82 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
Mesa indica, Rozb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 509; Forest Fl. 
Burma, ii. p. 99.—Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Throughout India and Malaya, and the same, or a very closely 
allied species, is found in Africa and Madagascar. 
Mesa mollis, 4. DC.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 510; syn. M. 
mollissima, Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 100, non A. DC.— 
Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. 
Pegu, Tenasserim, and Java. 
Embelia Ribes, Burm.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 513; Forest FI. 
Burma, ii. p. 101.—Shan hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. 
Widely spread in India and Malaya, and extending to South- 
eastern China. 
Embelia furfuracea, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex ramis crassiusculis ferrugineo-furfuraceis, ramulis late- 
ralibus circiter pollicaribus rigidis 2-3-foliatis floriferis etiam 
ferrugineis. Folia (juniora tantum visa) petiolata, crassiuseula, 
papyracea, anguste obovata vel oblanceolata, cum petiolo usque 
ad 2 poll. longa, apice rotundata, deorsum attenuata, integra 
utrinque pubescentia, venis inconspicuis. Flores (d tantum 
visi) minuti, puberuli, in racemos simplices axillares pollicares 
vel sesquipollieares amentiformes dispositi, brevissime pedicellati 
vel sessiles, nigro-punctati; calycis lobi breves, deltoidei, sub- 
acuti; petala libera, leviter imbricata, lanceolata, obtusa ; anther® 
magne, fere sessiles, dorso secus connectivum nigro-punctate. 
Shan hills at 5000 feet. 
This is so like Antidesma fruticulosum, Kurz, in general 
appearance, that it was taken for an Antidesma before the flowers 
were examined. 
Ardisia polycephala, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p- 529; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 109.—Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Pegu and Tenasserim. 
A specimen collected at an altitude of 2000 feet, and having 
fewer-flowered racemes on longer peduncles, may belong to this 
species. 
SAPOTACER. 
Sideroxylon burmanicum, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
S. assamico et S. Hookeri affinis, differt foliis pallidis latioribus 
venis primariis lateralibus paucioribus inconspicuis, floribus 
