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length, so that when in bud the racemes have the appearance of 

 catkins; flowers very small, buds globose. Calyx-lobes 5, acute, ciliate 

 on the edges, gland- dotted, tube as long as lobes, both together "05 in. 

 long. Corolla very shortly gamopetalous ; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, glabrous 

 within, -05 in. long. Stamens very short, shorter than corolla-lobes, 

 inserted about half-way up ; anthers oblong, rounded, with black 

 papillose warts on the back ; filaments as long as anthers, dorsifixed. 

 Ovary rounded, glabrous, conical above, style slender, stigma peltate. 

 Berry globose, wrinkled when dry, -1 to -125 in. in diam., crowned 

 with the persistent style and stigma, black when dry. Grenaclieria 

 amentacea, Mez Monog. Myrs. 294. 



Peeak : Scortechini 802 ; Ridley lYI'i (part) ; King's Collector 5055, 

 6280, 6817, 8692 — in open ground and in bamboo forests. Selangor : 

 Biclley 7561, Native Collector 2802a, Gooclenough 10555. Malacca : 

 Griffith (K.D.) 3548. 



Mez suggests that this may be a young state of Grenaclieria Wallichiana. He 

 apparently saw only Griffith's specimen. The abundant material now available clearly 

 shows that Clarke correctly considered it as separate. The curious catkin-like young 

 inflorescence and the more sparse leaf-venation distinguish it. 



11. Embelia Eidleyi, King & Gamble, n. sp. A climbing (?) 

 shrub; branchlets light brown, wrinkled. Lea^^es chartaceous ; oblong, 

 acute at apex, rounded at l^ase ; glabrous, glandular dots scattered 

 obscure, margin somewhat recurved; 4 to 7 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. broad ; 

 midrib thick, prominent below; main-nerves prominent below, about 12 

 pairs, curving upwards and meeting in a looped intramarginal nerve ; 

 secondary nerves and reticulations faint ; petiole "5 in. long, thick. 

 Inflorescence an axillary panicle of racemes, the branches curved, distant ; 

 rachis "5 to 1 in. long, that of racemes shorter, bracteoles minute, 

 triangular ; racemes about "5 in. long. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5, ovate, gland- 

 dotted, very small. Corolla and rest not seen. 



Singapore : Biclley 6324. It seems to come near to E. fioribunda, 

 Wall. 



E. Txjeriam-Cottam, A. DC. is quoted by Mez as extending from India southwards 

 to Singapore, but we have seen no specimens from our region. 



12. Embelia Myetillus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XL. ii. 67 

 (1871), and For. Fl. II. 104. A small cHmbing shrub (Wray) ; branches 

 rough, somewhat corky, with large lenticels ; ultimate branchlets densely 

 rusty-villous. Leaves coriaceous ; bifarious, broadly elliptic to almost 

 orbicular, acute at apex with usually 3 terminal teeth, narrowed truncate 

 or cordate at base ; glabrous above, slightly villous on nerves beneath ; 

 glandular dots black, numerous, small, fewer large, scattered, especially 



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