776 Lix. MELASTOMACE.E. [Ochthochans. 



petioles -5 in. long. Cymes -5 in. long; flowers few, crowded '15 in. 

 long, pedicelled. Calyx-tube obovoid, limb hardh^ toothed. 

 Petals 5, broad, ovate-acuminate, white ; anthers 5. Capsule 

 sub-globular, 5-grooved, -15 to -2 in. through. Hab. Tidal mud. 

 Common in the south. Singapore, Changi. Johor, Tebrau River. 

 Malacca (Griffith). Disirib. Borneo, Java. Native name : Silokan. 



9. ANERINCLEISTUS, Korth. 



Small trees, more of less hairy. Leaves membranous ; nerves 2 

 pairs, one from base, the other from some way above the base. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal, short or long; bracts conspicuous 

 large. Flowers small rose or white. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped or 

 urceolate, hairy. Petals 4. Stamens 8 ; anthers with a short 

 boss behind. Ovary 4-celled; style fihform. Capsule globose. 

 Species 3, Malayan. 



Nearly glabrous ; flowers umbellate . . • (i) A. macranthus 



Nerves of leaf beneath, petiole, bract, calyx, fruit, 



hairy ; flowers racemose . . . . . (2) A. pauciflora 



(i) A. macranthus Kinsi, I.e. 15. 



Small tree 12 to 20 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic caudate, 

 base narrowed equal; nerves prominent one pair from shortly 

 above the base, the other ver}^ fine from base, 2-5 to 4 in. long, 

 •8 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -4 to -8 in. long. Umbels axillarj^ and 

 terminal of 7 or 8 flowers, -25 in. long, with large lanceolate- 

 acuminate caducous bracts i in. long, -25 in. wide. Calyx-tube 

 funnel-shaped, pilose, pedicelled ; teeth triangular 4. Petals 4, 

 ovate, white. Stamens 8, alternate ones shorter, with a short 

 process behind. Capsule globose-ovoid -25 to -3 in. long, valves 

 large. Hab. Mountains in forests. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 

 (Wray) ; Gunong Berumbun, Telom ; Gunong Kerbau (Haniff). 



(2) A. pauciflora Ridl. Jotirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 41. 



Shrub 6 ft. tall. Stems terete. Leaves elliptic-ovate acuminate, 

 glabrous except hairy midrib beneath, 7 in. long, 3 in. wide ; petioles 

 I in. long, hairy, winged above. Flowers 2 to 3 in terminal racemes. 

 Bracts ovate hairy, -25 in. long. Calyx urceolate hairy, -i in. long. 

 Petals ovate acute, pink, edges ciliate. Stamens 8, equal. Capsule 

 •25 in. long, hairy splitting into 8 lobes. Hab. Forests. Selangor, 

 Klang Gates; Ginting Bidai (Ridley). 



10. PHAULANTHUS, Ridl. 



Low shrubs. Leaves usuall}^ equal, ovate or lanceolate. Cymes 

 axillary, small of few flowers. Calyx campanulate ; lobes short, 4. 

 Petals 4. Stamens 8 equal similar, bases shortly prolonged, back 

 spurred. Capsule urceolate dehiscing at top ; valves 4. Species 5, 

 Assam, Tenasserim and Malaya. 



