Embelia.'] LXXXVIII. MYRSINEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 517 



16. E. vestita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 288 ; leaves oblong 

 or ovate narrowed at both ends serrate glabrous, racemes short simple rusty- 

 pubescent, petals twisted in the bud. Wall. Cat. 2306 ; Deless. Ic. Sel. v. 

 t. 30; A. I)C. Prodr. viii. 86 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 103 partly. Samara vestita, 

 Kurz in Jaurn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 223 partly. Choripetali sp., Griff. Itin. 

 Notes 168, n. 162. 



NIPAL; Wallich. BEDPAN ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3547, 3549). ASSAM; 

 Nowgong, Simons. KHASIA MTS. ; Griffith ; alt. 4- 5000 ft., frequent, H. f. $ T., 

 Clarke. 



A scandent shrub ; branches glabrous. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., shining base, cuneate 

 or rhomboid, denticulations shallow but sharp, mostly in the upper part of the 

 leaf, nerves conspicuous; petiole ^-\ in., glabrous. Racemes ^-lf in. Petals 

 A in., oblong, dotted. Ovary ^ in., ovoid-conic, beaked. Berry globose, in. 

 diam. 



17. E. nutans, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 291, and 

 Cat. 2303 ; leaves oblong subobtusely acuminate pubescent or rusty puberulous 

 on the midrib beneath entire or obscurely bluntly crenulate, base rounded, 

 racemes short simple rusty-pubescent, petals twisted in bud. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 87. E. vestita, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 103 partly. Samara vestita, Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 223 partly. 



SII.HET ; Wallich, H.f. $ T. KHASIA MTS., alt. 0-5000 ft. ; H.f. $ T. ASSAM ; 

 Griffith, Masters. PEGU ; Kurz. 



Branches rusty- pubescent, at least towards the tips. Petioles rusty-pilose, or 

 pubescent, or ultimately glabrescent. Racemes flowers and fruits as in E. vestita, 

 with which it is united by Kurz ; but there is no difficulty in distinguishing it. 



18. E. Gardneriana, Wight Ic. t. 1208; leaves ovate-lanceolate cre- 

 nate-serrate beautifully reticulated, racemes shortened almost to fascicles rusty- 

 hairy. 



NILGHERRY MTS. ; Sisparah, Gardner, &c. 



A large climber; branchlets rusty-hairy. Leaves 2^ by f-lj in., from ovate to 

 lanceolate, base rounded, rusty-pilose on the midrib beneath or altogether glabrous, 

 shining', coriaceous, nerves much raised on the upper surface ; petiole J in. Pedicels 

 -J in., subumbellulate from imbricated small bracts. Petals ^ in., oblong, dotted. 

 Ovary ^ in., ovoid-conic, long beaked. Berry ^-^ in. diam., globose. No buds seen, 

 but from the conically beaked ovary it may be inferred that the petals were twisted in 

 bud, and that the species is a near ally of E. vestita. 



IMPEBFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 



E.? LTTCIDA, Wall. Cat. 2315; leaves 3 by 1$ in, broadly oblong suddenly nar- 

 rowed at both ends entire glabrous coriaceous, racemes 1 in. axillary simple solitary 

 or paired rusty-villous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 87. SINGAPORE, Wallich. Certainly of 

 this genus. 



EMBELIA, sp , Griff. Notul. iv. 223 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate glabrous in age sub- 

 spinosely toothed, panicles axillary and terminal, corolla rotate 5-partite. MOUL- 

 MEIN ; plentiful, Griffith. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 223, proposes doubt- 

 fully to reduce this to E. Ribes ; but the subspinously toothed leaves will not allow 

 this. 



CHORIPETALUM, Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 499 ; branches pubescent, leaves lanceolate 

 acute at both ends entire pubescent, panicles axillary longer than the leaves. PAT- 

 KOYE MTS., south-east of Assam ; Griffith. Assuming that the branches and leaves 

 are glabrous, this might be E. floribunda. 



CHORIPETALUM sp., Griff. Ic. PL Asiat. t. 500 ; leaves lanceolate acuminate serrate, 

 base cuneate or rhomboid, panicles axillary shorter than the leaves, flowers 4-merous, 

 several 5-merous. MISHMEE ; Griffith. 



