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upwards to meet in a nerve more or less parallel to the margin ; secondary 

 nerves similar, reticulations many ; petiole -1 to -2 in long, rusty- villous. 

 Inflorescence of terminal panicles of pedunculate racemes 6 to 12 in. 

 long, the branches often leafy, rachis and peduncles all rusty- villous ; 

 peduncles -5 to "7 in. long, pedicels slender, about '05 in. long ; bracts 

 few, leaf-like ; bracteoles rather longer than the pedicels, lanceolate to 

 spathulate ; flowers small, buds globose, petals white, striate, tube red. 

 Calyx-lobes 5-6, ovate, acute, ciliate on the edges, villous, dotted with 

 few glands ; tube as long as lobes, both together -05 in. long, longer in 

 fruit. Corolla gamopetalous from one-third to one-half of its length ; 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, recurved, -1 in. long, sparsely gland-dotted. Stamens 

 as long as or a little shorter than the corolla-lobes, inserted about half- 

 way up, anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally, the back with black 

 conspicuous glandular warts ; filaments adnate to the corolla below 

 point of insertion, slender, dorsifixed. Ovary rounded, glabrous, style 

 cylindric, stigma peltate in J , slightly lobed in ^ . Berry globose, 

 •1 to -15 in. in diam., black when dry, crowned with the persistent 

 style, rugosely glandular. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 514. 

 E. villosa, Wall. Cat. 2313 {in part). Grenacheria Wallichiana, Mez 

 Monog. Myrs. 293, fig. 49. G. Lampani, Mez I.e. 294. 



Penang : Curtis 305 ; G. King. Peeak : Wray 95, 2784 ; Scortechini 

 231 ; King's Collector 2483, 4210, 6849, 8134. Selangor : Bidley 10224. 

 Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1003. Singapore : Bidley 10417. — Distrib. 

 Sumatra, Korthals ; Borneo, Haviland & Hose. 



Haviland and Hose's Borneo specimens have rather larger flowers than, and 

 pedicels about twice as long as, those from the Peninsula (No. 2280). 



10. Embelia amentacea, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 514 

 (1882). A slender climbing shrub ; branches pale brown, velvety; branch- 

 lets cinnamomeous or rusty- villous. Leaves chartaceous ; oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse and sometimes emarginate at apex, rounded at 

 base ; upper surface sparsely pilose, under surface pubescent, pale bluish- 

 green, glandular dots many prominent ; 2 to 3 in. long, '75 to '1 in. broad ; 

 midrib impressed above, prominent below, villous on both sides ; main- 

 nerves few, 6 to 10 pairs, irregular, at about two- thirds of a right angle 

 with the midrib, arching upwards, branching and joining in a nerve near 

 the margin ; secondary nerves similar but more slender, reticulations not 

 prominent; petiole -15 in. long, villous, winged by the decurrent base of 

 the blade. Inflorescence of terminal panicles of pedunculate racemes, 

 the branches leafy, the leaves passing gradually into oblong or spathu- 

 late conspicuous bracts ; peduncles 1 to 1'5 in. long, enlarged at base ; 

 pedicels '1 in. long, supported by linear subulate bracteoles twice their 



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