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near the apex and along the margin, which is often recurved; 4 to 7 in. long, 3 to 6 in. broad; midrib prominent; main-nerves 6 pairs, arched upwards and joining in an intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves similar, reticulations prominent; petiole 1 in. long, villous. Flowers tetramerous, very small, in umbels or very short racemes on short axillary arrested branches, 1 to 15 in. long, shorter than the leaves; bracts minute, subulate. Calyx-lobes ovate, glandular ciliate, densely papillose within, '05 in. long, tube very short. Corolla-lobes free, oblong, rounded at apex, 1 in. long, glandular-ciliate on the edges, conspicuously marked with black, oblong or linear glands. Stamens longer than the corolla-lobes in ♂ flowers, shorter in ; anthers oblong, often cordate, with conspicuous warts at the insertion of the dorsifixed filaments which spring from the base of the petals. Ovary ovoid; style slender; stigma capitate, 4-cleft. Berry globose, red or black, 15 to 2 in. in. diam., prominently gland-dotted, tipped with the persistent style and stigma. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 516; Mez Monog. Myrs. 322. Myrsine Myrtillus, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 825. Samara Myrtillus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 223.

PERAK: Scortechini 762; Wray 1565, 3818, on Gunong Bubu and Gunong Brumber, at 5,000 to 7,000 feet. MALACCA: summit of Mount Ophir, Griffith (K.D.) 3542; Lobb; Ridley.-DISTRIB. Burma, Griffith.

13. EMBELIA PARVIFLORA, Wall. Cat. 2307 (1829). A slender climbing shrub reaching 60 feet in length; branches and branchlets densely rustyvillous, slender. Leaves chartaceous; distichous, ovate, obtusely acute at the apex, truncate at base; glabrous except on the midrib beneath; margin slightly recurved; glandular dots many, prominent, scattered, more numerous towards the apex; 7 to 1.5 in. long, ⚫5 to 75 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath, impressed above; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, slender, curving upwards towards the margin; secondary nerves slender, many, reticulations prominent; petiole scarcely 05 in. long, rusty-villous, channelled above. Inflorescence of very short axillary fewflowered subumbellate racemes, ♂ 4-6-flowered with 15 in. long slender pedicels, 1-3-flowered with '05 in. slender pedicels; bracts in both minute subulate; flowers pentamerous; buds globose. Calyx-lobes oblong, fimbriate-ciliate, 05 in. long, with few (about 6) large brown glands, glandular-villous without, tube very short, ciliæ moniliform. Corollalobes ovate, rounded, ciliate, '075 in. long, '05 in. broad, with few unequalsized prominent brown glands. Stamens in flowers longer than corolla-lobes, in ? much shorter; anthers reniform, in apiculate and warted at back at the insertion of the dorsifixed, rather long filaments which spring from near the base of the corolla-lobes. Ovary

rounded, glabrous; style slender, curved, stigma peltate, at any rate in 9. Berry globose, red, black when dry, smooth, 15 to 2 in. in diam., surmounted by the remains of the style and stigma. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 130 (excl. var. 3), Prod. VIII. 86: Scheff. Myrs. 44; Kurz For. Fl. II. 104; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 515; Mez Monog. Myrs. 324. Samara parviflora, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 223. Celastrinea, Griff. Itin. Notes 85, n. 1226.

PERAK: Scortechini; Wray 4194-at Maxwell's Hill, Larút, 3,500 feet; Curtis 2059-on Hijan Range; King's Collector 2342, 6992-from dense forests on high hills at 3,000 to 5,000 feet.-DISTRIB. Khasia and Naga Hills; Upper Burma, Griffith (K.D.) 3545, &c.; Sumatra.

IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES.

14. EMBELIA LUCIDA, Wall. Cat. 2315. Leaves 3 in. long, 1.25 in. broad, broadly oblong, suddenly narrowed at both ends, entire, glabrous, coriaceous. Racemes 1 in. long, axillary, simple, solitary or paired, rusty-villous. A. DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 134, Prod. VIII. 87; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 517; Mez Monog. Myrs. 396. SINGAPORE: Wallich 2315.

15. EMBELIA MACROCARPA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A strong climber, branchlets thick, nearly black, rough. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic, obtuse or shortly acuminate at apex, almost rounded at base, glabrous, margin reflexed; 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. broad; midrib rather slender; mainnerves irregular, distant, not prominent, about 8 pairs; secondary nerves slender, obscure as are the reticulations; petiole 7 to 1 in. long, thick, bordered above by the decurrent margins of the leaves. Flowers apparently on rather short, thick racemes from the branches. Calyxlobes 4, triangular, acute, gland-dotted, under 1 in. long. Berry large, •5 to 7 in. in diam., smooth, wrinkled when dry, globose, crowned with the short remains of the persistent style. Seed with many conspicuous pits. Rest not seen.

PENANG at Marriot's Road, 1,500 feet, Curtis 1229.

The following Burmese species is here inserted, as it is found in Tenasserim and may occur further south in the Malay Peninsula.

EMBELIA GALLATLYI, King & Gamble, n. sp. Apparently a shrub; branchlets rounded, dark brown, lenticellate. Leaves ovate, acuminate at apex, truncate at base; prominently crenate dentate with blunt teeth and glands in the crenatures; glabrous on both surfaces, glandular dots few, chiefly near the margin; 1 to 1-4 in. long, 5 to .7 in. broad; midrib slender, impressed above; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs; arching upwards to the crenatures; secondary nerves many, slender, reticulations prominent; petiole 1 to 2 in. long, channelled above, crispately edged. Inflorescence of axillary corymbose racemes, 10-12-flowered, rachis about 2 in. long, bracts minute subulate,

the whole minutely rusty-pubescent, pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes triangular acute 03 to 05 in. long, ciliate; tube as long as lobes or somewhat shorter. Corolla-lobes oblong-spathulate, 1 in. long, ciliate, minutely pubescent, sparsely gland-dotted. Stamens longer than corolla-lobes, 15 in., anthers oblong, cells parallel, not warted behind at the insertion of the long exsert filaments which spring from close to the base of the corolla-lobes. Ovary ovoid-conical, style short curved, stigma minute. Berry unknown.

TENASSERIM: at Moolyet, 5,000 feet, G. Gallatly No. 407. Gamble No. 7906 from Mianimukh, Chittagong Hill Tracts, without flowers or fruit, is probably this species.

4. LABISIA, Lindl.

Small shrubs, with a creeping rhizome and erect stem, resembling Pothos in appearance. Leaves few, coriaceous, entire or denticulate, sessile or petiolate, the petiole often dilated, main leaf-nerves very many, at right angles to the midrib. Flowers hermaphrodite, minute, pink, in axillary spike-like panicles, bracts very small. Calyx minute, 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed, lobes ovate, induplicato-valvate in bud; tube very short. Stamens 5, wrapped in the corolla-lobes; filaments very short; anthers ovoid, introrsely dehiscent, no staminodes. Ovary globose, attenuated into a short style; stigma small; ovules few, immersed in a globose central placenta. Fruit small, globose, red, 1-seeded. Seed globose, hollowed at the base; albumen smooth; embryo cylindric transverse. -DISTRIB. About 4 species, all of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago.

Leaves petiolate without decurrent wings :—

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1. L. pumila, var. alata.

3 L. longistyla.

1. LABISIA PUMILA, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. II. 645 (1876). A semi-herbaceous undershrub, with rooting stems and leaves not jointed at their insertion but decurrent into them. Leaves bluish-green, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed at the base, and more or less decurrent on the petiole; crenately toothed, or sometimes nearly entire; blade 5 to 8 in. long by 1 to 2.5 in. broad; midrib thick, often rusty-pubescent; main-nerves extremely numerous, nearly at right angles to the midrib, parallel, slender, anastomosing towards the margin, and

then producing an elegant network; under-surface with brown glandular scales; petiole 1 to 3 in., enlarged at the base, often minutely rustypubescent. Flowers pink, in a spike-like, long-stalked, ferruginoustomentose panicle of small corymbose bracteate clusters; peduncles of corymbs 1 in. long or shorter, sometimes none; bract linear-subulate, 05 to 1 in. long.; pedicels 05 to 1 in., slender, with minute bracteoles. Calyx-lobes triangular, acute, 025 in. long, densely glandular. Corollalobes ovate, with linear glands, glabrous. Stamens infolded in the corolla; filaments very short; anthers oblong-linear, apiculate, with several hard round or linear black warts on the back. Ovary rounded, pubescent, ending in a subulate angular style with minute notched stigma. Fruit a globose red berry, about 15 in. in diam., ribbed and with prominent elongate glands, surmounted by the persistent style. Mez Monog. Myrs. 171 (var. genuina). L. pothoina, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 31. t. 48; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 518; Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, IV. 200; Ardisia pumila, Blume Bijdr. 688; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 137; Miq. Pl. Jungh. 199 and Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1028; Scheff. Myrs. 92. A ? spicata, Wall. Cat. 2273; A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 135.

PENANG: Curtis 1192;

SINGAPORE or PENANG: Walker, 165. Kunstler 1159. PERAK: Scortechini; Wray 753A. MALACCA: Maingay 1013 (K.D.); Stoliczka. SINGAPORE: Ridley 1804.-DISTRIB. JAVA: Forbes 238, 474. In dense moist forests on the lower slopes of hills. VAR. lanceolata, Scheff. 1.c. 93. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat rounded at base; not, or very slightly, decurrent; blade 5 to 8 in. long, by 1.5 to 3.5 in. broad; petiole 2 to 5 in. long not winged. Inflorescence more slender, bracts often longer than the peduncle of the corymb. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 518; Mez Monog. Myrs. 172. L. pothoina, N. E. Brown (non Lindl.) in Ill. Hort. XXXII. 95 tab. 561. PENANG Hullett 201. PAHANG: Goodenough 2799. SINGAPORE : Lobb 61; Kurz; T. Anderson 196.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Korthals; Borneo, Motley 1250, Haviland.

VAR. alata, Scheff. 1.c. 93. Leaves thin ashy-green above, dark green below, elliptic oblong, rounded at top or obtusely acuminate; gradually or suddenly narrowed into a broad wing decurrent on the petiole; crenate glands and scales few or none; 6 to 16 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad. Inflorescence with the corymbs usually more closely congested and on a shorter peduncle; flowers somewhat smaller, bracts usually longer than the corymb peduncle, flowers white or pink. Mez Monog. Myrs. 172. L. alata, N. E. Brown in Ill. Hort. XXXIII. 123, t. 605.

PERAK: Wray 753в, 824, 2482, 2737; Scortechini; King's Collector

980, 2815, 2882, 2891, 2942, 2974, 2999, 3376, 8325, 10949. SINGAPORE: Lobb 313.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Korthals; Borneo.

2. LABISIA PAUCIFOLIA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small semiherbaceous undershrub, 10 to 15 in. high; the stems striate, round, minutely purplish-brown-pubescent, bearing rarely more than 3 to 4 leaves. Leaves long-petioled, the blade ovate or orbicular-ovate, rounded at top into a bluntly acute point, rounded at base and then very shortly decurrent; entire or very minutely crenate; 2.5 to 4 in. long, 1.5 to 3in. broad; main-nerves slender, numerous, more or less parallel, joining near the edge; petiole 1 to 2 in. long, thickened at the base and decurrent into the stem. Inflorescence 1.5 to 2.5 in. long, consisting of axillary, short-peduncled, rusty-pubescent racemes, the flowers reflexed, single or in few-flowered sessile clusters; pedicels 05 to 1 in. long, with short subulate bracts of equal length. Calyxlobes ovate-acuminate, covered without with numerous glands, ‘075 in. long; tube short, about half the length of lobes. Corolla-lobes oblongacuminate, 125 in. long, glabrous. Stamens closely enfolded; filaments very short; anthers hastate, long apiculate, glandular warted behind, 1 in. long. Ovary rounded, pubescent; style about 04 in. long, angular, oblique; stigma minute, notched. Fruit a dark red berry, 1 in. in diam., striate and with oblong glands.

PERAK: Scortechini; Wray 4102; King's Collector 8078. In open forest at 3,000 to 5,000 feet.

Besides the characteristic leaves, the acuminate petals and hastate long apiculate anthers make this species recognisable, though the leaf-venation resembles that of L. pumila.

3. LABISIA LONGISTYLA, King & Gamble, n. sp. An undershrub about 2 feet high; stem thick, rusty-brown, minutely pubescent. Leaves sessile, oblong, entire, rounded at apex and very slightly emarginate, decurrent below in a broad wing for about of their length; prominently glandular-pitted above and with rusty glandular scales below; 7 to 12 in. long, 3 to 4 in. broad; midrib very thick, prominent, glandular scaly; main-nerves at right angles to midrib, extremely numerous, straight, parallel, anastomosing towards the edge which is slightly recurved. Inflorescence a raceme-like rusty-pubescent panicle of single flowers or shortly peduncled few-flowered secund corymbs, 8 to 9 in. long, the main peduncle about 4 in.; corymb-peduncles curved, angled, 3 to 4 in. long; bracts very short, subulate; pedicels striate, about 15 in. long; bracteoles minute. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, glandular without, tube rather shorter than lobes, together 06 in. long. Corolla and stamens unknown. Ovary rounded, pubescent, crowned by a

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