fjIaiiduUfera, Wight, Icon. v. 4, p. 7 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 137. — Flowers : 

 Feb. Veen. Vaivaraiuj ; Kdrkauni. 



Hillv parts of tlie Presidency. Ko.vkan : Lawl; Ghats, Dahell- cf- Gihso)i, Jl oodrow. 

 Deccan : Mabrtbleshwar, Graku)i., Cooke ! Kaxara : evergreen forests near tha 

 Gairsoppa Ghat, Talhoi. — DisTiiiii. Throughout India; Ceylon, Malaya, S. China. 



The fruit is sold in the bazaars and used to adulterate black pepper which it much 

 resemble-s. 



2. Embelia robusta, Roxb Ilort. Beng. (1814) p. 16. A rambling 

 shrub or small tree ; branches glabrous or the A^ery young ones some- 

 times rusty-tomenlose. Leaves -h—^h by 1^-2| in., broadly elliptic, 

 suddenly and shortly acuminate, gland-dotfed, the margins entire or 

 soiuetimes irregularly toothed, glabrous above, paler, often reddish 

 beneath and uiore or less rusty-pubescent on the nerves, base rounded 

 or subacute ; main nerves slender, conspicuous beneath, with reticulate 

 veins between ; petioles |-| in. long, rusty-pubescent. Flowers 5- 

 merous, pale greenish-yellow, in axillary rusty-puberulous racemes 

 shorter than the leaves; pedicels i in. long; bracts minute, subulate. 

 Calyx -jig- in. long ; sepals shortly connate at the base, ovate, subacute, 

 gland-dotted and with iniiuitely-glandular margins. Petals free or 

 nearly so, i in. long, elliptic-oblong, subacute, puberulous and usually 

 with a few glands outside, densely papillose inside. Filauients in the 

 male flowers tt^- in. long ; anthers not apiculate. Fruit globose, apicu- 

 late with the style, red when ripe. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. .515; Bedd. For. 

 Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cxxxvii, t. 19, fig. 2 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 70 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 203 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v. 12 

 (1898) p. 163 ; Mez, in Engl. Pflanzenreich, v. 4 (1902) p. 319; Watt, 

 Diet. Eeon. Prod. v. 3, p. 243. Emhelia Tsjcriam-cottam, A. DC. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 17 (1837) p. 131 ; Grab. Cat. p. 104 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 1209. E. Basaal, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 1. c. ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 136. — Flowers : Apr.-July. A'lUiN. A'rahati, 



KoNKAN : Vingorla, Stocks'., Dahclll; Pal jungles, Gangaraml Deccan : hills 

 near Karli, ]Vuodrow\; Kartriz Ghat, Woodroiv. S. M. Couxtky : Belgaum, Eitchie, 

 1102! 



The fruit is used in medieine and also as an adulterant for black pepper. See Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. — Distuib. Througliout the greater part of India; Ceylon. 



3. Embelia viridiflora, Schcff. Myrs. Arch. Ind. (1867) p. 45. 

 An extensive climber ; branches much warted. Leaves 3-5 by 11-2^ in., 

 elliptic, acute, obtuse or acuminate, glabrous, punctate on both sides with 

 opaque dots, margins narrowly recurved, base acute or rounded ; main 

 nerves numerous, slender, uniting within the margin, with reticulate 

 veins between ; petioles |-g in. Ions', channelled. Flowers 4-merous, in 

 short cylindfic racemes from the axils of fallen leaves ; pedicels 3^-3^ in. 

 long ; bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, about ^V ^'^* ^^"g? often with 2 

 small, rather obscure lateral teeth. Calyx divided nearly to the base ; 

 segments triangular-ovate, acute, gland-dotted, oV^Hi ^'*- '^"S' \\\i\\ 

 minutely glandular-ciliate margins. Petals free, g-^ in. long, elliptic- 

 oblong or slightly obovate, obtuse, conspicuously gland-dotted outside, 

 gland-dotted and papillose inside. Stamens at first scarcely exceeding the 

 petals, afterwards elongating ; filaments connate with the petals to about' 

 ^ tlie length of the petals from the base; anthers oblong, rounded or slightly 



