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LXXXVI. MYRSINE^E. 
[Embelia. 
(1) E. garciniaefolia Wall. Cat. 2304. 
Slender woody climber glabrous except puberulous inflorescence. 
Leaves rather thin, lanceolate to nearly ovate, bluntly acuminate, 
base narrowed; nerves very faint, pustulate beneath; 275 to 
3 in. long, *6 to 1*2 in. wide; petioles slender not winged, -3 in. 
long. Panicles 4 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide, puberulous to glabrous. 
Flowers white, small; pedicels - i in. long. Calyx-lobes short, 
round. Petals free, oblong-ovate, glabrous or nearly so. Stamens 
shorter. Fruit globose, black with short persistent style, t in. 
through. Hab. Common in edges of forests. Singapore, Changi; 
Garden Jungle. Johor, Genuang. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. 
Malacca (Maingay); Alor Gajah (Goodenough). Negri Sembilan, 
Tampin. Penang (Wallich); Kelantan, Kota Bharu (Ridley). 
Native name: Akar Sulang Kerang. Use: Fruits as an anthel¬ 
mintic. 
This is mainly the plant called E. ribes Burm,, by King, Mez and others. 
E. ribes is a totally different species from Ceylon with much larger and 
stiffer leaves. 
(2) E. dasythyrsa Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 573; King, l.c. 106. 
Climber 40 to 60 ft. long. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 
elliptic, base round, tip blunt acuminate; nerves fairly conspicuous, 
about 10 pairs; midrib red-hairy beneath, channelled above, 
175 in. long, ‘5 in. wide; petioles thick, channelled above hairy. 
Panicles slender in upper axils and terminal, 4 to 6 in. long; 
branches 2*5 to 3 in. long, red-hairy to puberulous. Flowers 
distant, pale green, smaller than in E. garcinicefolia, more hairy 
on slender pedicels -08 in. long. Sepals rounded. Petals little 
longer. Hab. Perak Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Bangka. 
Specimens of Miquel's plants are unknown, but this plant fits in with 
his description very well, it differs from E. garcinicefolia in its hairiness, 
smaller round-based leaves and smaller flowers. 
(3) E. canescens Jack, in Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. ( ed . Carey), ii. 
292; King, l.c. 105. 
Slender woody climber, hairy in type on branches, petiole and 
midrib. Leaves elliptic, base round almost subcordate, thinly 
coriaceous; nerves numerous obscure, not distinctly pustulate; 
3*25 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long, thick, flattened 
above with short blunt teeth on each side. Inflorescence terminal, 
red hairy or softly velvety, 4 to 6 in. long and nearly as wide. 
Flowers as in E. garcinicefolia, but hairy all over. Fruit obovoid 
•15 in. long, on a pedicel ‘2 in. long, black. Hab. Penang Hill 
2000 ft. altitude (Jack, Maingay, etc.). 
var. glabrescens Ridl. Leaves and branches quite glabrous. 
Hab. Singapore. Pearl's Hill (Murton). Malacca (Griffith, 
Cuming). 
This variety passes towards E. garcinicefolia, and seems in some specimens 
to be really intermediate between the two. 
