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lxxxvi. myrsinejl [ Labisia . 
acute, glandular pubescent. Corolla -i in. long; lobes acute, 
glandular, pubescent. Style *2 in. long. Fruit globose-conic, 
azure blue. Hab. Mountains at 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Gunong Semangkok (Curtis, Ridley). Perak (Wray). Pahang, 
Telom. 
5 . ARDISIA, Swartz. 
Small trees or shrubs, rarely undershrubs, glandular. Leaves 
membranous or coriaceous often crenate or serrate. Flowers 
waxy-pink, often showy, rarely white, usually umbellate. Calyx 
free, 4- to 5-lobed; tube as short or shorter. Corolla 4- or 5-lobed; 
tube short, lobes spreading, often twisted to the right. Stamens 
usually sagittate, lanceolate; filaments short. Ovary globose; 
style often long, filiform. Fruit globose, red or black, fleshy. 
Seed 1, hollowed at base, large. Species 250, all tropics. 
A. Leaves entire, not crenate or undulate. 
i. Pimelandra. Flowers in short racemes 
Leaves sub-glabrous beneath; flowers 
fascicled .... 
Leaves tomentose beneath; flowers on 
a short-branched raceme 
ii. Tinus. Inflorescence axillary. 
Flowers solitary or 2 axillary. 
Leaves stiff coriaceous; peduncles 
very short .... 
Leaves thin coriaceous; peduncles 
1 in. long slender 
Leaves stiff coriaceous; peduncles 
slender 2 or 3 fid. . 
Cymes axillary; flowers large. 
Peduncles short, several branches. 
Leaves coriaceous obovate; nerves 
very faint .... 
Leaves thin elliptic, 5 to 10 in. long 
Leaves broad elliptic acuminate 
both ends 5 in. long or more . 
Leaves chartaceous, linear-lanceo¬ 
late ; young parts pubescent . 
Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate; 
raceme pubescent 
Leaves coriaceous obovate acute . 
Leaves coriaceous-chartaceous, lan¬ 
ceolate .... 
Leaves oblanceolate, undershrub; 
flowers rather small 
Peduncles long, 2 to 3 in. long. 
Cymes with many sub-umbellate 
flowers .... 
Cymes corymbose; flowers 8; 
peduncle flat 
Cymes 3-fiowered 
Cymes short, 2-flowered. 
Leaves chartaceous, oblong-lan¬ 
ceolate, acuminate 
or fascicled on the old wood. 
(1) A. pachysandra 
(2) A. Teysmanniana 
(3) A. retinervia 
(4) A. monticola 
(5) A. biniflora 
( 6 ) A. littoralis 
(7) A. solanaeea 
(S) A. oxyphylla 
(9) A. tahanica 
{10) A. lurida 
(11) A. Scortechinii 
(12) A. glanduligera 
(13) A. suffruticosa 
(14) A. Kunstleri 
(15) A. oblongifolia 
(16) A. Hullettii 
(17) A. biflora 
