768 Lix. MELASTOMACE.E. [Oxyspora. 



4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles hairy, 2 in. long. Panicles 

 hairy 8 to 12 in. long, 4 to 6 in. across. Flowers small pink. Calyx 

 obovoid, strigose, 4 small acute points, pink. Petals 4, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, small. Stamens 8, 4 narrow linear-oblong, 4 oblong- 

 obtuse half as long. Capsule urn-shaped, strigose, -i in. long. Hab. 

 Mountain ridges. Pahang, Telom on ridges at 4000 ft. altitude 

 (Ridley). 



(4) O. floribunda Ridl. Ancrincleistus floribundus King, 

 I.e. 17. 



Shrub 15 ft. tall, velvety. Leaves ovate acuminate, base 

 round unequally obscurely cordate, 7-nerved, above shortly 

 bristly, beneath shortly hairy, nerves on both sides densely hairy, 



5 to 9 in. long, 4 to 5-5 in. wide; petioles i to 2 in. long. Panicles 

 16 in. long, 7 in. across, spreading; branches sub-whorled. Calyx- 

 tube funnel-shaped, pink, pilose, -2 in. long; teeth 4, triangular 

 with tufts of hairs between. Petals 4, broad, triangular, pink. 

 Stamens 8, equal or occasionally 2 smaller or wanting. Capsule 

 obovoid, truncate. Hab. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Curtis; Scor- 

 techini). 



(5) O. hirta Ridl. Jonrn. F.M.S. Miis. vi. 148. 



Shrubby stems and petioles, densely covered with stiff black 

 hairs. Leaves elliptic sub-acute, base cordate, above glabrous, 

 beneath sparsely hairy; nerves 5 pairs, hairy, transverse nerves 

 prominent, 7 in. long, -3 to -5 in. wide; petioles 2-5 in. long. 

 Panicle few-branched, 8 in. long, hairy. Flowers not seen. Fruit 

 urn-shaped, pink, narrowed to base, -25 in. long. Hab. Damp 

 woods on mountains. Pahang, Gunong Tahan about 4500 ft. 

 altitude (Ridley). 



(6) O. coUina Ridl. Ancrincleistus collinus Ridl. Journ. Roy. 

 As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 47. 



Shrub, hairy, 5 ft. tall. Leaves obovate to lanceolate acumi- 

 nate-caudate, base cuneate, equally, 5-nerved; nerves pubescent 

 from base pale or pink beneath, 4 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide; 

 petioles -5 to i in. long, scabrid, hairy. Peduncles 2 in. long, 

 pubescent terminal. Flowers -4 in. long in i or 2 whorls or umbels. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped, pubescent ; lobes 5. Petals lanceolate, pink. 

 Stamens nearly equal, yellow, with a short process on back. Capsule 

 short cup-shaped, -2 in. long, narrowed to pedicel. Hab. Forests. 

 Perak, Temengoh Woods (Ridley). Lankawi, Burau (Robinson), 

 a form with larger flowers than type. 



(7) O. rosea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 35. Allo- 

 morphia rosea Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. iii. 301. 



Low nearly glabrous shrub, scurfy papillose. Leaves lanceo- 

 late-acuminate 12 in. long, 4 in. wide ; petioles 3 in. long. Panicles 

 large ; branches over 6 in. long, scaly. Flowers pink -3 in. long. 

 Calyx obconic, lobes blunt, triangular. Petals oblong. Stamens 8 ; 

 filaments pubescent, similar ; anthers Hnear-oblong. Capsule pink, 



