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EMBELIA VILLOSA, n. sp. 
Arbuscula erecta, ramulis dense brunneo-villosis, foliis breviter petio- 
latis oblongis obtusis utrinque viridibus pubescentibus, racemis in paniculas 
amplas tripinnatas terminales aggregatis, pedicellis flori aquilongis, 
bracteis minutis lanceolatis, calycis pilosi minuti segmentis lanceolato- 
deltoideis, petalis ovato-oblongis quam calyx 2-3plo longioribus, staminibus 
inclusis, fructu globoso scabro. 
A shrub with slender terete woody branchlets clothed with 
very dense short brown pubescence. Petiole j-3 in. long; blade 
2-3 in. long, 1-13 in. broad, rounded at both ends, moderately 
firm in texture, green and shortly pilose on both surfaces, with 
fine but distinct erecto-patent main veins. Flowers in an entirely 
terminal bipinnate deltoid panicle 3-4 in. long and broad, with 
densely pilose branchlets, the ultimate racemes 4-1 in. long in 
the flowering stage. Pedicels patent, finally à in. long, with a 
minute lanceolate pilose bract at the base. Calyx j line long, 
densely pilose. Petals ovate-oblong, hairy, greenish, dotted with 
black. Anthers minute, orbicular. Fruit globose, 4*; in. in diam., 
tipped with a persistent style half as long as the drupe, with a 
peltate stigma.—Central Madagascar, Baron 467! 2160a! A 
near ally of the well-known Embelia Ribes, Burm. 
EMBELIA CONCINNA, n. Sp. 
Sarmentosa, ramosissima, ramulis obscure pilosis, foliis petiolatis parvis 
obovatis obtusis emarginatis subcoriaceis utrinque glabris, racemis copiosis 
axillaribus et terminalibus simplicibus vel parce paniculatis, pedicellis 
subpatulis quam flos longioribus, bracteis minutis lanceolatis, calycis pilosi 
segmentis deltoideis, petalis oblongis quam calyx triplo longioribus, stami- 
nibus inclusis. 
A much-branched sarmentose shrub, with slender shortly pilose 
flexuose rugose ultimate branchlets. Petiole j-l in. long; 
blade 1-3 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, distinctly emarginate, mode- 
rately firm in texture, bright green above, dull green beneath, 
with fine indistinct immersed veins, without any visible black 
dots. Racemes very copious, axillary and terminal, the latter 
often slightly compound, 3-1 in. long, with a slender shortly 
pilose axis; pedicels spreading, j in. long ; bracts minute, pilose, 
persistent. Calyx 4 line long, cut down nearly to the base into 
5 acute deltoid segments. Petals oblong, greenish, ;'; in. long. 
Stamens not more than half as long as the petals; anthers 
minute, orbicular. Fruit not seen.—Central Madagascar, Baron 
