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LXXXVI. MYRSINE^E. 
[Ardisia. 
Goping; Thaiping Hills; Kampar (Kunstler and Wray). Penang 
Hill (Maingay, Curtis, etc.). Kedah Peak (leaves very narrow, 
linear). Distrib. Borneo, Java, Sumatra. Native names: Mata 
Pelandok Gajah; Salunta orang tinggi; Segareh. 
(44) A. virens Kurz. For. Flor. C. t ii. 575; King, l.c. 144. 
A big shrub, glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate acuminate, faintly crenulate, base cuneate; nerves fine; 
12 to 14 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long. Corymbs nearly sessile, terminal 
or on long bare branches with 2 leaves at the top, main peduncles 
very short, secondary when present up to 1*5 in. long; pedicels 
'5 to 1 in. long. Calyx-lobes small, oblong blunt. Corolla-lobes 
ovate acuminate, *3 in. long. Stamens shorter, with longitudinal 
slits. Drupe red, globose dotted with glands (when dry, pale 
spotted black), -4 in. through. Hab. Local at 5000 ft. altitude 
in mountain forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills; and upper part 
of Ulu Batang Padang valley (Wray). Distrib. India, Yunnan, 
China, Borneo. 
The large pale, dotted fruits are very characteristic. 
(45) A. Wrayi King and Gamble, l.c. 145. 
Unbranched shrublet up to 5 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 
oblong-lanceolate long-acuminate, base long narrowed, broad, 
crenate, red beneath, deep green above, glabrous but midrib 
beneath scurfy; nerves 12 to 20 pairs; 6 to 10 in. long, 1-5 to 
3 in. wide; petioles *7 to 1-3 in. long. Racemes glabrous, sub- 
umbellate in uppermost axils crowded; peduncles -5 to 2 in. long, 
rachis marked by bract scars. Flowers 8 to 12; pedicels slender, 
•3 to -4 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, -i in. long. Corolla- 
lobes waxy reddish or purple, ovate, *2 in. long. Drupe globose, 
glandular red, -3 in. through. Hab. Perak, Thaiping Waterfall 
(Wray). 
(46) A. minor King and Gamble, l.c. 146. 
Undershrub 12 to 18 in. tall, pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 
elliptic caudate, base acuminate cuneate often unequal, shallow, 
crenate with prominent glands, glabrous; nerves 15 pairs; 5 to 
7 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles pubescent, 7 to 1 in. long. 
Racemes umbellate, short, 5 to 6 flowers from upper axils, -2 in. 
long; pedicels thick, -3 to -4 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, 
*14 to -15 in. long, glabrous. Corolla-lobes ovate acute, -2 in. long. 
Hab. Perak without locality (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this plant. Said to be near A. Wrayi Br., but with leaves 
coriaceous and pedicels shorter and thicker. 
(47) A. perakensis King and Gamble, l.c. 146. 
Bush, young parts pubescent. Leaves membranous, elliptic 
long-acute both ends, scaly but otherwise glabrous, crenate or 
dentate in middle; glands few or none; nerves 16 pairs, raised 
beneath, 2-5 to 4 in. long, 75 to 1*25 in. wide; petioles slender, 
