Embelia] LXVII. MYBSIXACE.E 417 



Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys from the Jumna eastwards. Assam. Khasi 

 hills. Bengal. Behar, Central Provinces. Western Peninsula. Lower Burma. Fl. 

 R. S. — Ceylon, Java. A most variable Bpecies. Mez, I.e. 320, regards as separate species 

 tin- forms with pubescent 1. viz.: K ferruginea, Wall, ami reticulata, Wall. Burma, 

 villosa, Wall. Bengal. Most of the glabrous forms he calls E. T*jeriani Collam, A. DC. 

 and restricts E rotmsta, Roxb. to the specimens with short racemes and rounded, not 

 acuminate ant hers. , 



6. E. furfuracea, Coll. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 82. Shan hills. Upper 

 Burma 5,000 ft. Branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. softly rusty-tomentose. 

 Racemes dense, undivided, axillary. 1—1 i in. long, fl. almost sessile. 7. E. parvifiora, 

 Wall. Khasi and Xaga hills. Branchlets, petioles and midrib beneath rusty-pubescent, 

 I. J— 1| in. long, nearly sessile. Fl. few in short nearlv sessile unibelliform corymbs. 

 8. E. diarkei, Badd.; -Mez I.e. H23. Mooleyit, Tenasserim 4.00: > ft. A large shrub, 1. 

 ovate, acuminate, the upper portion serrate, blade 2—2$, pet. slender J in. long. Fl. 

 minutely glandular hairy, in short umbelliforin corymbs. 



B. Petals imbricate in bud, fi. 4-merous. 



9, E. viridiflora, Scheff. — Syn. Choripetalum aarantiacam, A. DC.J Wight Ic. 1210 ; 

 Samara Bkeedii, Wight let. L591; K. Basaal, Etoem. et Schult ; Mez 1. o. 828, fig. 54. 

 Hills of the Peninsula. Nilgiris, Palnis, javadies, etc. Ceylon. Yunnan. A large 

 climber, entirely glabrous. 1. coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, blade 3-6, pet. J-l in. long. 

 Racemes simple, compact, 1 in. long, from the previous year's or from the older wood. 

 ^ yellowish-purple, stamens long exserted. Fr. -crimson ovoid-globose J-J in. long. 

 Mez call this species E. Banaal, separating it from the Javan R. viridiflora, which he 

 distinguishes by large resinous dots on the back of anthers. 10. E. Nagushia, Don. 

 Sikkim :; ii.miii ft. Khasi hills. A large shrub with divaricating often climbing 

 branches, at t imesa tree, similar to 9, differs by 1. usually membranous, shorter petioles 

 and tr. depressed globose, {-', in. diam. Mez calls this /■,*. iiin/iilnln, as he idem ities 

 /•.'. Nagushia, I ion, with /■-'. m Hita, Roxb. He separates from it E. subcoriacea with sub- 

 coriaceous 1. 



11. E. Gamblei, Kurz. Sikkim 0-8,000 ft. A powerful evergreen climber with 

 thick spongy bark, youngest si ts rusty-tomentose, 1. coriaceous glabrous, elliptic- 

 oblong, blade 5 li, pel . : l [ in. long, sec. n. 15 Is pair, joined by finely reticulate veins. 

 Racemes numerous. 1-2 in. long in the axils of deciduous scales on the current year's 

 branchlets. often below a tuft of leaves. The I. of this and allied species are eaten. 



C. Petals twisted in bud, fl. 5-merous. 



12. Efloribunda, Wall. Nepal. Sikkim 4-7,000 ft. Khasi hills. A climbing shrub. 

 branchlets dexuose, I. glabrous coriaceous, shining, lanceolate, long acuminate, blade 



5 s . pet. 1 -;', in. long, liacomes iii large axillary panicles, petals slightly overlapping. 

 18. E. vestita, Roxb. Nepal. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Branchlets glabrous, 1. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, blade 2 I. pet. | in. long, racemes simple, axillary, rusty- 

 pubescent, 1-2 in. long. II. E. nutans, Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. Similar to 18, 

 youngest shoots, petiolesand midrib rusty pilose, racemes '.-1 in. long. Ovary beaked. 

 15. E Gardneriana, Wight let. bins. Cfilgiris. A large climber, branchlets Bexuose, 

 rusty-hairy, 1. coriaceous, ovate- lanceolate, crenate-serrate, sec. n. and the finely reticu- 

 late veins prominent on both surfaces, blade 'J 9, pet. J in. long. Corymbs axillary, 

 rusty-hairy, almost umbelliform, petals pale yellow, ovary pink, beaked. 



4. ARDISIA, Suartz; Fl. Brit. Iud. iii. 518. 



SI i ru lis, si i in II trees or iindersliruLs. I. as a rule cut ire. Fl. bisexual, usually 

 pentamerous, in axillary or terminal, simple or compound umbels or corymbs, 



the lateral peduncles Frequently ill the axils of bracts instead of leaves. Fl. 



not supported by bracteoles, calyx of 5 sepals connate at base, persistent. 



Corolla red, white Or spotted, Segments petal- twisted, the right hand edge 



overlapping, stamens ">. filaments shorter than anthers, style cylindric, stigma 



puiiet iforin. ovules in several tiers Oil t lie glob ,se placenta. fr. fieshy, eloboSB, 



l-seeded, pedicels Lengthening in fr.', embryo horizontal in an oily albumen. 

 Species 230, tropics ,.f both hemispheres. 



1. I., entire, excepting .1. Tcara. 



\ Sepals broad, in bud overlapping with the righl hand edge. Style in 

 bud shorter than the petals. I nlloresceucc lateral, usually simple corymbs "f 

 racemes and in the axils of bracts. 



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