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bracteoles subulate, as long as or rather longer than the very short, 

 under -05 in. long pedicels ; buds very small, globose, flowers red. Calyx- 

 lobes orbicular, glandular-ciliate, "05 in. long, connate to the middle, not 

 gland-dotted. Corolla-lobes 5, free, ovate, rounded at apex, -075 to •! in. 

 long, slightly pubescent without, papillose within, not gland-dotted. 

 Stamens of <? flowers equal to or longer than the corolla-lobes, of $ 

 flowers shorter than them, inserted near the base of the lobes ; anthers 

 oblong, emarginate, with minute black warts behind at the insertion of 

 the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, style very short, stigma 

 peltate. Berry globose, red, tuberculate and corrugate, "1 in. in diam., 

 fruiting pedicels as long as berry. Embelia Bibes var. penangiana, 

 Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1597. 



Penang : Ciirtis 306. Peeak : Wray 1375, 1409 ; Scortechini ; 

 Kincfs Collector 3637, 10739. 



A well-marked species, distinguished by the fairly prominent nerves of the leaves, 

 the very short pedicels, and the absence of glandular dots. 



6. Embelia pergamacea, A. DC. Prod. VIII. 85 (1844). A slender 

 climbing shrub ; branches rather thick, branchlets wrinkled and angular 

 when dry. Leaves entire, coriaceous; oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at 

 apex, cuneate or acute at base ; glabrous, shining above, pale beneath, 

 margins recurved, glandular dots many, hardly prominent; 3 to 5 in. 

 long, 1'5 to 2 in. broad, midrib thick, impressed above ; main-nerves 

 slender 12 to 14 pairs, parallel but irregular, raised and conspicuous on 

 the upper surface, leaving the midrib at about two-thirds of a right angle 

 and joining near the edge in an intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves 

 many, parallel to the main-nerves, reticulations obscure ; petiole -3 in. 

 long, angular, channelled above when dry by the crispate edges of the 

 decurrent blade. Inflorescence a large terminal, pyramidal, 4-pinnate, 

 nearly glabrous, leafy panicle with racemose branchlets and very 

 numerous flowers ; main rachis thick, flattened above, branches nearly 

 at right angles to rachis as again are the branchlets, all angular ; bracts 

 ovate spathulate, leafy, bracteoles subvilate acuminate as long as the 

 pedicels ; pedicels -05 in. long, somewhat longer in fruit ; buds very 

 small, globose, flowers light red. Calyx-lobes minute, about -04 in. 

 long, broadly triangular, acute, glandular-ciliate, papillose on both 

 sides, dotted with few large and small brown and black glands, tube as 

 long as lobes. Corolla-lobes free, ovate-oblong, glandular-ciliate, glabrous 

 without, papillose within, dotted in upper part only, -07 in. long. 

 Stamens as long as or shorter than corolla-lobes, inserted half-way up ; 

 anthers ovate cordate, emarginate, black- warted behind at the insertion 

 of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary glabrous, ovoid ; style thick very 

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