84 LXXVI. }klYnSl>'ACF./E. 



Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 163; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, 

 p. 315, liapanea cnpitellata, Mez, in Engl. Ptlanzeureicli, v. 4(1002) 

 p. 356. — Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



Eare. Kanaka : evergreen forests of N. Kanara from Ainslii pouthwards, not 

 common, Talbot; Santaveri, Woidroivl — Disridii. India (>'ipal, Bhutan, Assam, 

 Khasia hills, W. Peninsuhi) ; Ava, Ceylon. 



3. EMBELIA, Biinn. 



Large shrubs tisiially climbing. Leaves alternate, entire or tootlied ; 

 petiole often margined. Flowers small, whitish, lierniaphrodite or 

 polygamo-diax'ious, in axillary or terminal simple or compound racemes 

 or panicles. Calyx free, persistent, 4-5-tid or -partite ; lobes rounded 

 or ovate. Petals 4-5, free or slightly cohering at the base, erecto- 

 patent or reflexed, elliptic, imbricate (rarely contorted). Stamens 4-5 ; 

 tilaments more or less adnate to the petals, sometimes ; anthers ovate- 

 oblong. Ovary ovoid or globose (rarely conical-beaked) ; ovules few, 

 inserted on a subglobose placenta ; style short ; stigma capitellat;e. 

 Fruit small, globose, 1 (rarely 2) -seeded. Seeds globose, excavated at 

 the base ; albumen pitted or subruminate ; embryo curved, transverse. — 

 DiSTRiB. Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia, New Caledonia and the 

 Sandwich Islands ; species (32, according to Mez (Engl. Pflanzenreicb, 

 V. 4, 1902). 



Flowers 5-merou8. 



I-eaves oblong-lanceolate; inflorescence terminal or in the 



upper axils 1. E. Hihcf. 



Leaves broadly elliptic ; inflorescence axillary 2. E. robusfa. 



Flowers -i-merous 3. E. viridijlora. 



1. Embelia Ribes, Bunn. Fl. Ind. (1708) p. 02, t. 23. A large 



scandent shrub ; branches long, slender, flexible, terete, with long inter- 

 nodes, the bark studded witli lenticels. Leaves coriaceous, 2-3| by 

 •|— 1| in., elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 entire, glabrous on both sides, shining above, paler and somewhat 

 silvery beneath, the whole surface covered with scattered minute reddish 

 sunken glands (conspicuous in the young leaves), base rounded or acute; 

 main nerves juimerous, slender (more or less obscure in fresb 

 specimens) ; petioles :|-^ in. long, more or less margined, glabrous. 

 Flowers 5-meroiis, numerous, small, in lax panicled racemes which are 

 terminal and from the upper axils ; branches of the panicle often 3-4 in. 

 long with more or less glandular-pubescent rhachises ; pedicels j^^— j'-t in. 

 long, glandular-pubescent ; bracts minute, setaceous, deciduous. Calyx 

 about v,'-jj in. long; sepals connate about \ of the way up, the teeth 5, 

 broadly triangular-ovate, ciliate. Petals 5, greenish-yellow, free, -J- in. 

 long, elliptic, subobtuse, pubescent on both sides. Stamens 5, shortt-r 

 than the petals, erect ; iilaments inserted a little below the middle of 

 the petals. Fruit globose, ^-\ in. in diam., smooth, succulent, black 

 when ripe, like a pep[)er-corn when dried, tipped with the persistent 

 style. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 513 ; Grab. Cat. p. 10 I ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 137 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3. p. 69 ; Talb. Trees, ]',()iiib. ed. 2, p. 203 ; AVoodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 103; AValt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 3, p. 242; Mez, in Engl. Pfiauzcnrcich, v. 4 (1902) p. 303. ivmbdia 



