114 Flora of tlie Malayan Peninsula. 



rounded, glabrous ; style slender, curved, stigma peltate, at any rate in 

 5 . Berry globose, red, black when dry, smooth, 'IS to "2 in. in diam., 

 surmounted by the remains of the style and stigma. A. DC. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. XVII. 130 (excl. var. /:!), Prod. YIII. 86: Scheff. Myrs. 

 44 ; Kurz For. PI. II. 104 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 515 ; 

 Mez Monog. Myrs. 324. Samara parviflora, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. XLVI. ii. 223. Gelastrinea, Griff. Itin. Notes 85, n. 1226. 



Peeak: Scortechini ; Wray 4194 — at Maxwell's Hill, Larut, 3,500 

 feet ; Curtis 2059 — on Hijan Eange ; King's Collector 2342, 6992 — from 

 dense forests on high hills at 3,000 to 5,000 feet. — Distkib. Khasia 

 and Naga Hills ; Upper Burma, Griffith (K.D.) 3545, &c. ; Sumatra. 



Imperfectly Known Species. 



14. Embelia lucida, Wall. Cat. 2315. Leaves 3 in. long, 1*25 in. 

 broad, broadly oblong, suddenly narrowed at both ends, entire, glabrous, 

 coriaceous. Bacemes 1 in. long, axillary, simple, solitary or paired, 

 rusty-villous. A. DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 134, Prod. VIII. 87 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 517 ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 396. 



Singapore : Wallich 2315. 



15. Embelia macrocarpa. King & Gamble, n. sp. A strong climber, 

 branchlets thick, nearly black, rough. Leaves coriaceous ; elliptic, obtuse 

 or shortly acuminate at apex, almost rounded at base, glabrous, margin 

 reflexed; 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. broad; midrib rather slender; main- 

 nerves irregular, distant, not prominent, about 8 pairs ; secondary nerves 

 slender, obscure as are the reticulations ; petiole "7 to 1 in. long, thick, 

 bordered above by the decurrent margins of the leaves. Floioers 

 apparently on rather short, thick racemes from the branches. Calyx- 

 lobes 4, triangular, acute, gland-dotted, under -1 in. long. Berry large, 

 •5 to '7 in. in diam., smooth, wrinkled when dry, globose, crowned with 

 the short remains of the persistent style. Seed with many conspicuous 

 pits. Eest not seen. 



Penang : at Marriot's Eoad, 1,500 feet, Curtis 1229. 

 The following Burmese species is here inserted, as it is found in 

 Tenasserim and may occur further south in the Malay Peninsula. 



Embelia Gallatlyi, King & Gamble, n. sp. Apparently a shrub ; branchlets 

 rounded, dark brown, lenticellate. Leaves ovate, acuminate at apex, truncate at base; 

 prominently crenate dentate with blunt teeth and glands in the crenatures ; glabrous 

 on both surfaces, glandular dots few, chiefly near the margin ; 1 to 1-4 in. long, "5 to 

 •7 in. broad; midrib slender, impressed above; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs; arching 

 upwards to the crenatures ; secondary nerves many, slender, reticulations prominent ; 

 petiole -1 to '2 in. long, channelled above, crispately edged. Inflorescence of axillary 

 corymbose racemes, 10-12-flowered, rachis about 2 in. long, bracts minute subulate 

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