Embelia. 307 
racemosos gerentibus, pedicellis 2—3 mm longis; flores 2,5 mm longi, ö-meri; sepala 
margine minute sed manifeste ciliata; petala elliplico-obovata, optime rotundata, dissite 
punctulata; stamina petalis valde breviora antheris (num semper?) sessilibus, emarginatis, 
dorso manifeste punctulatis; ovarium floris g valde reductum ovoideum apice apicula- 
tum, glabrum, — Fig. 50 A—E. 
Bourbon: in Wäldern auf die Bäume kletternd, nicht selten (Bory, Boivin 
n. 302, 1266, Bouton, Bréon n. 214, Gaudichaud). 
Einh. Name: Liane Poilly. 
13. E. concinna Bak.! in Journ. Linn, Soc. XX. (1883) 199. — Ribesiodes con- 
cinnum O. Ktze. Rev. gen. Il. (1891) 403. — Frutex valde scandens ramulis validis, 
novellis adpresse puberulis mox glabratis. Folia petiolis | —4 mm longis stipitata, forma 
aliquid variabilia nempe typo late vel fere orbiculari-elliptica rarius obovato-elliptica vel 
Jate oblonga vel elliptica, basi rotundata vel breviter acuta apice (saepius inciso-) emar- 
ginata, 12X10—30%X25 mm metientia, chartacea vel chartaceo-coriacea, nitidula, utrinque 
paullo prominulo-reticulata, punctis dissitis in juvenilibus permanifestis in adultis obscuris 
aucta. Inflorescentia multi- vel submultiflora, pyramidata, tomentella, folia bene supe- 
rans, ramulis flores laxiuscule racemosos gerentibus, pedicellis 2—3 mm longis; flores 
2—2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala margine breviter sed manifeste ciliolata; petala elliptica, 
anguste rotundata; stamina (floris ©) petalis multo breviora filamentis manifestis an- 
theras dorso paueipunetatas subaequantibus; ovarium crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo 
brevissimo crasse cylindrieo, stigmate discoideo. 
Gentral-Madagascar: Baron n. 4771, 1879, 1906, 2018, 2230, 2785, 5314. 
— Herb. Kew. 
14. E. incumbens Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassiuseuli, glabri vel apice minutissime 
pubescentes, lenticellis dense verrucosi. Folia petiolis = 6 mm longis, margine bene 
erispatis stipitata, obovata vel obovato-elliptica, basi acuta, integerrima sed margine 
valde recurvo crispula, = 50 mm longa, 25 mm lata, subtus prominulo-reticulata, 
punetulis atris nunc paucis nune submullis aucta. Inflorescentia multiflora , breviter 
squarrose panniculata, subpyramidalis, pedicellis = 3 mm longis, crassiusculis, bracteas 
multo superantibus; flores 2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala basi breviter coalita lobis ovatis, 
bene punetatis, margine valde ciliatis; petala ovato-elliptica, rotundata, punctata, margine 
et intus valde papillosa; stamina floris Q petalis multo breviora antheris acutis, dorso 
paueipunctulatis; ovarium crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo triplo breviore crasso, stigmate 
disciformi-obtuso. 2 4 
Central-Madagascar: Ost-Imerina bei Andrangalóaka an Bachrändern (Hilde- 
brandt n. 3675). — Blüht im November. i 
15. E. micrantha A. DC.! in Ann. sc. nat. 2. sér. XVI. (1841) 81 et in DC. 
Prodr. VII. (1844) 84. — Badula micrantha A. DC.! (non Boj.) in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. XVIL (1834) 412. — Myrsine micrantha D. Dietr. Synops. I. (1839) 649. s 
Ribesiodes micranthum O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 403. — Badula seandens Bei: ! 
Hort. maurit. (1837) 196. — Ramuli validiuseuli, glabri vel novelli minute cereum i. 
Folia petiolis = 8 mm longis, margine bene cerispatis stipitata, obovata vel obovato- 
elliptica, basi acuta apice obtusiuscula, = 70 mm longa, 33 mm lata, DENO (Supra 
prominulo-costata subtus insuper reti tenui prominulo aucta, parce minutissimeque punc- 
tulata. Inflorescentia terminalis, oo-flora, pyramidalis, ramulis flores nd e 
mosos gerentibus, pedicellis vix 4,5 mm longis; flores 3 mm ers en 2 
breviter coalita ex ovato acutiuscula, perconspicue ciliata, punctulata; Per. o rs a, 
anguste rotundata, dorso prope medium punetata; stamina petalis end e s: pere 
emarginatis, manifeste punctulatis, filamentis paullo longioribus in 4/3 , 
1 * H t L tum. 
floris labrum, in rudimentum breviter pyramidatum reduc i 
“Ai 1 B ojer, Commerson n. 713. — Herb. DC., Boiss.-Barbey, Deless., Paris. 
Einh. Name: Liane Poilly. i 
16. E. arborea A. DC.! in Prodr. VIIL (1844) 83. — Badula arborea ee 
ap. A. DC. l c. — Ribesiodes arboreum O. Kize. Rev. gen. ll. (1891) 403. — 
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