Embelia. 
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racemosos gerentibus, pedicellis 2 — 3 mm longis; flores 2,5 nun longi, 5-meri; sepala 
niargine minute sed manifeste ciliata; petala elliptico-obovata, optime rotundata, dissite 
punctulata; staniina petalis valde breviora antheris (num semper?) sessilibus, emarginatis, 
dorso manifeste punctulatis; ovarium floris q 1 valde reductum ovoideum apice apicula- 
tum, glabrum. — Fig. 50 A — E. 
Bourbon: in Wäldern auf die Bäume kletternd, nicht selten (Bory, Boi via 
n. 302. 1266, Bouton, Breun n. 214, Gaudicbaud). 
Einb. Name: Liane Poilly. 
13. E. concinna Bak. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 199. — Uibesiodes con- 
cinnum 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (189 1) 403. — I'rutex valde scandens ramulis validis, 
novellis adpresse puberulis mox glabratis. Folia petiolis 1 — 4 mm longis stipitata, forma 
aliquid variabilia nempe typo late vel fere orbiculari-elliptica rarius obovato-elliptica vel 
late oblonga vel elliptica, basi rotundata vel breviter acuta apice (saepius inciso-) emar- 
ginata, 12X10 — 30X25 mm metientia, chartacea vel chartaceo-coriacea, nitidula, utrinque 
paullo prominulo-reticulata, punctis dissitis in juvenilibus permanifestis in adultis obscuris 
aucta. Inflorescentia mulli- vel submultiflora, pyramidata, tomentella, folia bene supe- 
rans, ramulis flores laxiuscule racemosos gerentibus, pedicellis 2 — 3 mm longis; ilores 
2 — 2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala margine breviter sed manifeste ciliolata; petala elliptica, 
anguste rotundata; stamina (floris Q) petalis multo breviora filamentis manifestis an- 
theras dorso paucipunctatas subaequantibus ; ovarium crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo 
brevissimo crasse cylindrico, stigmate discoideo. 
Central-Madagascar: Baron n. 1771, 1879, 1906, 2018, 2230, 2785, 53 14. 
— Herb. Kew. 
14. E. incumbens Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassiusculi, glabri vel apice minutissime 
pubescentes, lenticellis dense verrucosi. Folia petiolis ± 6 mm longis, margine bene 
crispatis stipitata, obovata vel obovato-elliptica, basi acuta, integerrima sed margine 
valde recurvo crispula, ~ 50 mm longa, 25 mm lata, subtus prominulo-reticulata, 
punctulis atris nunc paucis nunc submultis aucta. Inflorescentia multiflora, breviter 
squarrose panniculata, subpyramidalis, pedicellis dr 3 mm longis, crassiusculis, bracteas 
multo superantibus; flores 2,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala basi breviter coalita lobis ovatis, 
bene punctatis, margine valde ciliatis ; petala ovato-elliptica, rotundata, punctata, margine 
et intus valde papillosa; stamina floris Q petalis multo breviora antheris acutis, dorso 
paucipunclulatis ; ovarium crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo triplo breviore crasso, stigmate 
disciformi-obluso. 
Central-Madagascar: Ost-Imerina bei Andrangalöaka an Bachrändern (Hilde- 
brandt n. 3675). — Blüht im November. 
15. E. micrantha A. DC ! in Ann. sc. nat. 2. ser. XVI. ( 1 8 4 1 ) 8 t et in DC. 
Prodr. VIII. (1844) 84. — Badula micrantha A. DC. ! (non Boj.) in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. XVII. 1834) 112. — Myrsirn micrantha D. Dietr. Synops. I. 1 839) 61 9. — 
Uibesiodes micranthum 0. Klze. Rev. gen. II. ( 1 8 9 1 ) 40 3. — Badula scandens Boj.! 
Hort, maurit. (1837) 196. — Ramuli validiusculi, glabri vel novclli minute tomentelli. 
Folia petiolis ± 8 mm longis, margine bene crispatis stipitata, obovata vel obovato- 
elliptica, basi acuta apice obtusiuscula, =b 70 mm longa, 33 mm lata, opaca, supra 
prominulo-costata subtus insuper reti tenui prominulo aucta, parce minutissimeque punc- 
1 ulata. Inflorescentia terminalis, oo-flora, pyramidalis, ramulis flores densissime race- 
mosos gerentibus, pedicellis vix 1,5 mm longis; flores 3 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala basi 
breviter coalita ex ovato acutiuscula, perconspicue ciliata, punctulata; petala obovata, 
'nguste rotundata, dorso prope medium punctata;' stamina petalis bene breviora antheris 
' inarginafis, manifeste punctulatis, filamentis paullo longioribus in y 3 insertis ; ovarium 
Horis glabrum, in rudimentum breviter pyramidatum reductum. 
Mauritius: Boj er, C om m e r s on n. 7 1 3. — Herb. DG., Boiss.-Barbey, Deless., Paris. 
Einb. Name: Liane Poilly. 
16. E. arborea A. DC. ! in Prodr. VIII. (1844) 83. — Badula arborea Thon.! 
q>. A. DC. 1. c. — Uibesiodes arboreum 0. Klze. Rev. gen. 11. ( 1 891) 403. — Ramuli 
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