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bracteoles subulate, as long as or rather longer than the very short, under '05 in. long pedicels; buds very small, globose, flowers red. Calyxlobes orbicular, glandular-ciliate, '05 in. long, connate to the middle, not gland-dotted. Corolla-lobes 5, free, ovate, rounded at apex, 075 to 1 in. long, slightly pubescent without, papillose within, not gland-dotted. Stamens of flowers equal to or longer than the corolla-lobes, of flowers shorter than them, inserted near the base of the lobes; anthers oblong, emarginate, with minute black warts behind at the insertion of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, style very short, stigma peltate. Berry globose, red, tuberculate and corrugate, 1 in. in diam., fruiting pedicels as long as berry. Embelia Ribes var. penangiana, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1597.

PENANG: Curtis 306.

King's Collector 3637, 10739.

PERAK: Wray 1375, 1409; Scortechini;

A well-marked species, distinguished by the fairly prominent nerves of the leaves, the very short pedicels, and the absence of glandular dots.

6. EMBELIA PERGAMACEA, A. DC. Prod. VIII. 85 (1844). A slender climbing shrub; branches rather thick, branchlets wrinkled and angular when dry. Leaves entire, coriaceous; oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate or acute at base; glabrous, shining above, pale beneath, margins recurved, glandular dots many, hardly prominent; 3 to 5 in. long, 1.5 to 2 in. broad, midrib thick, impressed above; main-nerves slender 12 to 14 pairs, parallel but irregular, raised and conspicuous on the upper surface, leaving the midrib at about two-thirds of a right angle and joining near the edge in an intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves many, parallel to the main-nerves, reticulations obscure; petiole ·3 in. long, angular, channelled above when dry by the crispate edges of the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a large terminal, pyramidal, 4-pinnate, nearly glabrous, leafy panicle with racemose branchlets and very numerous flowers; main rachis thick, flattened above, branches nearly at right angles to rachis as again are the branchlets, all angular; bracts ovate spathulate, leafy, bracteoles subulate acuminate as long as the pedicels; pedicels 05 in. long, somewhat longer in fruit; buds very small, globose, flowers light red. Calyx-lobes minute, about 04 in. long, broadly triangular, acute, glandular-ciliate, papillose on both sides, dotted with few large and small brown and black glands, tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes free, ovate-oblong, glandular-ciliate, glabrous without, papillose within, dotted in upper part only, 07 in. long. Stamens as long as or shorter than corolla-lobes, inserted half-way up; anthers ovate cordate, emarginate, black-warted behind at the insertion of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary glabrous, ovoid; style thick very

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short; stigma capitate. Berry globose, blue when ripe, wrinkled when dry, '06 in. in diam., crowned with the persistent style, gland-dotted. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1012; Scheff. Myrs. 34; Mez Monog. Myrs. 310. Ardisia pergamacea, Bl. fide A. DC.

PERAK: Curtis 2029; Wray 2001; King's Collector 3658, 4678, 6412.-DISTRIB. Java; Borneo.

This species closely resembles E. coriacea, but differs in the acuminate leaves, very shining above and prominently nerved; in the papillose calyx-lobes, petals dotted only in the upper part and bracteoles as long as the pedicels.

7. EMBELIA CORIACEA, Wall. Cat. 2314 (1829). A climbing shrub; branches reaching 1.5 in. in diam.; branchlets reddish, twisted, somewhat angular, roughly lenticellate. Leaves entire, coriaceous; oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acute at apex, rounded or almost cordate or auricled at base; glabrous, more or less shining above, brownish beneath, glandular dots scattered, not prominent, margin sometimes incurved; 3 to 10 in. long, 1.5 to 4 in. broad; midrib thick, impressed above; main-nerves many, slender, not prominent, irregularly parallel, at about two-thirds of a right angle with the midrib, joining in an intramarginal faint nerve; secondary nerves many, slender, reticulations faint; petiole thick, 3 to 7 in. long, channelled when dry by the crispate edges of the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a large terminal 4-pinnate spreading leafy rusty-pubescent panicle with racemose branchlets and very numerous flowers; main rachis thick, somewhat flattened, branches nearly at right angles to rachis as again are the branchlets; bracts leafy, decreasing upwards; bracteoles minute, subulate, about half the length of the pedicels; pedicels 05 in. long; buds very small, globose, flowers grey. Calyx-lobes 5, minute, triangular, glabrous, dotted with very few (3 to 5 per lobe) brown or black glands; tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes free, 4-5, ovate, blunt, recurved, glabrous without, slightly papillose within, gland-dotted all over. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes, inserted on them about half-way up; anther-cells oblong, somewhat divaricate, with about 4 black warts behind at the insertion of the short filaments. Ovary ovoid, style very short, stigma capitellate. Berry globose, smooth, 075 to 1 in. in diam., pale, prominently gland-dotted, wrinkled when dry, crowned with the persistent base of the style. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 135, Prod. VIII. 87; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 513; Mez Monog. Myrs. 313. E. oblongata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 573; Scheff. Myrs. 34. E. macrophylla, Bl.; Scheff. Myrs. 36.

PENANG Wallich 2314; Curtis 1047. PERAK: Curtis 1307; Derry 11712; Wray 2001, 2579, 3238; Scortechini 117, 255; King's Collec

tor 2278, 3481, 4976, 5056, 5254, 5323, 6231, 6766, 7857, 10015, 10543. PAHANG Ridley 5828. SELANGOR: Ridley 7562. MALACCA: Maingay (K.D.) 1018; Ridley 11135. SINGAPORE Ridley 2812.-DISTRIB. Sumatra; Java; Borneo, Beccari 767, 878, 1189, 2561, 3922; Haviland & Hose 3469.

8. EMBELIA ANGULOSA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A climbing shrub; branches thick, branchlets wrinkled when dry, lenticels few. Leaves entire, coriaceous; ovate, obtuse, emarginate, glabrous, shining above, dull beneath, glandular dots pitted on both surfaces; 2 to 3.5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad; midrib very thick and prominent, impressed above; main-nerves 14 to 16 pairs, slender, irregular, leaving the midrib at nearly a right angle, then curved and joining near the margin, raised on upper surface; secondary nerves many, slender, reticulations obscure; petiole 2 in. long, channelled above and bordered by the crispate edges of the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a dense terminal glabrous stiff panicle about 4 in. long and broad, of racemes, the rachises sharply angled; bracts leaf-like, spathulate, bracteoles very small, subulate; pedicels 05 in. long, thick, angular, glabrous or minutely pubescent, equal to or shorter than the bracteoles; buds globose. Calyx-lobes ovate, ciliate, minute, '03 in. long, not gland-dotted. Corolla-lobes free, ovate, acute, 075 in. long, nearly glabrous outside, papillose within. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes, inserted one-third up, reniform, with inconspicuous black dots at the insertion of the short dorsifixed filaments. Ovary ovoid glabrous; style very short; stigma peltate. Berry red, ovoid, somewhat pyriform, ribbed and gland-dotted, glabrous, crowned with the remains of a cylindric style and capitate stigma. E. coriacea, Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. ii. IV. 200 (not of A. DC.)

PERAK: Wray 1524-on Ulu Batang Padang at nearly 5,000 ft.— DISTRIB. Borneo, Haviland No. 1152, on Mt. Kinabalu at 7,600 to 8,800 feet.

The description of the flowers is taken from Haviland's Borneo specimen, the rest from Wray's.

9. EMBELIA LAMPANI, Scheff. Myrs. 37 (1867). A slender climbing shrub, clinging to trees; branches reddish-brown, rough with strigose hairs, lenticellate; branchlets rusty-villous-hairy. Leaves chartaceous; oblong, obtuse or emarginate at apex, rounded or cordate at base; margins recurved, upper surface glabrous except on the midrib, lower surface rusty-villous, glandular dots many, scattered; 1.5 to 3.5 in. long, 1 to 1.5 in. broad; midrib impressed above, prominent below, villous on both sides; main-nerves many (up to 24 pairs), irregular, at about twothirds of a right angle with the midrib, straight at first then curving

upwards to meet in a nerve more or less parallel to the margin; secondary nerves similar, reticulations many; petiole 1 to 2 in long, rusty-villous. Inflorescence of terminal panicles of pedunculate racemes 6 to 12 in. long, the branches often leafy, rachis and peduncles all rusty-villous; peduncles 5 to 7 in. long, pedicels slender, about 05 in. long; bracts few, leaf-like; bracteoles rather longer than the pedicels, lanceolate to spathulate; flowers small, buds globose, petals white, striate, tube red. Calyx-lobes 5-6, ovate, acute, ciliate on the edges, villous, dotted with few glands; tube as long as lobes, both together 05 in. long, longer in fruit. Corolla gamopetalous from one-third to one-half of its length; lobes oblong, obtuse, recurved, 1 in. long, sparsely gland-dotted. Stamens as long as or a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, inserted about halfway up, anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally, the back with black conspicuous glandular warts; filaments adnate to the corolla below point of insertion, slender, dorsifixed. Ovary rounded, glabrous, style cylindric, stigma peltate in ?, slightly lobed in 3. Berry globose, 1 to 15 in. in diam., black when dry, crowned with the persistent style, rugosely glandular. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 514. E. villosa, Wall. Cat. 2313 (in part). Grenacheria Wallichiana, Mez Monog. Myrs. 293, fig. 49. G. Lampani, Mez l.c. 294.

PENANG: Curtis 305; G. King. PERAK: Wray 95, 2784; Scortechini 231; King's Collector 2483, 4210, 6849, 8134. SELANGOR: Ridley 10224. MALACCA: Maingay (K.D.) 1003. SINGAPORE: Ridley 10417.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Korthals; Borneo, Haviland & Hose.

Haviland and Hose's Borneo specimens have rather larger flowers than, and pedicels about twice as long as, those from the Peninsula (No. 2280).

10. EMBELIA AMENTACEA, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 514 (1882). A slender climbing shrub; branches pale brown, velvety; branchlets cinnamomeous or rusty-villous. Leaves chartaceous; oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse and sometimes emarginate at apex, rounded at base; upper surface sparsely pilose, under surface pubescent, pale bluishgreen, glandular dots many prominent; 2 to 3 in. long, 75 to 1 in. broad; midrib impressed above, prominent below, villous on both sides; mainnerves few, 6 to 10 pairs, irregular, at about two-thirds of a right angle with the midrib, arching upwards, branching and joining in a nerve near the margin; secondary nerves similar but more slender, reticulations not prominent; petiole 15 in. long, villous, winged by the decurrent base of the blade. Inflorescence of terminal panicles of pedunculate racemes, the branches leafy, the leaves passing gradually into oblong or spathulate conspicuous bracts; peduncles 1 to 1.5 in. long, enlarged at base; pedicels 1 in. long, supported by linear subulate bracteoles twice their

length, so that when in bud the racemes have the appearance of catkins; flowers very small, buds globose. Calyx-lobes 5, acute, ciliate on the edges, gland-dotted, tube as long as lobes, both together 05 in. long. Corolla very shortly gamopetalous; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, glabrous within, 05 in. long. Stamens very short, shorter than corolla-lobes, inserted about half-way up; anthers oblong, rounded, with black papillose warts on the back; filaments as long as anthers, dorsifixed. Ovary rounded, glabrous, conical above, style slender, stigma peltate. Berry globose, wrinkled when dry, 1 to 125 in. in diam., crowned with the persistent style and stigma, black when dry. Grenacheria amentacea, Mez Monog. Myrs. 294.

PERAK: Scortechini 802; Ridley 7172 (part); King's Collector 5055, 6280, 6817, 8692—in open ground and in bamboo forests. SELANGOR : Ridley 7561, Native Collector 2802a, Goodenough 10555. Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3548.

Mez suggests that this may be a young state of Grenacheria Wallichiana. He apparently saw only Griffith's specimen. The abundant material now available clearly shows that Clarke correctly considered it as separate. The curious catkin-like young inflorescence and the more sparse leaf-venation distinguish it.

11. EMBELIA RIDLEYI, King & Gamble, n. sp. A climbing (?) shrub; branchlets light brown, wrinkled. Leaves chartaceous; oblong, acute at apex, rounded at base; glabrous, glandular dots scattered obscure, margin somewhat recurved; 4 to 7 in. long, 1.5 to 3 in. broad; midrib thick, prominent below; main-nerves prominent below, about 12 pairs, curving upwards and meeting in a looped intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves and reticulations faint; petiole 5 in. long, thick. Inflorescence an axillary panicle of racemes, the branches curved, distant; rachis 5 to 1 in. long, that of racemes shorter, bracteoles minute, triangular; racemes about 5 in. long. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5, ovate, glanddotted, very small. Corolla and rest not seen.

SINGAPORE: Ridley 6324. It seems to come near to E. floribunda,

Wall.

E. Tsjeriam-Cottam, A. DC. is quoted by Mez as extending from India southwards to Singapore, but we have seen no specimens from our region.

12. EMBELIA MYRTILLUS, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XL. ii. 67 (1871), and For. Fl. II. 104. A small climbing shrub (Wray); branches rough, somewhat corky, with large lenticels; ultimate branchlets densely rusty-villous. Leaves coriaceous; bifarious, broadly elliptic to almost orbicular, acute at apex with usually 3 terminal teeth, narrowed truncate or cordate at base; glabrous above, slightly villous on nerves beneath; glandular dots black, numerous, small, fewer large, scattered, especially

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