?04 MELASTOMACEAE. melast«»m\ 



nervis mediis Bapra baiio folil prod&olii, bervii lateralibut marginl approxi- 

 malia, minoribus e basi proajredientibas, 0,033 lata, 0,00 longa, petlolf lemitereles, 

 baii incrassati, supra canaliculaii, iqaamil leliique icarioiil lecli, 0,015 longi. 

 Gemmae cuneiformcs aeloeae. Florea In ramuloram apicibua lerminalea, soliia- 

 rii, lerni vcl plurcs, luboorymboii, peduneali iriangnlares, icieboi acatia, dense 

 icarioio— aquamalali , braeteae ad basin pedonealoram Imertae, soliiariae vcl 

 (jcminaiae clongato-ovaiac acaminalae, inpra ad basin glabrae ei apieem rersoi 

 sciosae, subtus squamatae, Bubcoriaeeae uninerviae. Alabasirum ovoideam. Ca- 

 lycis cxtus Bquamis laaceolatis dentalis scariosis veitili lubua eampanulalus 

 obscure peniagonus, basi obtusus, limbua quinqueparlilus, laoiniia linearibus 

 acuminatis, inlus supra basin sctosis, lubo longioribus deoidail, aestivationc 

 contorlis, appendicibus quinque cum laciniis alternantibus lanceolalis. Corolla 

 subcampanulata pcnlapclala, aeslivationc in alabastrum oblusum contorla, pctala 

 infra faucem calyci inscrta oblongo-obovala oblusa, apicc barbala, basi in un- 

 guiculam anguslata, ulrinque glabra, 0,02 longa, 0,01 lala, subcoriacea purpurca. 

 — Crescit in insulae Javae sylvis Burangrang. 



2. H. PULCHERRIMUM Kilhls. I. c. 231. - Ramulis scloso-palcaceis; Toliis ovalis 

 vcl oblongo-ovalis acuminalis, busi oblusis, supra hirtcllis, subtus in nervulis 

 birsutis, in nervis scloso-paleaceis; llorihus solilariis vel lcrnis; calyce seloso- 

 palcaceo; staminibus pelalis et calycis laciniis opposilis, conncclivo elongalo 

 brevissimo. $ — Arbuscula 1— 2-melralis, truncus brevii, corona sphaerica vcl 

 obovoidca, slirpes plures ex eodem trunco productae, rami suhlercles, subtelra- 

 goni, in nodis incrassati glabri vel glabrescentes cinerei fusco-maculali ; ramuli 

 versus apicem ramorum aggrcgati, opposili vel aborlu altcrni, ramulo axillari ab- 

 orlienle, subverlicillati creclo-palcntes, apicem versus incurvati compressi, acie- 

 bus obtusis, bicarinali, palcis seliformibus recurvis apice incurvis rubris vel pur- 

 pureis tecti. Folia decussata subpatentia distantia ovala vel oblongo-ovala acu- 

 minata, basi obtusa, in quibusdam subcordata. in aliis angustala inlegerrima vel 

 subcrenulala, crenulis selas emiilentibus, supra hirsula, hirsutie lloxuosa, sublus 

 in ncrvis primariis scloso-paleacea ct in nervis secundariis hirsula, coriacea 

 quinque-septemnervia, nervis tribus vel quinque in foliorum apicem excurrcn- 

 tibus, 0,13 longa, 0,06 lata, pclioli scmilerelcs, supra sulcali, hasi dilalali, sctoso- 

 paleacei, 0,03 longi. Flores in apice ramulorum lerminales, solitarii vcl terni, 

 pedunculi breves subteretes, selis suhuliformibus palenlibus incurvalis muniii, 

 bracteae geminalae, basi pedunculi affixac subopposilae sessilcs crcclae ovalac 

 acuminalae, supra glabrae, sublus selosae membranaceae uninerviae. Alabastrum 

 junius bracteis inclusum, adultius ovoideum, setoso-palcaceum. Calycis lubus 

 campanulalus seloso-paleaceus, paleis pluribus cx uno puncto produclis subuli- 

 formibus curvalis flavescentihus , limbus quinquepartilus quinqueappcndiculalus 

 deciduus, aestivatione convolulus, parles elongalo-lriangulares, intus glabrae, 

 extus setosae, appendices lineares , apice dilalatae ohtusae setigerac. Corolla 

 pcntapelala, acslivalione conlorta obtusa. Pclala infra limhi divisioncm annulo 

 inserta, palentia obovaja oblusa, basi lata, subcarnosa. — Crescit in insulae 

 Bornco monte Bahay. 



3. M. BORYANUM Krlhls. 1. c. 232. — Ramulis selosis; foliis ovalibus vel ovatis acutis 

 vel emarginatis, basi acutiusculis, supra adpresse hirtis, sublus hirlis vel glabres- 

 cenlibus, ncrvis setosis; florihus tcrminalibus; calycis laciniis lineari-lriangularibus 

 acuminalis; slaminibus calycis laciniis oppositis conncctivo clongalo, staminibus 

 oppositipetalis conneclivo brevi inslruclis. 6 — Fruliculus magniludine unius vcl 

 duorum dodrantium, slirpibus pluribus ex codem trunco brevi saepe rhizomatoideo 

 nodoso productis, caules subteretes, basi crassiorcs, in ramulorum insertionc 

 nodosi, rimosi, cortice saepe in lacinias longitudinalitcr seccdenle, glabresccnles 

 fusci, ramuli basi caulis saepe alterni, apicem vcrsus opposili vel decussali crecto- 

 palentes obscure telragoni, novelli compressc telragoni sulcali, setis adpressis 

 brevibus in internodiis et setis longiorihus subuliformibus in nodis ipsis muniti. 



