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MELASTOMA POLYANTHUM, Blume. 
Kwala Pahang. 
, Var. ALBUM. 
Pulau Rumput, Pahang River. 
‚ A pretty white-flowered form of this common species. 
M. NITIDUM, Zoll. ? 
А very narrow-leaved plant with pale foliage and smaller flowers, abundant in the 
rocky islets in the Tahan, may belong to this species. 
The distribution of these Melastomas is rather curious. In Singapore, Johore, and ` 
Penang M. polyanthum is most abundant, and is known as the Singapore Rhododendron. 
In Penang, Kedah, and Perak it is replaced by M. malabathricum, Linn. 
ALLOMORPHIA ROSEA, n. sp. Frutex parva, ramis obtusangulis, crassiusculis. Folia 
lanceolata acuminata acuta, carnosula, petiolata, 12 pollices longa, 4 pollices lata, 
petiolis validulis, 3 pollices longis, nervis tribus elevatis intramarginalibus, tenuioribus, 
nervulis transversis, subtus multo elevatis, parallelis. Panicula magna, pedunculo 
validulo, lepidoto, ramis ultra 6-pollicaribus. Flores $ pollicem longi, rosei. Sepala 
brevia, triangularia, obtusa. Petala 4; oblonga, brevia. Stamina 8, filamenta 
gracilia, pubescentia. Anthere glabree, lineares, oblongse, apicibus obtusis, basi 
breviter bilobis. Stylus crassiusculus. Capsula rosea, + pollicem longa, obconica, 
quadrangula, costis intermediis vix elevatis, basi ad pedicellum attenuata, superne 
infra sepala brevia et obtusa contracta. 
Tahan woods. 
A pretty plant, very distinct in the form and texture of the leaves and in the form of 
the fruit. 
SONERILA OBLIQUA, Korth. 
Woods of the Tahan River. 54i 
Flowers pink, the leaves when young spotted with white. This is the commonest 
species in the Peninsula. 
S. MoLUCCANA, Roxb.; 
. Growing with the last species. 
S. IMPATIENS, Весе. ? : i 
A very small and pretty little species, with leaves either green with white spots or 
entirely purple. 
Tahan woods. Apparently identical with the Bornean plant. 
PHYLLAGATHIS ROTUNDIFOLIA, Blume. 
Very abundant in the Kota Glanggi and Tahan woods. 
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