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villous on the lower surface; glands scattered, not prominent; 4 to 
8 in. long, 1-5 to 3 - 5 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent ; main-nerves 
8 to 12 pairs, prominent, irregular in distance and angle, curving 
upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves few, reticulations 
transverse ; petiole variable, stout, -4 to 1 in. long, ferruginous-villous, 
rarely glabrescent. Inflorescence of short (under 1 in. long) lax, few- 
flowered, pubescent, simple or compound, umbellate racemes, from the 
axils of leaves below the summit or of a linear subulate abortive leaf 
about -5 in. long ; peduncles slender, -5 to 2 in. long ; pedicels slender, 
•3 to -7 in. long, recurved; bracteoles short, subulate; buds ovoid. 
Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate, -1 in. long, slightly pubescent, marked 
with faint brown striae ; tube short. Corolla-lobes pink, ovate, obtuse 
or bluntly acuminate, -15 to '2 in. long, unequal, marked with many 
light brown linear and round glands; tube short. Stamens half the 
length of the petals ; anthers broad, oblong, - 1 in. thick, emarginate ; 
filaments very stout. Ovary ovoid, gradually narrowed into a slender 
subulate style -1 in. long, the top of the ovary and base of the style 
short pubescent. Berry globose, scarlet, fleshy, - 25 in. in diam., 
smooth. 
Perak : Wray 2285, 2975 ; King’s Collector 2583, 2978, 3053, 7367. 
Selangor : Bidley 7560. Pahang : Ridley 2270, 5825. Singapore : 
Lobb 316, an undershrub of dense forests in wet localities. 
Ridley’s Pahang specimens have smaller leaves and longer calyx-lobes, with fewer- 
flowered inflorescences, the whole plant more thickly fulvous-villous, but do not seem 
capable of separation. 
46. Ardisia bambusetorum, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small semi- 
herbaceous shrub 1 to 2 feet high ; stem pale brown about -25 in. in 
diam., bark spongy, pith large. Leaves membranous ; oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate or obovate-oblong, acute at apex, narrowly attenuate at base 
and slightly rounded; glabrous on both surfaces, slightly scaly only 
beneath ; glands few, scattered, chiefly near the margin ; margins very 
briefly and irregularly toothed, usually recurved ; 4 to 6 in. long, 
1 to 1-5 in. broad; midrib slender; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, starting 
at an angle of about 50° with the midrib, curved upwards, and often 
branching, to and along the margin, where they anastomose in a rough 
intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves few, reticulations oblique ; 
petiole - 4 to '6 in. long, channelled above. Inflorescence of lateral 
pedunculate racemes 1 to 1-5 in. long supported by a linear abortive 
leaf -5 in. long; peduncle -7 to -8 in. long, raceme the same; 
bracteoles small subulate about '1 in. long ; pedicels slender, 
clavate, - 4 to ‘5 in. long recurved ; buds ovoid ; flowers white. 
