Embelia. 313 



acuta, ± 100 mm longa, 40 mm lata, rigida, glabra, supra insigniter glauco-viridia 

 subtus rubentia fere rubiginoso-colorata, praeter costulas paullo prominulas laevia, nitida, 

 punctis glandulosis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentia multiflora, squarrose tripinna- 

 tim panniculata, folia longe superans, axibus dense tomentellis angulatis sicut ramuli 

 fuscobrunneis, pedicellis vix ultra 1 mm longis; flores 3 — 3,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala 

 fere ad 1 / 4 connata lobis triangularibus, sensim acutis, optime punctatis; petala anguste 

 elliptica, late subacuta, dorso glabra intus dense papulosa, bene punctata; stamina floris 

 Q petalis sat breviora filamentis alte insertis antheras reductas subaequantibus ; ovarium 

 crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo 2 — 3-plo breviore valido, stigmate subdiscoideo. 



Deccan: Bolamputty-Hügel 1700 m ü. M. (Beddome n. 226). — Blüht im Januar 

 (Herb. Kew). 



37. E. ovata Scheff. ! Comm. Myrs. Archip. ind. (1867) 41. — Ribesiodes ovatum 

 O. Ktze. Bev. gen. II. (1891) 403. — Bamuli crassi, glabri, dense lenticellis in adultis 

 badiis verruculosi. Folia petiolis zh 6 mm longis, margine prope apicem minute undu- 

 latis stipitata, basi rotundata apice optime acuminata, zh 130 mm longa, 50 mm lata, 

 crasse coriacea, glaberrima, utrinque costis dense parallelis prominulis praedita nee 

 manifestius reticulata. Inflorescentia oo-flora, amplissime laxeque 4-pinnatim panniculata, 

 leviter tomentella, pedicellis 1 — 1,5 mm longis; flores 1 — 1,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala 

 alte connata 5-dentata, acuta, haud vel vix punctata; petala elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, 

 paueipunetata , utrinque sed praesertim intus papulosa; stamina petalis optime breviora 

 antheris infra medium filamentis subaequilongis , petalis alte insertis affixis, dorso punctis 

 parvis praeditis; ovarium floris tf valde reduetum, lageniforme. 



Sumatra: ohne Standortsangabe (Junghuhn). — Herb. Leiden. 



38. E. Sarasinorum Mez n. sp. — Bamuli crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis ± 10 mm 

 longis stipitata, basi rotundata apice breviter sed manifeste acuminata, i: 120 mm longa, 

 60 mm lata, chartaceo-coriacea, glabra nitidaque, punetulis subatris multis clarisque 

 aueta. Inflorescentia oo-flora, amplissime 3-pinnatim panniculata, minutissime puberula, 

 folia longe superans, ramulis laxiuscule racemosis elongatis, pedicellis vix 1 mm longis; 

 flores 2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala bene ad 1 / s connata lobis triangularibus, peracutis, 

 margine nudis, haud punctatis; petala subelliptica, late acuta, intus dense breviter papu- 

 losa, haud punctata; stamina petalis prope basin inserta petalis optime breviora, fila- 

 mentis gracilibus quam antherae subreetangulares subtriplo longioribus; ovarium glabrum, 

 flori (j* quam maxime reduetum. 



Celebes: ohne Standortsangabe (Sarasin n. 611). — Blüht im Juli (Herb. Berlin). 



39. E. coriacea Wall! Cat. (1829) n. 2314; A. DC.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 

 (1834) 135 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 87; Clarke! in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India 

 III. (1882) 513. — Ribesiodes coriaeewm 0. Ktze. Bev. gen. II. (1891) 403. — Em- 

 belia oblongata Miq. ! Fl. Ind. bat. Suppl. I. (1860) 573; Scheff.! Comm. Myrs. Archip. 

 ind. (1867) 34. — Ribesiodes oblongatum O. Ktze. 1. c. — Ardisia coriacea Korth. ! 

 ap. Scheff. 1. c. (e. p.). — Ardisia tenuiflora Korth.! 1. c. (e. p.). — Embelia macro- 

 j)hylla Blume! ap. Scheff.! 1. c. 36. — Ribesiodes macrophyllum 0. Ktze. 1. c. — Ar- 

 disia longifolia Zipp. ! ap. Scheff. 1. c. — Bamuli crassiusculi, novelli minutissime glan- 

 duloso-puberuli, adulti lenticellis badiis optime verruculosi. Folia petiolis dz 1 mm longis, 

 margine paullo undulatis stipitata, perelongate elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, basi optime 

 rotundata apice breviter sed manifeste acuminata, zh 28 mm longa, 80 mm lata, crasse 

 coriacea, glaberrima, costis dense parallelis subtus paullo prominulis, punetulis atris pro- 

 minulis parvis paucis praedita. Inflorescentia oo-flora, amplissime 4-pinnatim panni- 

 culata, squarrosissima, densa, minute glanduloso-puberula, pedicellis infra 1 mm longis; 

 flores 1 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala ad V3 vel paullo ultra coalita lobis subovatis, acutis, 

 punctatis ; petala subelliptica, acuta, dissite bene punctata, dorso glabra intus margineque 

 optime papulosa; stamina petalis multo breviora alteque inserta antheris prope basin 

 filamentis subaequilongis affixis; ovarium crasse ovoideum stigmate pulvinato, stylo bre- 

 vissimo. 



