438 XXXVIII. ilicinejj. [Ilex. 
acuminate, base rounded or short cuneate; nerves faint 7 to 12 
pairs, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. 
Racemes 75 to 1-5 in, long puberulous. Flowers under ‘i in. long; 
pedicels *i in. long. Petals oblong connate %t base. Stamens 
longer. Females smaller than males. Drupes *15 in. long ovoid ; 
pyrenes 10 to 16. Hab. Lowlands, rare. Malacca (Maingay). 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). * T 
(2) I. triflora Bl. Bijdr. 1150; Loesen. l.c. 344. I. Grifhthu 
Hook, fU. F.B.I. i. 601; King, l.c, 135 - . 1V , . 
A pubescent bush 3 to 15 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic 
acute serrulate, base narrowed, glabrous above except midrib, pubes¬ 
cent beneath; nerves 8 pairs, 1 to i’25 in. long, *5 to 1*3 in. wide; 
petioles -15 to '25 in. long. Flowers 4-merous pink, fascicled or 
females sometimes solitary '2 in. across or less; pedicels longer. 
Calyx cup-shaped, lobes ciliolate. Petals oblong connate at base. 
Ovary globose. Stigma sessile. Drupe globose '15 i n * through, 
black; pyrenes 4; pedicel *35 to -6 in. long. Hab. High mountains 
3000 to 6600 ft. altitude, common. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan (Robinson) . Gunong Berumbun, Telom . Selangor, 
Gunong Semangkok. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Curtis); Thaiping 
Hills 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude (Kunstler); Gunong Batu Putin 
(Wray); Gunong Inas (Wray). Kedah Peak (Low). Distnb. 
Indo-Malaya, Cochin-China, China. 
A variable shrub; the common form appears to be the var. Lobbiana 
Loesener. The var. Kurziana Loesener is more ashy-tomentose on the leaves. 
It occurs on Gunong Bubu. 
var. longifolia Ridl. 
Leaves nearly glabrous oblong acuminate, base sub-cuneate 
shortly, edge crenulate 2-5 in. long, 1*2 in. wide; petioles *i in 
long. Cymes female 4- to 5-fiowered; peduncle *2 in. long; pedicel 
•3 in. long, pubescent. Flower ‘2 in. across. Calyx glabrous short 
toothed. Petals round pink. Hab. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Curtis 
1340) ; Maxwell's Hill. 
(3) I, myrtillus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 31. 
Shrub much-branched. Leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic to 
obovate blunt or retuse; nerves invisible, 75 in. long, -5 in. wide; 
petioles -i in. long. Panicles or racemes shorter, than leaves, 
pubescent. Sepals 4 ovate or orbicular pubescent. Petals 4 
ovate connate at base. Stamens 3 ; filaments thick. Ovary conic. 
Hab. Rare on high mountains. Selangor, Guncng Mengkuang 
Lebah (Robinson). 
(4) I. polyphylla Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 45. 
Pubescent shrub densely leafy. Leaves elliptic acute serrate, 
base shortly narrowed 75 “in. long, -4 in. wide, glabrous, dotted 
beneath; petioles ’I in. long puberulous. Flowers 2 to 4 on thick 
axillary peduncles. Pedicels *1 in. long. Sepals 4 ovate blunt 
