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The writer has failed to trace in Herb. Kew any of Griffith's 

 3545 which he could refer to Watt 7277 from Manipur. Con- 

 sequently the type of Mez's species has been taken as Wattl2Tl(Q). 

 Kcrr's plant quoted above is $ and has the calyx lobes exactly as 

 in Watt's plant and not as described and figured by Mez. 



Embelia sootepensis, Craib, ab JE. robasta, Roxb., foliis deutatis 

 facile distinguenda. 



Ramnli graciles, juventute parce pilosi, mox fere glabri, cortice 

 cinereo-brunueo obtecti. Folia oblanceolata vel elliptico-oblanceo- 

 lata, apice acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, 8-15 cm. longa, 2'5-6 cm. 

 lata, membranacea vel tenuiter chartacea, parte basali excepta 

 dentata, supra pilosula, subtus costa nervisque puberula, nervis later- 

 alibus utrinque 6-8 intra marginem arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus 

 prominulis; petioli 1-1'5 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, puberuli. 

 Racemi simplices, axillares, solitarii, ad 3 cm. longi, pedunculo 

 brevi suffulti ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, ut rhachi glanduloso-puberuli ; 

 bracteae filiformes, circiter 1 mm. longae. Calycis lobi lanceolati, 

 acuti, 1 mm. longi, 0'5 mm. lati, dorso glanduloso-puberuli, ciliati, 

 pauci-punctati. Corollae segmenta lanceolata, acutiuscula, 2*75 mm. 

 longa, 1 mm. lata, extra glabra, intra papillosa, pauci-punctata. 

 Stamina corollarn aequantia, antheris dorso punctatis. Craib, Kew 

 Bull. 1911, p. 406. 



Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1355. 



Embelia stricta, Craib, E. sessiliflorae, Kurz, valde affinis sed 

 floribus fructibusque sessilibus, floribus majoribus in paniculas 

 terminates rigidiores minus ramosas parcius puberulas dispositis 

 diiFert. 



Suffrutex scandens ; ramuli primo parce puberuli, mox glabri, 

 cortice rubro-brunneo irregulariter fisso obtecti. Folia oblongo- 

 elliptica, apice obscure acuminata, obtusa, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 

 3*5-9'5 cm. longa, l'2-4'7 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, utrinque glabra, 

 supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, haud nitida, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque numerosis subparallelis obliquis pagina utraque con- 

 spicuis ; petioli O'8-l cm. longi, irregulariter alati. Spicae et 

 solitariae axillares et in paniculas terminales dispositae, rigidiusculae, 

 strictae, ad 9cm. longae, rhachi puberula ; bracteae deciduae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae, acutae, 3 mm. longae, patentes vel reflexae. Calyx fere 

 ad basin 5-partitus. 1*75 mm. altus, segmentis deltoideis late 

 acutiusculis 1 mm. latis extra puberulis ciliatis. Petala viridia, 

 oblongo-elliptica, 2'75 mm. longa, 1'5 mm. lata. Anther ae parvae, 

 filamentis ad longitudinis affixis. Ovarium glabrum, stylo brevi, 

 stigmate discoideo. Fructus globosus, apiculatus, 5 mm. diametro. 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 407. 



Chiengmai. Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1753. 



Embelia villosa, Wall. E. robusta, C. B. Clarke, F.B.I., iii. 

 p. 515, pro parte. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1212. 



Dutr. Bengal, Burma. 



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 not 

 feel justified in maintaining both species. 



