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and 2-75 in. broad. A. complanata, Wall. Cat. 2277 ; Wall, in Eoxb. FI. 
Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 210 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 126 ; Scheff. Myrs. 
78 ; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. II. 1024. A. sanguinolenta, Bl. Bijdr. 685 ( not of 
Wall.). A. Zollingeri, DC. Prod. VIII. 670. 
Penang : Wallich 2277 ; Curtis 1052, 22494. Perak : Wray 2896, 
3929; Scortechini 144, 112; King’s Collector 7680. — Distrib. Chitta- 
gong, Java, Sumatra. 
Var. salicifolia, King & Gamble. Leaves lanceolate, 5 to 7 in. long, 
1 to 1-5 in. broad, glabrous, obscurely gland-dotted ; main-nerves not 
prominent. Panicles spreading, leafy ; racbis zigzag, much flattened ; 
bracteoles persistent. 
Perak : Wray 2960 ; King’s Collector 3216, 6816, 8563. Malacca : 
Hervey. 
Var. elliptica, King & Gamble. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 
acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, glabrous; 4-5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 
broad; main-nerves fewer, 15 to 20 pairs, less prominent. Panicles 
rather short and stout, 4 to 6 in. long, pyramidal, racliis less flattened, 
scarcely zigzag. 
Perak: Wray 3293 ; King’s Collector 3326, 3453, 5057, 6473, 6624, 
6820, 8856. 
15. Ardisia crassa, Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. III. 518 (1882). 
A small tree ; branches pale brown, rounded, stout ; branchlets somewhat 
flattened above and with raised lines from below the base of the petioles. 
Leaves coriaceous ; oblong, acute or slightly blunt-acuminate above, 
cuneate at base ; glabrous and shining above, rufescent and with 
inconspicuous rounded scales beneath ; entire ; 4 to 9 in. long, 1'5 to 
2 - 5 in. broad ; midrib prominent beneath ; main-nerves nearly regular at 
first, nearly at right angles to midrib, afterwards arching upwards and 
round parallel t.o the edge, 20 to 27 pairs, secondary obscure. In- 
florescence a terminal rusty-pubescent panicle, 5 to 6 in. long, with 
remote branches ending in closely packed umbels ; rachis thick, much 
flattened, flexuose ; branches first at right angles, then curved, - 5 to - 8 in. 
long; pedicels very short, thick; bracteoles ovate, blunt, about '1 in. 
long. Calyx-lobes thick, ovate-orbicular, - 2 in. long, minutely ferruginous- 
pubescent, overlapping to right; tube about half the length of the lobes. 
Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, unequal, obliquely and shortly acute, 
•15 in. long. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes; anthers ovate, acute; 
filaments very short, broad at base. Ovary rounded, glabrous ; style 
short, about -1 in. long, subulate. Berry globose, depressed, not striate, 
■25 in. in diam. Mez Monog. Myrs. 114. 
Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1015 ; Goodenough 1808. — Distrib. 
Borneo. 
