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Embelia stricta, Crazb, sp. n., E. sessiliflorae, — valde pee bert 
floribus fructibusque sessilibus, floribus majoribus i 
—. rigidiores minus ramosas parcius puberulas sippostie 
di 
Suffrutee scandens ; ramuli primo parce puberuli, mox glabi, 
cortice rubro-brunneo irregulariter fisso obtecti. Folia oblongo- 
elliptica, apice obscure ane obtusa, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 
3°5-9°5 em. longa, 1°2-4°7 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, utrinque glabra, 
supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, ‘hand nitida, nervis lateralibus 
utringue numerosis subparallelis obliquis pagina utraque si 
spicuis ; petioli: 0°8-1 em. longi, irreguiariter alati. Spica 
solitariae axillares et in paniculas terminales dispositae 
strictae, ad 9 em. longae, rachi puberula ; practeae deciduae, rae 
lanceolatae, acutae, 3 mm, longae, patentes vel reflexae. Calyx fere 
basi 
ob pein 2° 15 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata. " Antherae parvae, 
filamentis ad 3 longitudinis affixis, Ovarium glabrum, stylo brevi, 
stigmate discoideo. Fructus globosus, mien tie 5 mm, diametro. 
Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1753. 
Embelia a aa Wall. E. Hobe C. B. Clarke, F.B.I., iii. 
p- 515, pro pa 
Chiengmai, Doi cities as in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1212. 
Distr. Bengal, Burm 
Kerr’s plant may belong to the form reticulata (Wall. et Mez pro 
sp.), but in view of the poor material available the writer does no 
feel justified in maintaining both species. 
oe andamanica, Kurz?—F.B.L,, iii. p. 521; For. Fl. Burma, 
ii. 
Eh F Klone, Murton, 10; Kow Chang Nun, Murton, 22. 
Distr. Andamans, Malay Peninsula. 
Ardisia arborescens, Wall. A. humilis, DC., var. arborescens, 
C. B. Clarke, F.B.L,, iii. p. 530 
Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 n m., Kerr, 
Distr. Burma (Collett), Chota pits (G B. Clarke). 
Ardisia corymbifera, Mez, Engler Pflanzenr., thle p- 149. 
Chiengmai, growing to a height of about 1'2 m., aes pink, 
spotted finely with purple, in eee tangle on Doi Sootep, 
1500-1650 m., Kerr, 600, 1815 
Distr. 
Ardisia Kerrii, Craib. ,8p.n.,ab affini A. yunnanensi, Mez, foliis 
‘acagaiila vel obovato-oblanceolatis apice abrupte acuminatis, 
indumento vix tam denso magis cito deciduo, floribus minoribus 
differt. 
Arbor 4°5-7°5 m, alta es Kerr) ; ramuli validi, primo fe oa 
supra sieco impressa ; petioli 8 mm. longi. Inflorescentia submulti- 
flora, e corymbis pinnatim —— constituta, foliis brevior ; 
