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Perak: Wray 1924; Scortechini 498; Kincj's Collector 776, 4103, 

 4375, 6102, 5762, 6640, 8583, 10024, 10701, clinging to trees in dense 

 jungle at low levels. Selangoe : Ridley 7572. Singapore : Hullett 

 118. — DiSTRiB. Bangka, Teysmann Hort. Bogor. No. 3189, at Djeboes. 



Only one very poor specimen of the type (Teysmann's) is available, but from an 

 •examination of it and from Miquel's description it seems to be right to refer the 

 Peninsular plant, which we had considered new, to this species. 



4. Embelia Scortechinii, King & Gamble, n. sp. A climbing 

 shrub (?) ; branches slender ; ultimate branchlets reddish, rusty-villous. 

 Leaves entire, chartaceous ; elliptic-lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, 

 narrowed at base ; glabrous above, grey-pubescent on the nerves beneath 

 and with minute white scales, glandular dots obscure ; 4 to 5 in. long, 

 1-5 to 2 in. broad ; midrib very prominent, impressed above; main-nerves 

 about 8 pairs, prominent, slender, curving upwards to and along the 

 margin ; reticulations many, prominent on the upper surface ; petiole 

 •2 in. long, pubescent. Inflorescence of slender rusty-villous panicles of 

 long racemes, the panicles 7 to 10 in. long, racemes 3 to 6 in. ; rachis 

 hirsute, somewhat angular ; bracts deciduous, bracteoles very minute, 

 subulate ; buds very small, globose. Calyx-lobes ovate, rounded, very 

 minute, the edges ciliate with long moniliform hairs, tube very short. 

 Corolla-lobes oblong, acute, "05 in. long, shaggy with long moniliform 

 hairs. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes ; anthers ovate, cordate, 

 with two prominent papillose warts behind at the insertion of the dorsi- 

 fixed very short filaments. Ovary ovoid, style conical. Berry not known. 



Perak : Scortechini. 



This interesting species is characterised by the abundant moniliform hairs on the 

 flowers, longer and more conspicuous than in other species. 



5. Embelia penangiana, Mez Monog. Myrs. 311 (1901). A climbing 

 shrub, stem reaching about 1 in. in diam. ; branches stout ; ultimate 

 branchlets red, striate, lenticellate. Leaves entire, chartaceous ; elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate at apex, narrowly cuneate at base ; glabrous, not gland- 

 dotted; 3-5 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad; midrib prominent, impressed 

 above ; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, irregular, slender, at about two-thirds 

 of a right angle with the midrib at first then arching upwards to join 

 near the margin ; secondary nerves similar but less prominent, reticula- 

 tions many ; petiole -5 in. long, slender, edged by the crispate decurrent 

 margins of the blade which are often connivent above. Lifloresccnce a 

 terminal 3-pianate leafy panicle, 6 to 9 in. long, of slender racemes ; 

 rachis slightly pubescent, main branches at about half a right angle 

 with rachis; peduncles about 1 in. long, upper branches and branchlets 

 usually at right angles ; bracts lanceolate spathulate, leafy, deciduous ; 



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