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reticulations irregular ; petiole '3 to -4 in. long, bordered above by the 

 prominently crispate edges of the decurrent blade, rugose beneath- 

 Inflorescence a slender terminal 3-pinnate leafy panicle of distant com- 

 paratively few-flowered racemes, 4 to 8 in. long; rachis and its branches 

 densely rusty-villous ; bracts leafy below, spathulate above, bracteoles 

 subulate, deciduous, about half as long as the '05 to •! in. long pedicels 

 which are longer in fruit ; buds very minute, globose. Calyx-lobes very 

 small, triangular, pubescent; tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes oblong, 

 free, blunt, "06 in. long, densely villous without, papillose within and 

 glandular-dotted. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes, inserted near 

 their base ; anthers rounded, warted with inconspicuous glands behind 

 at the insertion of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary in $ flower rudi- 

 mentary. Berry globose, somewhat conical above, rugose when dry, 

 crowned with the remains of the persistent style, "2 in. in diam. 

 Wall. Cat. 2311 ; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 85 ; Scheff. Myrs. 42 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. II. 1012 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 514 ; Mez Monog. 

 Myrs. 305. 



Penang : Jack; Porter. Perak : Bidley 7172 {part). Malacca: 

 Maingay (K.D.) 1004. Singapgee : Goodenough 2804 ; Hullett 115. 



3. Embelia dasythyrsa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 573 (1862). A 

 slender climbing shrub ; branches minutely pubescent, striate, with pro- 

 minent raised lenticels ; branchlets dark, slender, rusty-villous. Leaves 

 entire, chartaceous ; oblong or elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminate at 

 apex, rounded at base ; glabrous above, glabrous except on the midrib 

 beneath, glandular dots scattered, obscure ; 1*5 to 2 in. long, about 

 •75 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath, villous, impressed above, main- 

 nerves 10 to 12 pairs, irregular, arching upwards to meet near the 

 margin ; secondary nerves few, slender, reticulations obscure ; petiole 

 •1 to "2 in. long, channelled above. Inflorescence a long, 3-pinnate, leafy 

 panicle of long slender many-flowered racemes, rachises minutely 

 pubescent ; bracts leafy, bracteoles subulate, minute, much shorter than 

 the "1 in. long very slender pedicels ; buds globose shaggy, flowers grey. 

 Calyx-lobes minute, about "03 in. long, triangular, ciliate ; tube shorter 

 than lobes. Corolla-lobes free, ovate-spathulate, about 'OB in. long, black- 

 gland-dotted, densely covered with short moniliform hairs. Stamens 

 less than half the length of the corolla-lobes, inserted at the base ; 

 anthers reniform, with inconspicuous glandular warts on the back at 

 the insertion of the dorsifixed filaments, which are almost shorter than 

 the anthers. Ovary ovoid, style very short, stigma in 3 small capitate, 

 in 5 peltate, large. Berry red or black, -15 in. in diam., globose or 

 slightly pyriform, wrinkled when dry, tipped by the persistent style and 

 stigma. Scheff. Myrs. 42 ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 305. 

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