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a basi in apicem acutiusculum sensim angustata, dz 25 mm longa, 10 mm lata, char- 
tacea, adulta praeter nervum medium subtus dense pilosum marginemque saepius cilia- 
tum glabra, subtus nervis filiform i-prominulis aucta, punclulis parvis prominulis multis 
conspersa. Inflorescenliae pauci- (zt 5-)florae, subumbellatae , pilis glandulosis ferru- 
gineis tomentellae, foliis multo breviores, pedicellis gracillimis 3 — 4 mm longis, bracteas 
multo superantibus; ilores 2 — 2,5 mm longi; sepala breviter eoalita, angnste ovata, 
acutiuscula, margine glanduloso-ciliata, dense atro-punctata; petala lanceolata vel ob- 
longo-lanceolata, subacuta, in superiore parte valde punctata, dorso glabra margine in- 
tusque dense papillosa ; stamina floris (f petala paullo sed manifeste superantia antheris 
apiculatis, dorso non nisi paullo punctatis, filamentis perlongis prope basin affixis; ova- 
rium in flore (f valde reductum lageniforme stylo gracili. 
Assam und Ober-Birma (Clarken. 1 4838 E, 4 I 40 I A, Griffith n. 3545 (e. p.), 
Hooker f. et Thomson » Embelia 12«, Wallich n. 2307); Sumatra: bei Peinang 
Kort hals n. 1190). 
71. E. pauciflora Diels! in Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1900) 517. — Ramuli 
gracillimi, apicem versus minute peradpresseque tomenlelli. Folia petiolis ziz 2 mm longis 
stipitata, ovato- lanceolata , basi obtusa vel subcordata apice elegantissime acuminata, 
margine dentibus spinulosis peradpressis utrinque 5 — 6 praedita, dz 60 mm longa, 
20 mm lata, tenuiter membranaeea, praeter nervum medium subtus prope basin minute 
puberulum glabra, subtus obscure reticulata. Inflorescentiae inevolutae solum cognitae 
valde abbreviate racemosae, certe petiolis haud multo longiores, pubcrulae, dz 5-tlorae; 
tlores perjuveniles descriptioni vix idonei; sepala basi breviter eoalita? ovato-elliptica, 
anguste rotundata, margine ciliolata, dissite punctulata. Cet. ignota. 
Central-China: Prov. Sze-ch’uan bei Nan-ch’uan (Rosthorn n. 25). — Herb. 
Berlin. 
72. E. polypodioides Hemsl. et Mez! in Notizbl. bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin III. 
1901 1 08: Hook. Icon. pl. (1901) t. 2725. — Ramuli graciles, dense umbrino-villosi. 
Folia petiolis dz i mm longis stipitata, ovato-lanceolala vel ovato-elliptica, basi sub- 
cordata apicem versus acuta et mucrone imposito nunc anguste rotundata nunc acuta, 
margine sinuatim utrinque dz 5-crenata apicemque versus dentibus impositis minulis 
spinulosis adpressis praedita, dz 30 mm longa, 10 mm lala, chartacea, praeter nervum 
medium subtus longe pilosum glabra, bene laxeque prominulo-reticulala. Inflorescenliae 
sessiles, subumbellatim 1 — 3-florae, pilosae, foliis permulto breviores, pedicellis usque 
ad 3 mm longis, gracilibus, bracteas multo superantibus; (lores 4 — 5 mm longi; sepala 
ultra '/ 3 eoalita lobis ovato-lingulatis, anguste rotundatis, margine dense fimbriatis, secus 
medium biseriatim valde punctatis; petala oblonga, late rotundata, apicem versus item 
valde punctata; stamina floris (f petalis paullo breviora filamentis alte insertis quam 
antherae magnae, ovatae, acutiusculae paulloque apiculatae, dorso uniseriatim pauci- 
punctatae paullo longioribus; ovarium floris (f reductum, ovoideum stylo gracili sub- 
aequilongo. 
China: Prov. Yun-Nan bei Meng-Tse in Wäldern, 2000 m ü. M. (Henry n. 1 0060 *). 
— Herb. Berlin, Kew, Mez. 
73. E. saxatilis Hemsl.! in Hook. Icon. pl. ( 1 901) t. 2724. — Ramuli gracil- 
limi, dense pilis longis crassisque lanuginosi. Folia petiolis zd 5 mm longis, gracillimis 
stipitata, anguste elliptica, basi breviter apice bene acuta et hic mucronulata, margine 
dentibus parvis subspinuliformibus valde erectis utrinque 5 — 8 praedita, dz 2 5 mm 
longa, I 1 mm lala, submembranacea, praeter nervum medium subtus rudimentarie 
pilosum adulta glabra, subtus bene pallida fere canescentia laxeque retato-picta, punctis 
et minoribus rubentibus densa serie marginem sequentibus et majoribus atris dissitis 
praedita. Inflorescentiae perpauci- (zb 5-) florae, perabbreviatae, pilosae, petiolos sub- 
duplo superantes, pedicellis gracilibus 4 — 5 mm longis; Ilores 4 mm longi; sepala ad 
1 3 eoalita margine minutissime lepidoto-ciliolata punctulis et apicalibus rubentibus et 
dissitis brunneis picta; petala perelongate angusteque oblongo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, 
breviter sed dense papillosa, prope apicem punctata; stamina floris (f petalis multo 
