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black, globose, -25 in. in diam., ribbed and prominently gland- 
dotted. 
Perak : in dense jungle on limestone hills at 300 to 800 feet, King’s 
Collector 4296, 4711 ; Wray 3343. It is very near A. paupera, Mez, of 
Sumatra, but the long slender peduncle and pedicels distinguish it. 
A specimen collected by Scortechini (without number) has similar leaves, but the 
inflorescence is pseudo-terminal and branched, with more than 2 flowers and very short 
pedicels. 
Ridley’s No. 2670 from Pahang seems to be Ardisia rhyncophylla, Clarke, but the 
specimen is imperfect, and we hesitate to describe it as a Malay plant. 
32. Ardisia tahanica, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub (?) ; branch- 
lets brown, shining, somewhat flattened ; innovations scaly and hirsute, 
leaf-buds ferruginous-pubescent, lanceolate. Leaves chartaceous ; linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate at both ends ; glabrous above, scaly beneath and 
slightly pubescent along the midrib ; margins entire, recurved ; glandu- 
lar dots numerous, scattered, conspicuous on the under surface ; 4 to 
6 in. long, '7 to -9 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main-nerves obscure, 
about 12 pairs, starting at a very oblique angle and curving upwards 
to and along the margin; secondary nerves similar, reticulations 
obscure ; petiole slender, - 4 to - 6 in. long. Inflorescence an umbellate 
peduncled raceme, l - 5 to 2 in. long, from the axils of some of the upper 
leaves ; peduncle slender, - 7 to 1‘2 in. long ; flowers about 5-8, pedicels 
slender, ‘5 in. long. Calyx-lobes semi-orbicular, scarious and ciliate on 
the margins, rusty-pubescent on the back and with many glandular 
dots, '05 in. long ; tube as long as lobes : rest of flower not seen. 
Berry globose, depressed, - 2 in. in diam., prominently striate. 
Pahang : Ridley 2669, in Tahan woods. 
Goodenough No. 10552, from Selangor, is also possibly the same species, but the 
leaves reach 1*5 in. in breadth and the peduncle and pedicels are stouter. 
33. Ardisia villosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 85 (1814), PI. Ind. 1. 582, and 
PI. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 274. A small shrub, reaching 6 to 8 feet 
in height ; branchlets rounded, from nearly glabrous to densely ferru- 
ginous-pilose, the hairs moniliform. Leaves chartaceous ; oblong-lan- 
ceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; 
more or less distinctly but shallowly erenate, the crenations broad, 
margins recurved ; glabrous to minutely rusty-hirsute above, densely 
red-villous beneath, especially on the nerves ; glandular dots many, 
black, prominent; 4 to 8 in. long, -75 to 2-5 in. broad; midrib pro- 
minent ; main-nerves 8 to 12 pairs, very irregular, slender, obscure, 
arching upwards and ending in the crenature-glands ; secondary nerves 
similar, meeting the main-nerves, reticulations faint ; petiole - 4 to '8 in. 
