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Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
Leaves rounded or cordate at base, main-nerves very pro- 
minent, bracteoles shorter than the pedicels 
Panicles short, stout, leaves very thick 
Petals joined at the base into a tube (Sect. II. Grenacheria) : 
Leaves rusty- villous beneath, bracts of the inflorescence 
short, inconspicuous 
Leaves pubescent or nearly glabrous beneath, bracts of the 
inflorescence long, often leafy, conspicuous 
Inflorescence axillary : — 
Inflorescence paniculate, axillary, 1 to 2 in. long (Sect. III. 
Pattara) 
Inflorescence much shorter than the leaves, on very short 
racemose branchlets with many bracts (Sect. IV. Micrem- 
belia) : — 
Flowers tetramerous, leaves coriaceous 
Flowers pentamerous, leaves chartaceous 
Species imperfectly known: 14. E. lucida. 15. E. macrocarjia. 
1. Embelia Ribes, Burm. El. Ind. 62. t. 23 (1768). An evergreen 
climbing shrub ; branches pale brown, with thick bark studded with 
conical protuberances ; branchlets pale brown, smooth, lenticellate. 
Leaves entire, chartaceous ; elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtusely acu- 
minate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous above, glabrous or minutely 
pubescent beneath, glandular dots scattered, sometimes obscure; margin 
generally recurved ; 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. broad ; midrib slender, 
prominent below, generally impressed above ; main-nerves obscure, 
irregular, slender, 12 to 14 pairs, parallel at first then curved upwards 
to join near the margin ; secondary nerves many faint, reticulations 
very obscure; petiole '3 to "5 in. long, bordered by the crisped edges 
of the decurrent blade. Inflorescence a large terminal leafy 3-pinnate 
grey- or rusty-pubescent panicle of racemes, the branches at first turning 
upwards, afterwards nearly at right angles with the rachis ; bracts 
leafy, smaller by degrees upwards ; bracteoles subulate, shorter than the 
slender pedicels, '05 in. long; buds small, globose; flowers white. Calyx- 
lobes very minute, about '025 in. long, triangular-acute, ciliate, with few 
glandular dots ; tube as long as lobes. Corolla-lobes free, elliptic, rounded 
at top in 2 , more acute in , ’05 in. long, ciliate, sparingly villous- 
pubescent, apex incurved, with few prominent glandular dots. Stamens 
inserted on the corolla-lobes, about half-way up in $ , lower down in 2 , 
shorter than the lobes ; anthers short, $ with parallel, 2 with divaricate, 
cells, both with a long black mass of glandular warts behind at the 
insertion of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style short, 
stigma capitate in $ , peltate and larger in 2 ■ Berry globose or some- 
times pyriform, red or black, glabrous, succulent, wrinkled when dry, 
aromatic, - 1 to ’15 in. in. diam., crowned with the persistent style and 
7. E. coriacea. 
8. E. angulosa. 
9. E. Lampani. 
10. E. amentacea. 
11. E. Ridleyi. 
12. E. Myrtillus. 
13. E. parvijlora. 
