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long, red velvety; clusters of flowers, small, distant. Flowers 
•12 in. wide. Calyx short, cup-shaped pilose, obscurely 4- or 
5-lobed. Petals glabrous. Stamens in male as long as petals; 
filaments flat. Ovary in female ovoid; stigma conical. Drupe 
oblong, I to 1-5 in. long, orange red, red-hairy when young be¬ 
coming glabrescent. Hah. Malacca (Maingay). Kclantan, Sungei 
Keteh on the cliffs (Foxworthy). Disirib. S. India. 
(2) S. paniculata Pierre, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. ii. 1320. 
A shrubby climber 10 to 15 ft. long. Leaves coriaceous, 
glabrous elliptic, main nerves 5 pairs prominent beneath, reticu¬ 
lations minute conspicuous; 8 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 75 in. 
long. Panicles i ft. long with many distant slender branches 
3 in. long or more, pubescent. Flower clusters very small. Calyx 
cup-shaped. Petals oblong, blunt. Stamens as long, glabrous. 
Pistillode hairy. Hah. Perak, Larut in an open rocky creek 300 
to 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Disirib. Cochin-China. 
Order XXXVIII. Ilicine^. 
Vol. i. f. 438, after sp. i. Ilex malaccensis Loes., insert :— 
(ia) I, Kelsalli Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1924, p. 295. 
Tree, bark pale, thinly flaking with lenticels, in branches. 
Leaves coriaceous glabrous, oblong-elliptic acuminate cuspidate, 
base rounded or shortly narrowed, nerves slender, 5 pairs inarch¬ 
ing, decurrent at base on the thick midrib, secondary nerves nearly 
as conspicuous; 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles very thick, *2 in. 
long. Racemes axillaiAg i in. long; flowers sub-remote, helio¬ 
trope; pedicels -05 in. long. Bracts verj^ small, ovate acute 
spreading. Sepals 6 round, edge ciliate. Petals 6, oblong-ovate. 
Stamens 6, filaments very short, attached to the petals at the 
base. Ovary broad conic with 3 short styles, and 12 ridges on 
the disc, apparently 12-celled. Hab. Mountains, Johor (Kelsall). 
Pahang, Fraser Hill at 4000 to 4500 ft. altitude (Burkill 8693). 
Order XXXIX. Celastrine^. 
Vol. i. p. 445, after sp. 6, Microtropis valida Ridl., insert 
(7) M. peduncularis Ridl. Kcw Bull. 1894, p. 262. 
Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic cuspidate- 
acuminate; nerves 6 pairs, faint; 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; 
petioles thick, grooved above, -5 in. long. Cymes 1-5 in. long 
and as wide, on peduncles 1-25 in. long; branches angled. Bracts 
persistent ovate-lanceolate acute, *05 in. long. Flowers waxy, 
rich yellow, -i in. wide. Sepals 4, round imbricate. Petals 4, 
free, longer, oblong-obovate, edges involute. Stamens 5, filaments 
very short, thick; anthers 2-celled. Style columnar truncate, 
longer than the stamens. Hab. Very dense jungle at 400 to 600 ft. 
altitude, Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
