Embelia. 329 



perlonge porrectis computaüs 5 — 6 mm longi, 4-meri ; sepala ovata, acutiuscula, optime 

 punctata, margine serrulato-fimbriata ; petala obovata, late rotundata optime punctata, 

 dorso glabra intus densissime papulosa; stamina petalis subduplo longiora antheris prope 

 medium filamentis longissimis affixis, arcuatim curvatis; ovarium floris q? quam maxime 

 reductum, glabrum. — Fig. 51. 



Vorderindien: Malabarküste und in den Nilghiris häufig (Beddome n. 4818, 

 Metz ed. Hohenacker n. 1452, Perrottet n. 1031, 1036, 1037, 1038, Wallich n. 2299, 

 Warburg n. 488, Wight n. 1777); Ceylon: Bergzone 1600 — 2000 m ü. M. (Thwaites 

 n. 610). — Blüht Januar, Oktober. 



81. E. subcoriacea (Clarke) Mez n. sp. — E. nagushia var. subcoriacea Clarke! in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India III. (1882) 516. — Bamuli crassi, tortuosi, verrucosi, glabri. 

 Folia petiolis 6 — 10 mm longis stipitata, obovata vel obovato-elliptica, basi in typo longe 

 cuneatim acuta apice breviter sed peracute acuminata, zb 130 mm longa, 50 mm lata, 

 coriaceo-chartacea, glaberrima, utrinque prominulo-costata laxeque reticulata, punctis atris 

 maximis in parenchymate absconditis nee prominulis et in senioribus praesertim mani- 

 festis aueta. Inflorescentiae pauci- vel subpaueiflorae, bene evolutae non nisi fruetiferae 

 cognitae tunc zb 50 mm longae, ferrugineo-furfuraceae demum glabratae, bracteis sub- 

 ellipticis, e majoribus; flores 5-meri, cet. satis evoluti ignoti. Fructus depresse glo- 

 bosus, 9 mm diam. metiens, basin versus haud attenuatus, costulatus maculisque magnis 

 atris marmoratus, sepalis fere liberis, ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, valde punetatis, margine 

 optime ciliatis insidens. 



Assam: in den Khasia-Bergen , tropische Begion, bis 4000 m ü. M. (Clarke 

 n. 45712A, 45847F, Hooker f. et Thomson). 



Nota. Stirps peraffinis nisi fortasse identica a cl. Henry n. 9885 in Chinae prov. 

 Yun-Nan prope Meng-tze collecta. — Herb. Berol. 



82. E. nyassana Gilg! in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXX. (1901) 96. — Bamuli validi, 

 glaberrimi. Folia petiolis zb 1 mm longis stipitata, obovata vel obovato-elliptica, basi 

 brevissime acuminatim acuta, apice late rotundata saepiusque emarginata, zb 100 mm 

 longa, 55 mm lata, submembranacea, glabra, praeter costas subtus minute filiformi- 

 prominulas laevia, punctis multis magnis atris in parenchymate absconditis adultioribus 

 maculiformibus praedita. Inflorescentiae densiuscule racemosae, submultiflorae, minute 

 pubescentes, foliis multo breviores, pedicellis gracilibus, patentibus, zb 4 mm longis; 

 flores non nisi q 1 cogniti 5 mm longi, 4- vel rarius 5 — 6-meri; sepala margine bene 

 ciliata, paueipunetata; petala elliptica, optime rotundata, utrinque dense longeque papulosa, 

 sub indumento paueipunetata; stamina petalis bene longiora antheris rotundatis; ovarium 

 floris Qf valde reductum, glabrum. 



Central-Afrika: Nyassaland (Buchanan n. 42. — Herb. Berlin). 



8 3. E. Schimperi Vatke! in Linnaea XL. (1876) 2 06. — E. abyssinica Bak. 

 in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. III. (1877) 497. — Bamuli validi, glaberrimi. Folia elliptica 

 vel obovato-elliptica, apice obtusiuscula vel brevissime lateque subobscure acuminulata, 

 ±90 mm longa, 40 mm lata, rigidiuscule charlacea, glabra, nitida, subtus prominulo- 

 costulata marginemque versus laxe reticulata, punctis partim lineolatis in parenchymate 

 absconditis indeque obscuris aueta. Inflorescentiae dense racemosae, submultiflorae, 

 ferrugineo-tomentellae, dz 30 mm longae, pedicellis validiusculis, zb 4 mm longis; flores 

 4-meri, bene evoluti 5 mm longi; sepala optime ciliata, punctis multis pieta; petala 

 oblonga, apice late rotundata paulloque cucullatim inflexa, dorso subglabra et valde 

 punctata, intus densissime ferrugineo-lepidota; stamina petalis bene longiora filamentis 

 illis alte connatis, antheris apice rotundatis; ovarium floris q? valde reductum, glabrum. 



Abyssinien: an Bächen in 2400 — 2600 m Meereshöhe bei Gerra Abuva, Tekla 

 Maimanot und Gaffat (Schimper n. 1432, 1493). — Blüht August, September, frucht. 

 Dezember. — Herb. Berlin. 



Einh. Name: Angogo. 



Nota. Fructibus anthelminticis incolae utuntur. 



