Embelia. 307 



racemosos gerentibus, pedicellis 2 — 3 mm longis; flores 2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala 

 margine minute sed manifeste ciliata; petala elliptico-obovata, optime rotundata, dissite 

 punctulata; stamina petalis valde breviora antheris (num semper?) sessilibus, emarginatis, 

 dorso manifeste punctulatis; ovarium floris tf valde reductum ovoideum apice apicula- 

 tum, glabrum. — Fig. 50.4 — E. 



Bourbon: in Wäldern auf die Bäume kletternd, nicht selten (Bory, Boivin 

 n. 302, 1266, Bouton, Breon n. 214, Gaudichaud). 



Einh. Name: Liane Poilly. 



13. E. concinna Bak. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 199. — Bibesiodes con- 

 cinnum 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. IL (1891) 403. — Frutex valde scandens ramulis validis, 

 novellis adpresse puberulis mox glabratis. Folia petiolis 1 — 4 mm longis stipitata, forma 

 aliquid variabilia nempe typo late vel fere orbiculari-elliptica rarius obovato-elliptica vel 

 late oblonga vel elliptica, basi rotundata vel breviter acuta apice (saepius inciso-) emar- 

 ginata, 12X10 — 30X25 mm metientia, chartacea vel chartaceo-coriacea, nitidula, utrinque 

 paullo prominulo-reticulata, punctis dissitis in juvenilibus permanifestis in adultis obscuris 

 aucta. Inflorescentia multi- vel submultiflora, pyramidata, tomentella, folia bene supe- 

 rans, ramulis flores laxiuscule racemosos gerentibus, pedicellis 2 — 3 mm longis; flores 

 2 — 2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala margine breviter sed manifeste ciliolata; petala elliptica, 

 anguste rotundata; stamina (floris Q) petalis multo breviora filamentis manifestis an- 

 theras dorso paucipunctatas subaequantibus ; ovarium crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo 

 brevissimo crasse cylindrico, stigmate discoideo. 



Central-Madagascar: Baron n. 1771, 1879, 1906, 2018, 2230, 2785, 5314. 

 — Herb. Kew. 



14. E. incumbens Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassiusculi, glabri vel apice minutissime 

 pubescentes, lenticellis dense verrucosi. Folia petiolis ± 6 mm longis, margine bene 

 crispatis stipitata, obovata vel obovato-elliptica, basi acuta, integerrima sed margine 

 valde recurvo crispula, ± 50 mm longa, 25 mm lata, subtus prominulo-reticulata, 

 punctulis atris nunc paucis nunc submultis aucta. Inflorescentia multiflora, breviter 

 squarrose panniculata, subpyramidalis, pedicellis =b 3 mm longis, crassiusculis, bracteas 

 multo superantibus; flores 2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala basi breviter coalita lobis ovatis, 

 bene punctatis, margine valde ciliatis; petala ovato-elliptica, rotundata, punctata, margine 

 et intus valde papulosa; stamina floris Q petalis multo breviora antheris acutis, dorso 

 paucipunctulatis ; ovarium crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo triplo breviore crasso, stigmate 

 disciformi-obtuso. 



Central-Madagascar: Ost-Imerina bei Andrangalöaka an Bachrändern (Hilde- 

 brandt n. 3675). — Blüht im November. 



15. E. micrantha A. DC! in Ann. sc. nat. 2. ser. XVI. (1841) 81 et in DC. 

 Prodr. VIII. (1844) 84. — Badula micrantlia A. DC. ! (non Boj.) in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. XVII. (1834) 112. — Myrsine mier-antha D. Dietr. Synops. I. (1839) 619. — 

 Bibesiodes micranthum 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 403. — Badula scandens Boj.! 

 Hort, maurit. (1837) 196. — Ramuli validiusculi, glabri vel novelli minute tomentelli. 

 Folia petiolis =b 8 mm longis, margine bene crispatis stipitata, obovata vel obovato- 

 elliptica, basi acuta apice obtusiuscula, ±70 mm longa, 33 mm lata, opaca, supra 

 prominulo-costata subtus insuper reti tenui prominulo aucta, parce minutissimeque punc- 

 tulata. Inflorescentia terminalis, oo-flora, pyramidalis, ramulis flores densissime race- 

 mosos gerentibus, pedicellis vix 1,5 mm longis; flores 3 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala basi 

 breviter coalita ex ovato acutiuscula, perconspicue ciliata, punctulata; petala obovata, 

 anguste rotundata, dorso prope medium punctata; stamina petalis bene breviora antheris 

 emarginatis, manifeste punctulatis, filamentis paullo longioribus in y 3 insertis ; ovarium. 

 floris (j 1 glabrum, in rudimentum breviter pyramidatum reductum. 



Mauritius: Bojer, Commerson n. 713. — Herb. DC, Boiss.-Barbey, Deless., Paris. 

 Einh. Name: Liane Poilly. 



16. E. arborea A. DC! in Prodr. VIII. (1844) 83. — Badula arborea Thou.! 

 ap. A. DC. 1. c. — Bibesiodes arboreum 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 403. — Ramuli 



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