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petiole '3 to -5 in. long, rugose, bordered above by the decurrent margins 
of the blade. Flowers in axillary scattered umbels on thick cone-like 
bracteate. arrested branches, about '15 in. long; pedicels very slender, 
•3 to -4 in. long, glabrous. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, very shortly cilio- 
late, minute, recurved in fruit. Corolla and Stamens unknown. Berry 
globose, '3 in. in diam., smooth, pale when dry, crowned with the per- 
sistent style. A. DO. Prod. VIII. 95; Miq. El. Ind. Bat. II. 1014. 
M. capitellata, var. avenis, Clarke in Hook. f. El. Br. Ind. III. 512 
(in part). Embclia umbellulata, Wall. Cat. 2312. Bapanea ximbelhi- 
lata, Mez Monog. Myrs. 362. 
Singapore : Wallich 2312. — Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
3. Embelia, Burm. 
Small trees or shrubs, usually climbing, often extensively. Leaves 
alternate, entire, dentate or serrulate, usually glandular, petiole often 
margined. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes, simple or paniculate, 
white or pink, hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Calyx free, 4-5- 
lobed, persistent, the lobes rounded or ovate. Corolla 4-5-lobed, the 
lobes imbricate or contorted, tube none or short. Stamens 4 to 5 ; 
filaments short or elongate, inserted on the corolla ; anthers ovate- 
oblong, obtuse or acute ; staminodes none. Ovary ovoid, globose or 
conical ; style short ; stigma capitate ; ovules few, inserted on a sub- 
globose placenta. Fruit a small drupe, globose, 1-seeded, crowned by 
the persistent style. Seed ovoid, hollowed at the base, albumen pitted, 
embryo transverse, curved. — Distrib. About 60 species, in the tropical 
regions of the Old World. 
Inflorescence terminal or terminal and axillary, paniculate : — 
Petals free (Sect. I. Euembislia) : — 
Leaves membranous or chartaceous : — 
Main-nerves of leaves slender, not prominent : — 
Petals sparingly villous, anthers with a cluster of black 
warts behind 
Petals densely villous, anthers with only small glandular 
warts behind 
Leaves elliptic, 1-5 to 2 in. broad, shortly acuminate. . 
Leaves oblong, '75 in. broad, long but obtusely acuminate 
Main-nerves of leaves prominent : — 
Branches slender, leaves lanceolate acuminate, flowers 
densely villous 
Branches stout, leaves suddenly acuminate, flowers 
glabrous or slightly pubescent only 
Leaves coriaceous : — 
Panicles long, leaves moderately thick : — 
Leaves acute or cuneate at base, main-nerves conspicuous, 
bracteoles as long as the pedicels 
1. E. Ribes. 
2. E. canescens. 
3. jE. dasythyrsa. 
4. E. Scortechinii. 
5. E. penangiana. 
6. E. pergamacea - 
