774 LIX. MELASTOMACEiE, [BlastuS. 



*3 to 75 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, slender, 1-5 in. 

 long with 6 to 9 small green flowers at ends of the few branches, 

 densely crowded. Calyx tubular nearly -i in. long scaly; teeth 

 minute. Stamens short ; anthers ovate, glandular at base. 

 Capsule sub-globular, -i in. long. Hah. Common in hill woods. 

 Selangor, Bukit Kutu ; Ginting Bidai. Pahang, Telom ; Kwala 

 Lipis. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Kelantan, Chaning. Distrih. 

 Borneo. 



(2) B. pulverulentus Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xh. 290. 



Branchlets scurfy, tomentose. Leaves ovate acuminate, base 

 cuneate, glabrous above, scaly beneath ; nerves tomentose, 5 in. 

 long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1-25 in. long. Cymes axillary and 

 sub-terminal, scurfy tomentose, few-flowered 1-5 in. long. Flowers 

 •5 in. long. Calyx sub-globose, tomentose, lobes 4. Petals 4, 

 ovate. Stamens 4, equal ; anthers with short processes at base 

 in front; filaments glandular. Hab. Selangor, Ulu Langat (Kloss). 



8. OCHTHOCHARIS, Bl. 



Small, little-branched, wiry shrubs with ovate or lanceolate 

 serrulate leaves and small pinkish white flowers in axillary clusters 

 or terminal panicles. Calyx-tube ovoid, 5-toothed. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 8 or 10 ; anthers oblong opening with i pore. Ovary 

 4- to 5-celled; style filiform. Capsule globose, dehiscing irregu- 

 larly. Seeds very numerous. Species about 8, Malayan. 



Panicle terminal ; stamens 10 inappendiculate . . (i) 0. paniculata 

 Panicle terminal; stamens 8 with a glandular boss on 



back . . . (2) 0. ovalifolia 



Flowers in axillary fascicles ; petals 4 ; stamens 8. 



Anthers inappendiculate . . , . . (3) 0. borneensis 



Anthers with a boss on the back. 



Leaves elliptic lanceolate . . . . . (4) 0. decumbens 



Leaves ovate lanceolate . . . . . (5) 0. sylvestris 



Petals 5 ; stamens 5 . . . . . . (6) 0. javanica 



(i) O. paniculata Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 247, t. 64; 

 Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 528 ; King, I.e. 13. 



Low shrub about 3 ft. tall, branched, angled, pubescent at tip. 

 Leaves membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, 

 serrulate, 5- to 7-nerved, nearly glabrous, 2-5 to 6 in. long, 1-25 

 to 2 in. wide; petioles -3 to 1-25 in. long. Panicles terminal, 

 spreading, 1-5 to 2 in. long. Flowers -2 in. long. Calyx cup- 

 shaped. Petals acute, 5. Stamens 10, muticous. Capsule de- 

 pressed, globular, -2 in. through. Hab. Rare in wet river forest. 

 Singapore (Wallich 4083). Not seen again in the Malay Peninsula. 

 Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. 



(2) O. ovalifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 41. 



Shrublet branched. Young parts red-hairy. Leaves ovate 

 acute, base round, edge crenulate setulose, glabrous, except midrib, 



