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wings connivent above when dry. Inflorescence a short (2 to 3 in. long), 
axillary, few-flowered, sub-umbellate, minutely ferruginous-pubescent, 
peduncled raceme ; peduncles 1 to P5 in. long, flattened ; pedicels - 4 to 
•6 in. in flower, longer in fruit and then clavate; flowers large, waxy, 
pinkish-white ; buds rounded, ‘4 to ‘5 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate-orbi- 
cular, emarginate, scarious and ciliate at the edges, puberulous outside, 
•2 in. in diam., glandular dots conspicuous, of various sizes, black 
and brown mixed ; tube short. Corolla-lobes ovate, obtuse, oblique, 
concave and keeled, -4 in. long, -2 in. broad, glandular dots and lineoles 
prominent, tube very short. Stamens two-thirds as long as petals ; 
anthers hastate, mucronate, opening by longitudinal slits, prominently 
dotted on the back with large black glands. Ovary rounded, ending in 
a short subulate style. Berry globose, apiculate, -4 in. in diam., 
smooth, gland-dotted. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 130 ; Miq. El. Ind. Bat. II. 
1019 ; Scheff. Myrs. 71 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 245 ; Mez Monog. 
Myrs. 130. 
Perak: Ridley 7172, 10319. — Distrib. Java. 
25. Ardisia oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 2291 (1829). A shrub; branchlets 
rounded, smooth ; buds narrowly lanceolate, glabrous. Leaves charta- 
ceous ; elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, acutely narrowed 
at base, entire ; glabrous above, glabrous beneath except for a few 
minute scales ; glandular dots many, especially near the margin ; 3 to 
7 in. long, 1 to 25 in. broad ; midrib slender, prominent ; main-nerves 
about 16 pairs, irregular, usually at about an angle of 60° with the 
midrib, more or less parallel at first, then arching nearly to the margin ; 
secondary nerves slender, like the main-nerves, reticulations irregular ; 
petiole - 4 to '7 in. long, winged by the deeurrent margins of the blade. 
Inflorescence an axillary, long-peduncled, short, few-flowered (5 to 8) 
subumbellate raceme, about 2 to 4 in. long ; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, 
angular when dry; pedicels - 4 in. long, - 7 in. in fruit, slender; buds 
rounded, - 3 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate-rotundate, obtuse, T in. in 
diam., ciliate on the scarious edges, prominently dotted with numerous 
black and brown glands ; tube short. Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, 
sub-acute or obtuse, oblique, '25 to - 3 in. long, prominently dotted 
with many black or brown round glands and fewer elongate lineolate 
ones. Stamens nearly as long as corolla-lobes, almost quite sessile ; 
anthers sagittate, long-acute, the connective prominently marked on 
the back with large black conspicuous glands. Ovary rounded, ending 
in a short '15 in. long style, glabrous. Berry globose, '3 in. in diam., 
fleshy, smooth. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 120, Prod. VIII. 
130 ; Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Br. Ind. III. 528 variety excepted ; Stapf 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2. IV. 204 ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 131. 
