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pyramidal panicle of long-peduncled racemes, 5 to 6 in. long and 
6 to 9 in. broad, branches and rachis all rusty -pubescent ; common 
peduncle about 1 in. long ; branch peduncles 2 to 3 in. long, at right 
angles to the rachis and curved upwards ; racemes about -5 in. long, 
about 8-flowered; pedicels slender, somewhat clavate, twisted, '5 to 1 in. 
long ; bracteoles subulate, caducous ; buds ovoid, acuminate. Calyx- 
lobes triangular, blunt, - 05 in. long, rusty-pubescent ; tube as long. 
Corolla-lobes pink, ovate, long acuminate, -25 in. long, rusty-pubescent 
within, not gland-dotted ; tube very short. Stamens much shorter 
than corolla-lobes ; anthers oblong, acute ; filaments very short. Ovary 
rounded, style subulate, '25 in. long. Berry purplish-black, globose, 
•2 in. in diam. 
Perak : at low levels, Wray 296. 
43. Ardisia Maingayi, King & Gamble. A “ bush or small tree 
(Wray), “ slender tree ” (Scortechini) ; branchlets smooth, bark brown, 
pith rather small; innovations glandular - pubescent. Leaves mem- 
branous ; sub-opposite or falsely whorled ; elliptic-obovate or obovate- 
lanceolate, attenuately or abruptly acuminate at apex, attenuately cuneate 
at base ; glabrous on both surfaces except for a few scattered glan- 
dular hairs, pale beneath ; margin finely toothed except on the lower 
third, the teeth caudate and glandular; 6 to 11 in. long, 2 to 3'5 in. 
broad ; midrib slender above, thickened below ; main-nerves 15 to 20 
pairs, irregular in angle and distance, but usually at about 50 with the 
midrib, straight for about half-way and then curved to and along the 
margin ; secondary nerves and reticulations very faint ; petiole none 
or very short, the base of the leaf almost half stem-clasping. 
Inflorescence of slender, 6 to 8 in. long, sparsely glandular-pubescent, 
panicles of long peduncled sub-umbellate racemes, from the axils of 
upper leaves, of abortive leaves, or of the scars of fallen leaves 
below them ; common peduncle slender, 2 to 3 in. long ; branch 
peduncles very slender, divaricate, '5 to 1'5 in. long, supported by 
linear subulate '2 to *3 in. long bracts ; racemes *3 to 5 in. long, 
8-12-flowered ; bracteoles small, subulate ; pedicels slender, flattened 
above ; buds ovoid acute. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, '05 to '1 in. 
long, recurved in fruit, minutely pubescent, ciliate on the margins. 
Corolla-lobes white, ovate, acute or acuminate, '15 in. long, glabrous, 
gland-dotted. Stamens much shorter than corolla-lobes; filaments 
short, dilated at base; anthers oblong, bluntly mucronate, '1 in. 
long. Ovary rounded, glabrous ; style slender, - 05 in. long. Berry 
red, -3 in. in diam., longitudinally ribbed when dry. A. odonto- 
phylla, Wall., var. Maingayi, Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Br. Ind. III. 526. 
Perak: Wray 304, 953, 1597; Scortechini 335, 339, Curtis. 
