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irregular ; petiole ‘5 to -7 in. long, winged by the decurrent blade, the 
wings overlapping. Inflorescence a spreading, terminal or sometimes 
sub-axillary, panicle, 4 to 6 in. long ; rachis flexuose, angular or 
flattened ; branches stout, flattened, swollen at base, bearing corymbose 
racemes of about 7-8 flowers ; pedicels -6 to 1 in. long, stout, narrowly 
clavate, striate, minutely ferruginous-pubescent ; bracteoles small, 
obtuse, deciduous. Calyx-lobes orbicular, -2 in. in diam., enlarged and 
spreading in fruit, glabrous or slightly pubescent ; margins scarious 
and fimbriate-ciliate, base thickened ; glandular dots many, prominent ; 
tube short. Corolla ovate acuminate, pink, much twisted in bud, -35 in. 
long, of which one-third tube ; lobes unequal in size, oblique, dots not 
prominent. Stamens large, shorter than corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate 
acute, dehiscing longitudinally, back with few large usually oblong 
prominent black glands. Ovary globose ; style -1 to '2 in. long, 
subulate, twisted. Berry globose, depressed, smooth, -25 to - 3 in. in 
diam., black when dry. Wall. Cat. 2292; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 126; 
Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. II. 1025 ; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. III. 519 ; 
Mez Monog. Myrs. 122. A. speciosa, Bl. Bijdr. 684; A. DC. l.c. 133; 
Miq. in PI. Jungh. I. 197 and FI. Ind. Bat. II. 1022; Scheff. Myrs. 88; 
Mez Monog. Myrs. 123. A. purpurea , Beinw. ; Bl. Bijdr. 684; A. DC. 
l.c. 129; Miq. in PI. Jungh. I. 197 and FI. Ind. Bat. 1026; Scheff. 
Myrs. 88; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 265. A. Hasseltii, Blume; Schell. 
Myrs. 86 ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 123. A. mucronata, Bl. Bijdr. 685; 
A. DC. l.c. 126 ; Scheff. Myrs. 83 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V.269 ; Mez 
Monog. Myrs. 123. A. Leschenaultii, DC. l.c. 133; Miq. PI. Jungh. I. 
197 and FI. Ind. Bat. II. 1022 ; Scheff. Myrs. 89. A. plagioneura, 
Scheff. Myrs. 85 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 268. 
Penang : Roxburgh ; Curtis 2755. Perak : Scortechini 1824 ; 
Wray 192, 1401, 2480, 2863, 3659 ; King’s Collector 2954, 3200, 4528, 
4785, 6586, 6785, 8730, 10049. Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3569, 3579 ; 
Derry 512, 1117. Johoke : Lake & Kelsall 4033. Singapore : 
Major McNair; Cantley 133; Ridley 6136, 6436. — Distbib. Java, 
Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes. 
21. Ardisia littoralis, Andr. Bepos. X. t. 630 (1811). A glabrous 
shrub of succulent character, reaching 8 to 10 feet in height ; branches 
thick, rounded ; buds lanceolate. Leaves succulent-coriaceous ; obovate 
or oblong-obovate, rounded or bluntly acute or almost lanceolate at 
apex, cuneate at base ; entire ; glandular dots many, scattered, incon- 
spicuous ; 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2'5 in. broad ; midrib prominent ; main- 
nerves invisible in the fresh plant, obscure when dry, irregular, 13 to 
18 pairs, at an angle of about 60° with the midrib, curved upwards to 
and along the margin ; secondary nerves similar, slender, reticulations 
