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then arched upwards to and along the margin; secondary nerves 
many, slender, 1 to 2 between each pair of main-nerves, reticulations 
oblique ; petiole rather thick, -5 to - 8 in. long, channelled above, winged 
by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a pyramidal 
terminal panicle, 4 to 12 in. long, tripinnate, ferruginous scaly, bearing 
clustered umbellate racemes of flowers ; rachis much flattened, as are 
its branch peduncles; primary branches 2 to 6 in. long, peduncle '5 in., 
bracts caducous ; secondary branches • 5 to 1 in. long, peduncles ‘2 to 
•4 in., braeteoles small, ovate-acuminate; pedicels slender. T to '2 in. 
long; umbels many-flowered. Calyx-lobes ovate, bluntly acute, '05 to 
•08 in. long, densely gland-dotted, margins scarious and ciliate ; tube 
rather shorter than lobes. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate-acute, oblique, 
unequal, about T5 in. long, not gland-dotted; tube very short. Stamens 
a little shorter than corolla-lobes ; anthers sagittate, acuminate ; filaments 
very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style thick, ‘2 in. long. Berry 
globose, '2 to '25 in. in diam., deep red to black, obscurely ribbed when 
dry, shining. Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. III. 520 ; Mez Monog. 
Myrs. 113. A. pyramidalis, Both Nov. PL Sp. 123 ( not of Cav.). A. 
Bothii, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 117, Prod. VIII. 126. 
A. anceps, Wall, in Boxb. FI. Ind. l.c. 280, and Cat. 2261 ; DC. Prod. l.c. ; 
Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. II. 224, and For. FI. II. 107 ; 
Seheff. Myrs. 77. A. polycarpa, Wall. Cat. 2285. A. grandiflora, Wall. 
Cat. 2272. 
Kedah : Ridley 5509. Perak : Scortechini 20, 203, 397, 1505, 
1568; King’s Collector 798, 1301, 3099, 3284, 3567, 6473, 6823, 7741, 
8252, 10866; Ridley 5508. Province Wellesley: Ridley 6945. 
Selangor : Ridley 7559 ; Goodenough 10551. Malacca : Maingay 
(K.D.) 1008 ; Goodenough 1762 ; Derry 553, 915, 1075 ; Ridley 1245, 
1581, 2817. — Distrib. India, Burma, Malay Islands. 
Var. polyneura, Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. III. 520. Leaves 
paler when dry than in the typical form ; wide, reaching 4 - 5 in. in 
width, sometimes reaching 15 in. in length ; more usually elliptic, 
oblong or obovate, more rounded at base ; all nerves more prominent. 
Panicle wide at the base ; pedicels much reflexed ; rachis very much 
flattened. A. polyneura, Miq. in PI. Jungh. I. 198, and FI. Ind. Bat. 
II. 1022 ; Seheff. Myrs. 81. 
Perak : Ridley 3000 ; Scortechini 1290, 1412 ; Wray 1643, 1950, 
2810 ; King’s Collector 527, 2152, 2197, 2629, 3643, 3655, 3657, 4119, 
4751, 6922, 8640. Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3568. — Distrib. Java. 
Var. complanata, Clarke l.c. Panicles smaller, rusty-pubescent ; 
flowers and berries smaller ; panicle, rachis, and branches much 
flattened. Leaves usually narrower and smaller, rarely over 7 in. long 
