Rhodamnia.} lviii. myrtace^. 



717 



Camp, Tahan. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson) . A plant collected 

 by Robinson at Koh Pennam, just outside of the boundary, has the 

 leaves of cinerea, though more acuminate and reticulate, and the 

 flowers and pedicels of candata, except that the petals are silky. 



var. uniflora Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 146. 



Shrub 10 to 12 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous stiff elliptic acumin- 

 ate, fugaciously silky above, dotted silvery beneath, 1-2 in. long, 

 *5 to 75 in. wide; petioles "4 in. long. Flowers i to 2 in each 

 axil; pedicel -15 in. long silky. Petals glabrous. Fruit silky. 

 Hub. Mountains over 4000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 

 Wray's Camp and upwards. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith). Perak, 

 Gunong Kerbau at 5500 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



6. RHODOMYRTUS, DC. 



Bushes, tomentose. Leaves opposite, 3-nerved. Flowers large 

 axillary. Calyx turbinate oblong; lobes 5 (rarely 4). Petals 5 

 (rarely 4) spreading. Stamens indefinite. Ovary i- to 3-celled; 

 style filiform. Berry ovoid, sweet with many reniform seeds. 

 Species 5, Australian, i Indo-Malayan. 



(i) R. tomentosa Wight Spicil. Neilgh. i. 60, t. 71 ; King, 

 I.e. 75. 



Shrub 4 or 5 ft. tall, tomentose. Leaves glabrous above, 

 tomentose beneath, elliptic-obovate blunt, 1-5 to 2-5 in. long, 

 •65 to I in. wide; petioles '15 in. long. Flowers i to 3 together. 

 Petals rose pink turning white, obovate. Fruit oblong ovoid 

 tomentose, light purple, pulp sweet. Hab. Common in open low- 

 land dry country and sandy heaths, Singapore, Johor, Malacca, 

 Perak, Tringganu, Penang, Setul. Distrib. China, S. India, Malay 

 islands to Philippines, Cambodia. Native name : Kamunting. 



7. DECASPERMUM, Forst. 



Small bushy trees. Leaves opposite. Flowers small white in 

 axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx campanulate, lobes 4 to 5. 

 Petals 4 to 5. Stamens numerous in several series. Ovary 4- to 

 5-celled. Ovules 2 or few in each cell. Berry globose. Seeds 

 8 to 10, reniform, sub-globose. Species about 6, tropical Asia, 

 Australia, Polynesia. 



Tree. Leaves oblong to ovate-lanceolate; flowers 



panicled . . . . . . . . (i) D. paniculatum 



Shrub. Leaves obovate; flov/ers racemose . . (2) D. montanum 



(i) D. paniculatum Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (2), 61 ; 

 Wight, III. ii. t. 97, fig. 10. 



A small tree about 30 ft. tall. Young parts and inflorescence 

 silky tomentose; nerves 10 fine, glabrous except midrib on both 

 sides and edges, T2$ to 3*5 in. long, '4 to i in. wide; petioles "i to 

 •3 in. long. Panicles axillary i to 2 in., terminal one 3 in. long. 



