Allomorphia.] lix. melastomace^. 771 



bristle-toothed, 5 to 10 in. long, 2-5 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles 75 to 

 4 in. long. Panicles 4 to 5 in. long, spreading; branches angled 

 and winged, rusty. Flowers in small umbels. Calyx-tube 

 cylindric, ovoid; teeth small. Petals white, twice as long. 

 Stamens longer, violet. Capsule sub-globular, 8-ribbed, -i in. 

 long. Hah. In forests. Perak, Tapah ; Goping (Wray, Kunstler). 

 Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). Kelantan, Chaning; Kwala 

 Lebir (Ridley). 



Duhice. 



A. bullata Cogn. Monogr. 465. Sonerila bullata, Griff. NotidcB, 

 iv. 675. 



Malacca (Griffith). The description by Griffith is too obscure 

 to identify this plant. 



5. ORITREPHES, Ridl. 



Large branching shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, elUptic or lanceo- 

 late, large ; nerves 3 to 5 from base ; nervules horizontal, pro- 

 minent. Inflorescence cymose, terminal of few large white flowers. 

 Calyx obconic, sometimes angled; lobes 4, rounded. Petals 4. 

 Stamens 8, similar, acuminate, occasionally with a dorsal process. 

 Capsule obconic, dehiscing at the top by valves. Species 5, Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Calyx strongly angled obcuneate . . . . (i) 0. grandiflora 



Calyx funnel-shaped not angled ; branches of panicles 

 angled. 



Calyx -4 in. long (^) O. pulchra 



Calyx -25 in. long (3) 0. Barnesii 



Branches terete; flowers "i in. long . . • (4) 0. albiflora 



Calyx obovoid ; branches terete . . . . (5) 0. Robinsonii 



(i) O. grandiflora Ridl. Anerincleistus grandiflora Ridl. 

 Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 57, p. 45. (Fig. 64, p. 772.) 



A shrub or treelet 12 ft. tall. Branches angled. Leaves equal, 

 coriaceous, elliptic acuminate, base round or cuneate ; nerves, 2 

 outer very fine from the base, inner pair rising from the base or 

 from the midrib i in. above the base ,6 to 7 in. long, 3 in. wide; 

 petioles i to 3 in. long. Cymes on peduncles 2 to 3 in. long, stout 

 angled ; branches stout, i to 3 in. long, bearing 3 flowers ; pedicels 

 •3 in. long. Calyx white, 4-angled, obconic -5 in. long and as wide 

 at top; lobes subovate. Petals oblong, white. Capsule -75 in. 

 long, valves broad, thick. Hab. Mountain woods. Selangor, 

 Semangkok Pass; Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). 



(2) O. pulchra Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 309. 



Large shrub. Branches angled. Leaves lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate, base narrowed, outer pair of nerves slender from base, 

 upper ones from midrib -5 in. above base, 7 in. long, -2 to -5 in. 

 wide; petioles i in. long; peduncles angled -2 in. long. Flowers 

 few, in cymes, i in. long. Calyx funnel-shaped terete, -25 in. long ; 



