108 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



bracteoles subulate, as long as or rather longer than the very short, 

 under -05 in. long pedicels ; buds very small, globose, flowers red. Calyx- 

 lobes orbicular, glandular-ciliate, "05 in. long, connate to the middle, not 

 gland-dotted. Gorolla-lohes 5, free, ovate, rounded at apex, -075 to -1 in. 

 long, slightly pubescent without, papillose within, not gland-dotted. 

 Stamens of ^ flowers equal to or longer than the corolla-lobes, of J 

 flowers shorter than them, inserted near the base of the lobes ; anthers 

 oblong, emarginate, with minute black warts behind at the insertion of 

 the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, style very short, stigma 

 peltate. Berry globose, red, tuberculate and corrugate, -1 in. in diam., 

 fruiting pedicels as long as berry, Emhelia Bihes var. penangiana, 

 Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1597. 



Penang : Curtis 306. Peeak : Wray 1375, 1409 ; Scortechini ; 

 Kings Collector 3637, 10739. 



A well-marked species, distinguished by the fairly prominent nerves of the leaves, 

 the very short pedicels, and the absence of glandular dots. 



6. Embelia peegamacea, a. DC. Prod. VIII. 85 (1844). A slender 

 climbing shrub ; branches rather thick, branchlets wrinkled and angular 

 when dry. Leaves entire, coriaceous; oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at 

 apex, cuneate or acute at base; glabrous, shining above, pale beneath, 

 margins recurved, glandular dots many, hardly prominent ; 3 to 5 in. 

 long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad, midrib thick, impressed above ; main-nerves 

 slender 12 to 14 pairs, parallel but irregular, raised and conspicuous on 

 the upper surface, leaving the midrib at about two-thirds of a right angle 

 and joining near the edge in an intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves 

 many, parallel to the main-nerves, reticulations obscure ; petiole '3 in. 

 long, angular, channelled above when dry by the crispate edges of the 

 decurrent blade. Inflorescence a large terminal, pyramidal, 4-pinnate, 

 nearly glabrous, leafy panicle with racemose branchlets and very 

 numerous flowers ; main rachis thick, flattened above, branches nearly 

 at right angles to rachis as again are the branchlets, all angular ; bracts 

 ovate spathulate, leafy, bracteoles subulate acuminate as long as the 

 pedicels ; pedicels -05 in. long, somewhat longer in fruit ; buds very 

 small, globose, flowers light red. Calyx-lobes minute, about '04 in. 

 long, broadly triangular, acute, glandular-ciliate, papillose on both 

 sides, dotted with few large and small brown and black glands, tube as 

 long as lobes. Corolla-lobes free, ovate-oblong, glandular-ciliate, glabrous 

 without, papillose within, dotted in upper part only, -07 in. long. 

 Stamens as long as or shorter than corolla-lobes, inserted half-way up ; 

 anthers ovate cordate, emarginate, black-warted behind at the insertion 

 of the dorsitixed filaments. Ovary glabrous, ovoid ; style thick very 



