236 lxxxvi. myrsinEjE. [Embelia. 
red or black with persistent style. Hab. Mountains. Malacca, Mt. 
Ophir (Griffith and all collectors). Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Bukit 
Hitam (Kelsall); Gunong Ulu Kali (Burn-Murdoch); Gunong Men- 
gkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Xnas (Yapp); Gunong 
Bubu (Wray). Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). Distrib. Burma. 
(15) E. parviflora Wall. Cat. 2307; King , l.c. 113. 
Slender climber, villous. Leaves chartaceous, distichous ovate- 
lanceolate, sub-acute, base truncate, glabrous except midrib 
beneath, *7 to 1*5 in. long, *5 to *75 in. wide; petioles very short, 
*05 in. long, villous. Racemes or umbels few-flowered, axillary. 
Male 4- to 6-flowered, female 1- to 3-flowered. Calyx-lobes ciliate 
5. Corolla-lobes 5, ovate round ciliate. Fruit globose red or 
black, -15 to *2 in. through. Hab. Mountains, local. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills 3000 to 5000 ft. altitude (Wray, Curtis, Kunstler). 
Distrib. Khasiya, Burma, Sumatra. 
(16) E. subeordata Ridl. 
Slender climbing, branches covered with red brown glandular 
hairs. Leaves distichous oblong-lanceolate, blunt, base broad 
sub-cordate, chartaceous densely gland-dotted beneath, glabrous 
except the hairy midrib; nerves very faint about 10 pairs; 1*5 in. 
long, -6 in. wide; petioles hairy, very short under 1 in. long. 
Flowers minute in axillary fascicles of 2 to 5; pedicels puberulous, 
•05 in. long. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate blunt glabrous with 8 red glands 
outside. Corolla twice as long, lobes ovate blunt, glabrous except 
the ciliate tip. Anthers oblong-ovoid with 4 warts on the back. 
Pistil glabrous. Hab. Selangor, Semangkok Pass on the Track to 
Bukit Fraser (Ridley). 
This species has the appearance of E. pulchella. of Siam, but the flowers 
are much smaller and almost completely glabrous. 
Dubious Species 
Embelia lucida Wall. Cat. 2315. Hab. Singapore. Altogether 
doubtful. The specimen looks like an Ilex; certainly not an 
Embelia. 
4 . LABXSIA, Lindl. 
Small shrublets, rhizome creeping. Leaves few, coriaceous to 
herbaceous nearly entire or toothed, many-nerved. Flowers pink 
in erect spike-like panicles, very small. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla 
5-lobed, tube short. Stamens 5 wrapped in corolla lobes; fila¬ 
ments short; anthers ovoid. Ovary globose; ovules few immersed 
in placenta. Drupe globose, red or blue, i-seeded. Seed globose, 
hollowed at base. Species 4, Malay Peninsula and isles. 
Leaves chartaceous, elliptic-lanceolate; drupe red 
Leaves herbaceous, lanceolate ; petals acute 
Leaves chartaceous, ovate or orbicular 
Leaves coriaceous oblong; drupe blue. 
<i) L. pothoina 
(2) L. acuta 
{3) L. paucifolia 
(4) L. longistyla 
