198 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
EMBELIA SARMENTOSA, n. sp. 
Sarmentosa, glabra, ramulis brunneis lenticellatis, folis breviter 
petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis coriaceis nitidulis reticulato- 
venulosis, racemis axillaribus et terminalibus simplicibus vel parce pani- 
culatis, pedicellis glabris patulis quam flos; longioribus, bracteis minutis 
deltoideis, calycis glabri segmentis deltoideis, petalis oblongis quam calyx 
2-3plo longioribus, staminibus inclusis. 
A climbing shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender tercte 
bright brown branchlets, rough with copious lenticels. Petiole 
l-l in. long; blade 14-2 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, very obtuse, 
narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, rigid in texture, 
bright green and quite glabrous on both surfaces, with fine 
raised erecto-patent veins, connected by an arch just within the 
margin. Racemes lax, about an inch long, the end ones often 
slightly compound; pedicels 3 in. long, with a very minute 
deltoid braet at the base, slender, glabrous. Calyx 4 line long, 
with 5 deltoid segments. Petals green, with a white border 
dotted with black, obtuse. Stamens more than half as long as 
the petals; anthers orbieular. Fruit not seen.—Forest of 
Andrangaloaka, Dr. Parker! 
EMBELIA NUMMULARLEFOLIA, N. sp. 
Arbuscula, erecta, ramosissima, ramulis breviter pilosis, foliis petiolatis 
parvis orbieularibus subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus glabris, racemis copiosis 
axillaribus et terminalibus simplicibus vel parce panieulatis, pedicellis 
pilosis flori zquilongis, calycis pilosi segmentis deltoideis, fructu minuto 
glabro. 
A much-branched erect shrub, with slender terete straight 
woody branchlets clothed with dense short pubescence. Petiole 
jae 
i-i in. long; blade 3-3 in. long and broad, broadly rounded at 
both ends, firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, 
with fine inconspicuous immersed veins beneath. Racemes 
copious, simple froin the axils of the leaves, sometimes slightly 
compound from the end of the branchlets, 1-11 in. long in 
the final stage, with spreading pedicels not more than 4 in. 
long, which, like the rhachis, are densely clothed with short 
brown pubescence. Bracts linear or lanceolate, pilose, shorter 
than the pedicels. Calyx pilose, j line long. Corolla and 
stamens not seen. Drupe black, glabrous, globose, 3), in. in diam., 
tipped with a persistent style half as long, with a peltate stigma. 
— Central Madagascar, Baron 1028 ! 
