Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 103: 



petiole -3 to -5 in. long, rugose, bordered above by the decurrent margins 

 of the blade. Floivers in axillary scattered -umbels on thick cone-like 

 bracteate arrested branches, about 'IS in. long ; pedicels very slender, 

 •3 to -4 in. long, glabrous. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, very shortly cilio- 

 late, minute, recurved in fruit. Corolla and Stamens unknown. Berry 

 globose, '3 in. in diam., smooth, pale when dry, crowned with the per- 

 sistent style. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 95 ; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. II. 1014. 

 M. capitellata, var. avenis, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 512 

 (w part). Emhelia umhellidata, Wall. Cat. 2312. Bapanea umhellu- 

 lata, MezMonog. Myrs. 362. 



Singapore : Wallich 2312. — Distbib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



3. Embelia, Burm. 



Small trees or shrubs, usually climbing, often extensively. Leaves 

 alternate, entire, dentate or serrulate, usually glandular, petiole often 

 margined. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes, simple or paniculate^ 

 vyhite or pink, hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Calyx free, 4-5- 

 lobed, persistent, the lobes rounded or ovate. Corolla 4-5-lobed, the 

 lobes imbricate or contorted, tube none or short. Stamens 4 to 5 ; 

 filaments short or elongate, inserted on the corolla ; anthers ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or acute ; starainodes none. Ovary ovoid, globose or 

 conical ; style short ; stigma capitate ; ovules few, inserted on a sub- 

 globose placenta. Fruit a small drupe, globose, 1-seeded, crowned by 

 the persistent style. Seed ovoid, hollowed at the base, albumen pitted, 

 embryo transverse, curved. — Distrib. About 60 species, in the tropical 

 regions of the Old World. 



Inflorescence terminal or terminal and axillary, paniculate : — 

 Petals free (Sect. I. Euembelia) : — 

 Leaves membranous or chartacoous : — 



Main-nerves of leaves slender, not prominent : — 



Petals sparingly villous, anthers with a cluster of black 



warts behind .. .. .. ..1. E. Ribes. 



Petals densely villous, anthers with only small glandular 

 warts behind : — 



Leaves elliptic, 1'5 to 2 in. broad, shortly acuminate. . 2. E. canescens. 

 Leaves oblong, 75 in. broad, long but obtusely acuminate 3. E. dasythyrsa. 

 Main-nerves of leaves prominent : — 

 Branches slender, leaves lanceolate acuminate, flowers 

 densely villous . . . . . . , . 4. £. ScortechiniL 



Branches stout, leaves suddenly acuminate, flowers 



glabrous or slightly pubescent only . . . . 5. E. peiiangiana. 



Leaves coriaceous : — 



Panicles long, leaves moderately thick : — 



Leaves acute or cuneate at base, main-nerves conspicuous, 



bracteoles as long as the pedicels . . . . 6. E. pergamaeea^ 



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