Embelia. pentandria monogynia. 291 



— Racemes small, axillary, four times shorter than the leaves, soli- 

 tary or two or three-fascicled, erect, on very short, round, pe- 

 duncles, which as well as the short pedicels are beset with ferru- 

 ginous pubescence. A small withering linear bractlet under each 

 pedicel, half the length of it. Flower small, white, verging to green- 

 ish, possessing a very disagreeable smell. — Calyx flattisli, spreading, 

 pubescent, divided into five ovate, acute segments. — Corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx; petals alternating with the former, lanceolate, acute, 

 obscurely villous within ; aestivation valvate. Stamina equalling the 

 corolla in length ; filaments subulate, inserted aud partly received 

 into the base of the opposite petals : anthers ovate, with longitudi- 

 nal cells.— Ovary very small. Style cy indric, short. Stigma simple. 

 Obs. Tliis is a very elegant shrub, its dense branches and leaves 

 and nodding or pendulous habit rendering it a desirable ornament 

 in borders and shrubberies. — N. W. 



6. IL.floribunda, Wall. 



Scandent, smooth, with extreme'y slender branches. Leave* 

 oblong-lanceolate, finely acuminate, with straight margins, rankles 

 axillary, of many, long, slender racemes. 



1 have found il abundantly in Nipal, on Chundra-gtri, Fheopore, 

 and at Thankote, also in more northerly situations. Jt flowers from 

 December to February and is in fruit from March to May. 



A most extensive, beautiful climber, rambling over large trees.' 

 Bark pallid, scabious, from a great number of ash-grey, elevated 



dots. Branches extremely long, slender, flaccid and pendulous 



Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, from five to six inches long, 

 finely acuminate, rounded, and frequently somewhat unequal at the 

 base, with most entire, straight, sub-revolute margins ; coriaceous, 

 smooth, dotted with numerous semi-pellucid points, especially near 

 the circumference, where they form a marginal row ; dark green and 

 shining above, pale underneath, with elevated rib and capillary, sub- 

 opposite, almost inconspicuous nerves. — Petiols about one-third of 



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