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bracteoles subulate, as long as or rather longer than the very short, 
under -05 in. long pedicels ; buds very small, globose, flowers red. Calyx- 
lobes orbicular, glandular-ciliate, ’05 in. long, connate to the middle, not 
gland-dotted. Corolla-lobes 5, free, ovate, rounded at apex, -075 to - 1 in. 
long, slightly pubescent without, papillose within, not gland-dotted. 
Stamens of $ flowers equal to or longer than the corolla-lobes, of ? 
flowers shorter than them, inserted near the base of the lobes ; anthers 
oblong, emarginate, with minute black warts behind at the insertion of 
the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, style very short, stigma 
peltate. Berry globose, red, tuberculate and corrugate, ‘1 in. in diam., 
fruiting pedicels as long as berry. Embelia Bibes var. penangiana, 
Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1597. 
Penang : Curtis 306. Perak : Wray 1375, 1409 ; Scortechini ; 
King’s Collector 3637, 10739. 
A well-marked species, distinguished by the fairly prominent nerves of the leaves, 
the very short pedicels, and the absence of glandular dots. 
6. Embelia peegamacea, A. DC. Prod. VIII. 85 (1844). A slender 
climbing shrub ; branches rather thick, branchlets wrinkled and angular 
when dry. Leaves entire, coriaceous; oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at 
apex, cuneate or acute at base ; glabrous, shining above, pale beneath, 
margins recurved, glandular dots many, hardly prominent ; 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad, midrib thick, impressed above ; main-nerves 
slender 12 to 14 pairs, parallel but irregular, raised and conspicuous on 
the upper surface, leaving the midrib at about two-thirds of a right angle 
and joining near the edge in an intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves 
many, parallel to the main-nerves, reticulations obscure ; petiole '3 in. 
long, angular, channelled above when dry by the crispate edges of the 
decurrent blade. Inflorescence a large terminal, pyramidal, 4-pinnate, 
nearly glabrous, leafy panicle with racemose branchlets and very 
numerous flowers ; main raehis thick, flattened above, branches nearly 
at right angles to raehis as again are the branchlets, all angular ; bracts 
ovate spathulate, leafy, bracteoles subulate acuminate as long as the 
pedicels ; pedicels '05 in. long, somewhat longer in fruit ; buds very 
small, globose, flowers light red. Calyx-lobes minute, about -04 in. 
long, broadly triangular, acute, glandular-ciliate, papillose on both 
sides, dotted with few large and small brown and black glands, tube as 
long as lobes. Corolla-lobes free, ovate-oblong, glandular-ciliate, glabrous 
without, papillose within, dotted in upper part only, -07 in. long. 
Stamens as long as or shorter than corolla-lobes, inserted half-way up ; 
anthers ovate cordate, emarginate, black-warted behind at the insertion 
of the dorsifixed filaments. Ovary glabrous, ovoid ; style thick very 
