104 Flora of tJie Malayan Peninsula. 



Leaves rounded or cordate at base, main-nerves very pro- 

 minent, bracteoles shorter than the pedicels . . ..I.E. coriacea. 



Panicles short, stout, leaves very thick .. .. 8. E. angulosa. 



Petals joined at the base into a tube (Sect. II. Geenacheria) : — 

 Leaves rusty-villous beneath, bracts of the inflorescence 

 short, inconspicuous . . . . . . . . 9. jB. Lampani. 



Leaves pubescent or nearly glabrous beneath, bracts of the 



inflorescence long, often leafy, conspicuous .. .. 10. E. amentacea. 



Inflorescence axillary : — 

 Inflorescence paniculate, axillary, 1 to 2 in. long (Sect. III. 

 Pattaea) . . . . . . , , .. 11. E. Ridleyi. 



Inflorescence much shorter than the leaves, on very short 

 racemose branchlets with many bracts (Sect. IV. Miceem- 

 belia) : — 

 Flowers tetramerous, leaves coriaceous .. ..12. E. Myrtillus. 



Plowers pentamerous, leaves chartaceous .. .. 13. E. parviflora. 



Species impeefectly known : 14. E. lucida. 15. E. macrocarpa. 



1. Embelia Eibes, Burm. Fl. Ind. 62. t. 23 (1768). An evergreen 

 climbing shrub; branches pale brown, with thick bark studded with 

 conical protuberances ; branchlets pale brown, smooth, lenticellate. 

 Leaves entire, chartaceous ; elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtusely acu- 

 minate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous above, glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent beneath, glandular dots scattered, sometimes obscure; margin 

 generally recurved; 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. broad; midrib slender, 

 prominent below, generally impressed above ; main-nerves obscure, 

 irregular, slender, 12 to 14 pairs, parallel at first then curved upwards 

 to join near the margin ; secondary nerves many faint, reticulations 

 very obscure; petiole '3 to "5 in. long, bordered by the crisped edges 

 of the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a large terminal leafy 3 -pinnate 

 grey- or rusty-pubescent panicle of racemes, the branches at first turning 

 upwards, afterwards nearly at right angles with the rachis ; bracts 

 leafy, smaller by degrees upwards ; bracteoles subulate, shorter than the 

 slender pedicels, '05 in. long; buds small, globose; flowers white. Calyx- 

 lobes very minute, about "025 in. long, triangular-acute, ciliate, with few 

 glandular dots ; tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes free, elliptic, rounded 

 at top in 2 , more acute in ^ , -05 in. long, ciliate, sparingly villous- 

 pubescent, apex incurved, with few prominent glandular dots. Stamens 

 inserted on the corolla-lobes, about half-way up in ^ , lower down in 2 , 

 shorter than the lobes; anthers short, <? with parallel, ? with divaricate, 

 'cells, both with a long black mass of glandular warts behind at the 

 insertion of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style short, 

 stigma capitate in ^ , peltate and larger in ? . Berry globose or some- 

 times pyriform, red or black, glabrous, succulent, wrinkled when dry, 

 aromatic, "1 to "15 in. in. diam., crowned with the persistent style and 



