712 MELASTOMACKAi: 



Ml MNII.LA. 



cal.vce connatus carnosus globosus, in vcrlicc Iruncalo cnlycis limbo lobuloso 

 angustiore cincius, quadriloculnris. Placcntnc carnosae liifidac, lamellae ope .t\> 

 affizae. Bemina numerosfl obconica, leala daedaleo— reticulata coriacca, legmen 

 mrinbranaceuni, hilum micropylac approximalum, raphe linearis, chalata lalerali- 

 basilaris. — Crescit in insula Bumatra jiixia Doekoe. 



6237. TBIPLECTBVH Don. 



(Don mss. ex Wght. ct Arn. Prodr. 11. penins. Ind. orienl. I. 324.) 

 1. TR. BADIGANS Don mss. 1. c. — (Wlprs. Itcperl. bot. syst. II. 143. *) - Prulico- 



sum glabrum , e nodis radicans: foliis rolundalo-ovalibus carnosis trincrviis 

 integerrimis brcviler peliolalis, paribus saepe in ramulis lalcralibus brevihux 

 solitariis; pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris. ^ — Crescit in peninsula 

 Indiae orientalis. 



0238. PACHYCEIVTRIA Blume. 



(Wlprs. Rcpert. bot. syst. II. 143.) 

 1. P. TUBERCCI.ATA Korlhals, Verhandlingen over de naluurlijke Geschieden. 240. 

 t. 63. — Foliis superioribus subsessilibus oblongis aculis, basi subcordalis; pani- 

 culis terminalibus. 6 — Fruticulus pseudo-parasiticus, caulis geniCulatUB nodo- 

 sus, cicatricibus cxcavatis fuscis, rami obscure tclragoni glabrescenles, ramuli 

 compressc letragoni fusci, pube ferruginca vestili. Folia decussala breviter pc- 

 liolata, superiora subscssilia oblonga vel oblongo-ovala acuta, basi subcordala, 

 ulrinque glabra carnosula trinervia 0,10 longa, 0,04 lata. Flores terminales pani- 

 culali, pedunculi compressi in nodis laliores pubescentes. Alabaslrum elongato- 

 octogonum. Calycis glabri tubus obconicus, limbus dilatalo-campanulalus obso- 

 lete quadridentatus. Pctala 4 oblonga oblusiuscula glabra rosea. Stamina 8 

 subaequalia, filamenla subteretia glabra, anlherae subteretcs curvatae, poro dc- 

 hiscentes, connectivo poslice in calcar curvatum producto. Ovarium calyci ad- 

 haerens, disco carnoso coronalum quadriloculare, ovula pauca (4-8) in singulo 

 loculo, anatropa. Slylus tcres glaber, sligma capitatum. — Crescit in insula 

 Borneo ad monlem Pamalton. 



6239. POGO\A\THERA Blume. 



(Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 143.) 



1. P. PULVERULENTA Blumc, Flora (B. Z.) XIV. 520. — (Wlprs. I. c. no. 1.) - 



Krthls. Verhandling. over de naluurl. Geschiedn. 247. t. 65. — Foliis oblongo-ova- 

 libus, basi biauriculatis trinerviis coriaceis. 6 — Frulex pseudo-parasiticus, cau- 

 lis subteres, rami obscurc telragoni glabrescentes. ramuli subtereles, ullimi com- 

 pressi ferrugineo-farinosi. Folia decussata oblongo-ovalia obtuse acuminata, 

 basi biauriculata, ulrinquc glabra coriacca Irinervia, nervis secundariis distan- 

 libus, 0,14 longa, 0,06 lata, petioli comprcssi, supra sulcati glabriusculi, 0,015 longi. 

 Flores axillares vel tcrminales paniculali, pedunculi compressi glabriusculi. Ca- 

 lycis tubus obscure tetragonus, limbo campanulato quadridenlalo. Corolla iu 

 alabaslro obtuso aeslivatione convoluta, pciala 4 oblique subrolunda obiusa, 

 extus pubescentia rosea. Stamina 8 aequalia, fauci tubi inserta, filamcnta lclra- 

 gona linearia, medio saepe incrassato, glabra, anlherae basi affixae ovalae obtu- 

 sae, poro apicali dehiscentcs, connectivo basi postice in appendices clavatas 

 producto. Ovarium calycis lubo adhaerens, disco carnoso apice tubuloso coro- 

 natum quadrifoculare , ovula numerosa, slylus teres glaber, stigma minulum 

 dcnticulatum. Fructus calyci adnalus et limbo cjus quadridcntato apice obval- 

 valus, bacca globosa quadrilocularis. Semina numerosa, funiculorum filiformium 

 ope placentis subcarnosis affixa ovoidea, testa reticulata, tegmen membranaccum, 

 hilum micropylae approximatum, chalaza basilaris. Enibryo ovalus. — Melastoma 

 pulveruleiitum W. Jack, Transact. of the Linn. soc. XIV. 19. — DC Prodr. III. 

 149. — Crescit in insula Sumatra in sylvis prepe Doekoe. 



