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petiole -3 to -5 in. long, rugose, bordered above by the decurrent margins 

 of the blade. Flowers in axillary scattered umbels on thick cone-like 

 bracteate arrested branches, about '15 in. long ; pedicels very slender, 

 •3 to "4 in. long, glabrous. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, very shortly cilio- 

 late, minute, recurved in fruit. Corolla and Stamens unknown. Berry 

 globose, '3 in. in diam., smooth, pale when dry, crowned with the per- 

 sistent style. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 95; Miq. M. Ind. Bat. II. 1014. 

 M. capitellata, var. avenis, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 512 

 {in part). Emhelia umbellulata, Wall. Cat. 2312. Bapanea umhellu- 

 lata, Mez Monog. Myrs. 362. 



Singapore : Wallich 2312. — Disteib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



3, Embelia, Burm. 



Small trees or shrubs, usually climbing, often extensively. Leaves 

 alternate, entire, dentate or serrulate, usually glandular, petiole often 

 margined. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes, simple or paniculate, 

 white or pink, hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Calyx free, 4-5- 

 lobed, persistent, the lobes rounded or ovate. Corolla 4-5-lobed, the 

 lobes imbricate or contorted, tube none or short. Stamens 4 to 5 ; 

 filaments short or elongate, inserted on the corolla ; anthers ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or acute ; staminodes none. Ovary ovoid, globose or 

 conical ; style short ; stigma capitate ; ovules few, inserted on a sub- 

 globose placenta. Fruit a small drupe, globose, 1-seeded, crowned by 

 the persistent style. Seed ovoid, hollowed at the base, albumen pitted, 

 embryo transverse, curved. — Distrib, About 60 species, in the tropical 

 regions of the Old "World. 



Inflorescence terminal or terminal and axillary, paniculate : — 

 Petals free (Sect. I. Euembelia) : — 

 Leaves membranous or chartaceous : — 



Main-nerves of leaves slender, not prominent : — 



Petals sparingly villous, anthers with a cluster of black 



■warts behind . . . . . . . . 1. E. Eibes. 



Petals densely villous, anthers with only small glandular 

 warts behind : — 



Leaves elliptic, 1-5 to 2 in. broad, shortly acuminate. . 2. E. canescens. 

 Leaves oblong, '75 in. broad, long but obtusely acuminate 3. E. dasythyrsa. 

 Main-nerves of leaves prominent : — 

 Branches slender, leaves lanceolate acuminate, flowers 

 densely villous . . . . . . . . 4. E. ScortechiniL^ 



Branches stout, leaves suddenly acuminate, flowers 



glabrous or slightly pubescent only . . .. 5. E. penangiana. 



Leaves coriaceous : — 



Panicles long, leaves moderately thick : — 



Leaves acute or euneate at base, main-nerves conspicuous, 



bracteoles as long as the pedicels . . . . 6. E. pergamacea^ 



