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LXXXVI. MYRSINE^E. 
[. Embelia. 
Tasek Gelugur. Penang (Wallich, Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra, 
Borneo, Java. Native names: Akar Sakarito; Akar Kadish. 
I am quite unable to separate specifically pergamacea from coriacea, and 
consider them merely states of the same thing. 
(8) E. macrocarpa King and Gamble , l.c. 114. 
A stout climber. Branches thick. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic 
acuminate, base shortly narrowed, glabrous; nerves fine, 8 pairs; 
6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 7 to 1 in. long. Flowers in thick 
racemes below the branches. Calyx-lobes 4, triangular, acute. 
Fruit ‘5 to 7 in. long, globose. Seed deep pitted. Hah. Penang, 
Moniot's Road (Curtis); very rare and little known. 
(9) E. angulosa King and Gamble, l.c. no. 
A thick-branched climber. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, obovate 
blunt emarginate 2 to 3*5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide, midrib very 
thick; nerves fine, numerous; petioles very thick *2 in. long. 
Panicles large, 12 in. long or more, pubescent, rachises angled thick. 
Bracts spathulate; bracteoles subulate persistent. Calyx-lobes 
ovate. Corolla-lobes ovate acute, nearly glabrous. Fruit ovoid- 
pyriform, red. Hob. Rare, mountains from 5000 to 8800 ft. 
altitude in Borneo. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). 
Perak, Ulu Batang Padang (Wray). Distrib. Borneo, Kinabalu. 
(10) E. Ridleyi King and Gamble, l.c. 112. 
Large climber, glabrous. Leaves thinly chartaceous, oblong- 
acute, base round, 4 to 7 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. across; nerves pro¬ 
minent below, 12 pairs, midrib stout; petioles *5 in. long, thick. 
Panicles of racemes axillary; branches few, distant, about 3 in. 
long, glabrous, few-flowered. Calyx-lobes 4 to 5, ovate. Hab. 
Very rare; edges of woods; Singapore, Chua Chu Kang and Bukit 
Mandai (Ridley). 
Not seen again for many years, and probably extinct. 
(n) E. Lampani Scheff. Myrs. 37; King, l.c. no. 
A slender woody climber. Leaves chartaceous oblong blunt, 
base rounded or cordate, glabrous above, villous below, 1*5 to 
3 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *i to *2 in. long, villous; 
pedicel *05 in. long. Bracts few. Flowers small white, tube red. 
Calyx-lobes 5 to 6, ovate acute, villous. Corolla gamopetalous, 
lobes oblong. Fruit globose, black or purple. Hab. Forests. 
Singapore, Garden Jungle; Reservoir Woods; Changi. Malacca, 
Bukit Sabukor. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Batang Berjuntai. 
Sungei Ujong (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler); Asam 
Kumbang (Wray). Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Native names : Akar Dundulang; Dulang-Dulang. 
(12) E. amentacea Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 514; King, 
l.c. iii. 
Slender climber, branches velvety-brown. Leaves chartaceous, 
oblong blunt, base round sparsely pilose above, whitish-pubescent 
