets pale brown, sinuate, compressed, with raised lines joining 
the sides of the bases of the petioles, minutely scaly-pubescent or nearly 
glabrous. Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acumi- 
nate at apex, rounded or attenuate at base ; glabrous above, minutely 
scaly beneath when young, afterwards glabrate ; glandular dots few, 
scattered ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main-nerves 
10 to 12 pairs, '3 to -4 in. apart, starting from the midrib at an angle of 60° 
and at once curving upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves 
and reticulations faint; petiole p 3 to '4 in. long, channelled above by the 
decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a lax, terminal, bracteate, 
nearly glabrous, bi-tri-pinnate panicle 5 to 7 in. long, the branches 
bearing subumbellate clusters of small flowers ; rachis flat, sinuate ; 
bracts leafy, uppermost lanceolate recurved, '5 to 1 in. long ; bracteoles 
minute, ovate ; pedicels slender, -1 in. long. Calyx-lobes triangular- 
ovate, glabrous, ciliate, gland-dotted, -04 in. long. Corolla-lobes pale 
green or pink, ovate, acute ; margins transparent. Stamens nearly as 
long as corolla-lobes; anthers broadly ovate, shortly apiculate; filaments 
very short. Ovary rounded, glabrous ; style slender, exsert, - 1 to - 15 in. 
long. Berry globose, "15 in. in diam., obscurely striate and black 
when dry. 
Perak : Wray 2408, 3023 ; King’s Collector 4599. 
14. Ardisia colorata, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 16 (1814), PI. Ind. I. 581,. 
and PI. Ind. Ed. Carey and Wall. II. 271. A large shrub or small tree, 
reaching 25 feet in height and a girth of 1 foot ; branchlets compressed, 
pale brown, more or less lepidote-scaly, furnished with somewhat 
zigzag raised lines proceeding downwards from the sides of the bases 
of the petioles. Leaves chartaceous ; oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceo- 
late, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous on 
both surfaces, entire; glandular dots many, irregularly scattered, chiefly 
visible on the upper surface ; 5 to 10 in. long, l - 5 to 3 in. broad ; midrib 
prominent beneath, impressed above ; main-nerves 20 to 30, also 
prominently raised beneath and impressed above, usually '3 to ’4 in. 
apart, starting at an angle of 70° to 75° with the midrib, at first straight 
