Antidesma.'] EuphorbiacecE. 43 



I. A. G-besaembilla,'^ CaertJt. Fruct. i. 189 (1788). 8u- 

 embilla, 6*. 



Heim. Mus. 11, 19. Fl. Zeyl. n. 357 (in part). A. Alexiteria, L. (in 

 part). A. pubescens,iJ[.Q0n,Q2X.(}Z. A. panicnlatujii^'Roxh.; Thw. Enum. 

 289. C. P. 773. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 357. Wight, Ic. t. 820 (not good). 



A small tree; bark grey; twigs and young parts pubescent 

 or rusty-tomentose ; 1. ii-3 in., oblong-orbicular, rounded at 

 base and apex, often emarginate, glabrous above, densely 

 pubescent (often becoming sub-glabrous) beneath ; petiole 

 rather long, pubescent ; fl. sessile, closely placed on short, 

 tomentose, panicled, terminal spikes; male fl. : — cal. pubescent, 

 ■disk deeply lobed, stam. usually 5; fern. fl. : — ov. pubescent; 

 fr. i in., nearly globose, smooth, reddish-purple. 



Moist region, to 2000 ft. ; common. Fl. reddish. 



India, Malaya, China, Africa (.?), Australia. 



Fruit sub-acid, pleasant. Leaves eaten in Bengal. 



Burmann's name, Ghescembilla, is clearly a corruption of the Sinhalese 

 •one. Gaertner's references are all to Einbelia Ribes, but his figures of 

 the seed (t. 39, f. 5) are good for the present species. 



2. A. Bunius,t Spreng. Syst Veg. i, 826 (1825). Karawala- 

 Kebella, S. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. 357 (in part). A. Alexiteria, L. (in part). Thw. Enum. 

 289. C. P. 660. 

 ' Fl. B. Ind. V. 358. Wight, Ic. t. 819. 



Small tree, with greyish-brown bark ; young parts pubes- 

 cent; 1. rather large, 4-6 in., lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering at base, slightly acuminate, apiculate, glabrous, and 

 shining ; petiole short, stout ; stip. acicular, hairy, quickly 

 "deciduous ; fl.-spikes solitary, 1-3 in., stalked, terminating 

 branchlets, male sometimes branched at base ; fl. numerous, 

 rather lax, male sessile, fem. slightly stalked ; male fl. : — cal. 

 tomentose, segm. 3, shallow, rounded ; disk lobed, glabrous ; 

 stam. 3, exserted ; pistillode short, truncate ; fem. fl. : — ov. 

 glabrous, stigmas 3, large, short, dilated, spreading ; fr. J in., 

 globose-ovoid, stalked, smooth, very juicy, black when ripe, 

 previously red. 



Var. j8, Tbwaitesianum, Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 81. 

 A. Thwaitesianum., Muell. Arg. 1. c. 263. C. P. 2922. 



L. subcoriaceous ; infl. nearly glabrous; stam. usually 4. 



* Taken from Burmann, but his plant was Embelia Ribes, not this 

 -(Thes. 112). 



t From the Malay name ' Bune,' as given by Rumphius. 



