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betwixt the calyx and ovary. Style as long as the stamina. 
Stigma simple. Berry rubescent, four-celled, many-seeded. 
17. MELASTOMA PULVERULENTA. W. J. 
M. octandra, floribus terminalibus corymboso-paniculatis rubi- 
cundis pulverulentis, foliis ovatis basi bituberculatis gla- 
berrimis trinerviis. 
Sibiring. Malay. 
Found, along with the preceding, at Singapore, and in many 
parts of Sumatra and the islands which skirt its western 
coast. 
A shrub with smooth brown bark, and furfuraceous branches. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate, obtuse, bituberculate at 
the base, very entire, very smooth, three-nerved, veins not 
prominent, coriaceous, paler beneath. Séipules none. Pe- 
tioles short, round, furfuraceous. Panicles terminal, oppo- 
sitely corymbose: peduncles dichotomous, reddish and pa- 
pillous. Calyx sub-globose, obscurely four-angled, sur- 
rounding the ovary, rubescent, pulverulent; limb four- 
lobed. Corolla four-petalled, red, sprinkled with yellow 
powder; petals spreading, lanceolato-ovate, with a small 
toothlet on each side. Stamina eight, erect; anthers long, 
red, with white cells, opening by a pore at the top, straight, 
furnished behind the base with a fascicle of white hairs; 
before expansion incurved like the other Melastome, but 
being without beaks, not reaching beyond the top of the 
ovary. Ovary adnate to the calyx, four-celled, many-seeded ; 
placente from the inner angle of the cells. Style declinate, 
as long as the stamina. Stigma obtuse. Berry sub-globose, 
four-celled, many-seeded. 
Oss. These two Singapore species are nearly related to each 
D 2 other, 
