106 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



reticulations irregular ; petiole '3 to "4 in. long, bordered above by the 

 prominently crispate edges of the decurrent blade, rugose beneath- 

 Inflorescence a slender terminal 3-pinnate leafy panicle of distant com- 

 paratively few-flowered racemes, 4 to 8 in. long; rachis and its branches 

 densely rusty- villous ; bracts leafy below, spathulate above, bracteoles 

 subulate, deciduous, about half as long as the "05 to '1 in. long pedicels 

 which are longer in fruit ; buds very minute, globose. Calyx-lobes very 

 small, triangular, pubescent; tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes oblong, 

 free, blunt, "06 in. long, densely villous without, papillose within and 

 glandular-dotted. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes, inserted near 

 their base ; anthers rounded, warted with inconspicuous glands behind 

 at the insertion of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary in 3^ flower rudi- 

 mentary. Berry globose, somewhat conical above, rugose when dry, 

 crowned with the remains of the persistent style, '2 in. in diam. 

 Wall. Cat. 2311 ; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 85 ; Scheff. Myrs. 42 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. II. 1012 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 514 ; Mez Monog. 

 Myrs. 305. 



Penang : Jack; Porter. Perak : Biclley 7172 (part). Malacca: 

 Maingay (K.D.) 1004. Singapore : Goodenough 2804 ; Hullett 115. 



3. Embelia dasythyrsa, Miq. Pl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 573 (1862). A 

 slender climbing shrub ; branches minutely pubescent, striate, with pro- 

 minent raised lenticels ; branchlets dark, slender, rusty-villous. Leaves 

 entire, chartaceous ; oblong or elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminate at 

 apex, rounded at base ; glabrous above, glabrous except on the midrib 

 beneath, glandular dots scattered, obscure ; 1*5 to 2 in. long, about 

 •75 in. broad; midrib prominent beneath, villous, impressed above, main- 

 nerves 10 to 12 pairs, irregular, arching upwards to meet near the 

 margin ; secondary nerves few, slender, reticulations obscure ; petiole 

 •1 to "2 in. long, channelled above. Inflorescence a long, 3-pinnate, leafy 

 panicle of long slender many-flowered racemes, rachises minutely 

 pubescent ; bracts leafy, bracteoles subulate, minute, much shorter than 

 the "1 in. long very slender pedicels ; buds globose shaggy, flowers grey. 

 Calyx-lobes minute, about -03 in. long, triangular, ciliate ; tube shorter 

 than lobes. Corolla-lobes free, ovate-spathulate, about -06 in. long, black- 

 gland-dotted, densely covered with short moniliform hairs. Stamens 

 less than half the length of the corolla-lobes, inserted at the base ; 

 anthers reniform, with inconspicuous glandular warts on the back at 

 the insertion of the dorsifixed filaments, which are almost shorter than 

 the anthers. Ovary ovoid, style very short, stigma in 3' small capitate, 

 in $ peltate, large. Berry red or black, -15 in. in diam., globose or 

 slightly pyriform, wrinkled when dry, tipped by the persistent style and 

 stigma. Scheff. Myrs. 42 ; Mez Monog. Myrs. 305. 



