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20 to 25 pairs ; secondary faint, all arching upwards into an irregular 
intramarginal ring and reticulate ; petiole 4 in. long, narrowly winged 
by the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a loose terminal few-flowered 
panicle up to 6 in. long ; rachis flexuous ; branches racemose, at right 
angles to rachis; peduncles 1 to l - 5 in. long, curving upwards; 
pedicels -5 to '7 in. long, slender, curved upwards; bracteoles minute, 
ovate, deciduous ; flowers 3-5-, usually 4-merous ; buds slender. 
Calyx-lobes ovate, '04 in. long, obscurely dotted ; tube short. Corolla- 
lobes ovate-lanceolate, pink, -3 in. long by ‘1 in. broad, recurved in 
flower, not dotted but striate. Stamens as long as corolla-lobes ; 
anthers very slender, opening by terminal pores as well as longitu- 
dinally ; filaments very short, thick. Ovary conical, gradually passing 
into a slender style -25 in. long. Berry globose, -25 in. in diam., ribbed, 
glossy black when ripe. Koord. & Yal. Bijdr. Y. 260 ; Mez Monog. 
Myrs. 118. 
Perak: Scortechini 116, 1511; King's Collector 3108. Malacca: 
Griffith (K.D.) 3578 ; Maingay (K.D.) 1012 ; Wray 39 ; Goodenough 
1528 ; Hervey. 
18. Ardisia divergens, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), FI. Ind. I. 583, 
and FI. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 275. A small tree, reaching 20 feet 
in height ; branchlets slender, smooth, rounded. Leaves chartaceous ; 
elliptic or lanceolate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded at base, 
drying reddish-brown ; glabrous on both surfaces ; entire, margins 
slightly incurved ; glandular dots large, prominent, especially near the 
margin ; 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad ; midrib prominent beneath ; 
primary nerves 8 to 12 pairs, irregular, arched and joining in an intra- 
marginal prominent nerve with a smaller, less prominent nerve near the 
edge ; secondary nerves few, slender, reticulate ; petiole -15 to - 3 in. 
long, winged by the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a loose terminal 
rusty-pubescent panicle, 2 to 3 in. long, ultimate branches umbelled, 
3-5-flowered ; main peduncle - 5 to 1 in. long, secondary peduncles 
about '5 in. with lanceolate leafy recurved bracts ; pedicels about "4 in. 
long, thickened above, glandular ; bracteoles ovate, deciduous ; flowers 
red, buds short, conical. Calyx-lobes rounded, - 05 in. in diam., ciliate, 
conspicuously dotted with few large, transparent, light brown glands ; 
tube short. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute, '15 to '2 in. long, unequal in 
size, and oblique ; tube very short, dots very few. Stame?is a little 
shorter than the corolla-lobes ; anthers large, ovate-acute ; filaments 
very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, attenuated into a -1 in. long style. 
Berry round, smooth, somewhat depressed, tipped by the persistent 
style. Wall. Cat. 2269 ; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 130 ; Clarke in Hook. f. 
FI. Br. Ind. III. 521 ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 117. A. punctata, Jack ; 
