Oritrephes.] lix. melastomace^e. 773 



cing longitudinally, -12 in. long. Hab. Perak, Gunong Berumbun 

 near Telom (Ridley), at 5000 ft. altitude. 



(5) O. Robinsonii Rtdl. Anerincleistus Robinsonii Ridl. Journ. 

 Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 46. 



Big shrub. Branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate 

 acuminate, red-scurfy beneath; base shortly cuneate; nerves 

 as in 0. grandiflora ; nervules prominent, 4 to 6 in. long, i to 2-25 

 in. wide ; petioles -5 to i in. long. Peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 3-5 in. long with 2 or 3 terminal cymes. Flowers -5 in. long, white 

 and pink. Calyx-tube obconic not angled, red-scurfy; lobes 

 ovate, blunt. Petals ovate-oblong. Capsule -5 in. long not angled, 

 conic. Hab. Mountain woods. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Robin- 

 son, Ridley). 



6. PERILIMNASTES, Ridl. 



Glabrous shrub forming compact tussocks. Leaves coriaceous, 

 narrow lanceolate entire, opposite equal, 3-nerved. Cymes short, 

 terminal, few-flowered. Calyx sub-cylindric ; sepals long, linear. 

 Petals lanceolate, acute. Stamens 8, all equal. Style slender. 

 Fruit short, campanulate, pale shining, dehiscence apical, valves 4, 

 broad inflexed. Species i, endemic. 



(i) P. fruticosa Ridl. Anerincleistus fruticosus Ridl. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 309. 



Much branched, branches black. Leaves 175 in. long, -2 to 

 •3 in. wide, acuminate, blunt, winged to base. Peduncles -i in. 

 long, red; pedicels -15 in. long. Calyx red, cylindric, base dilate, 

 4-ridged -2 in. long; lobes linear, -2 in. long. Petals spreading, 

 pinkish white. Stamen filaments -2 in. long; anthers yellow as 

 long, acuminate. Capsule -2 in. long and as wide on a pedicel 

 •3 in. long. Hab. On rocks in mountain streams. Pahang, Gunong 

 Tahan (Robinson, Ridley). 



This forms cushions about 12 in. tall in cracks of rocks in the streams. 



7. BLASTUS, Lour. 



Shrubs, scaly or puberulous. Leaves membranous, ovate to 

 lanceolate. Panicles cymose of small flowers, axillary and ter- 

 minal. Calyx-lobes 4. Petals 4, ovate. Stamens 4. Capsule 

 sub-globular. Species 4 or 5, Malaya, Cochin-China, China. 

 Leaves lanceolate ; flowers hardly "i in. long . . (i) B. Cogniauxii 



Leaves ovate; flowers with stamens -5 in. long . (2) B. pulverulentus 



(i) B. Cogniauxii Stapf. Hook. Ic. PL t. 2311 ; King, I.e. 12. 

 Ochthocharis parviflora Cogn. Mon. Phan. vii. 421. 



A slender much-branched twiggy shrub 6 to 10 ft. tall, scaly 

 or puberulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate long-acuminate, base 

 narrowed, thin glabrous scaly beneath ; nerves 5 with nervules 

 conspicuous scurfy, 4 to 7 in. long, i to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 



