Phaulanihus.] Lix. melastomace^. 777 



Exstipulate. 



Peduncles very short ; flowers in cymes of 3 ; leaf base 



cuneate (0 P. Helferi 



Peduncles very short ; flowers umbellate 4 ; leaf base 



cordate (2) P. rudis 



Peduncles slender, long (3) P. Curtisii 



Stipulate. 



Leaves narrowed acuminate . . . . . (4) P. stipularis 



(i) P. Helferi Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 42. 

 Anerincleistus Helferi Hook. fil. Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75 ; 

 Clarke, I.e. ii. 529. 



Branched shrub. Stem sohd, hairy above. Leaves ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 to 7, slender, 

 transverse nervules conspicuous, hairy on both sides, 7 to 12 in. 

 long, 3-5 to 6 in. wide; petioles i to 3 in. long. Cymes -5 in. long 

 of 3 or more hairy flowers. Calyx urceolate, lobes 4 sub-triangular, 

 hairy. Petals very small. Capsule -25 in. long, urceolate, hairy, 

 pink. Hah. Dense forests. Pahang, Khol River and Tahan woods 

 (Ridley). Distrih. Mergui. 



(2) P. rudis Ridl. I.e. 43. 



Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall. Stem woody -4 in. through. Young parts 

 hairy above, more thickly hairy beneath; nerves 4 to 7, slender, 

 more hairy, -8 in. long, 7-5 in. wide ; petioles densely hairy 2 to 

 3 in. long. Flowers 4, umbellate, pink on very short peduncle; 

 pedicels -5 in. long. Calyx-tube urn-shaped ; lobes 4, acute. Capsule 

 urceolate, pink hairy, -12 in. long, valves smooth, triangular 4. Hah. 

 Dense forests. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Ginting Peras (Ridley). 



(3) P. Curtisii Ridl. I.e. 44. Anerincleistus Scortechinii King, 

 I.e. 16. A. Curtisii Siapf, Kew Bulletin 1892, p. 196. 



Slender branched hairy shrub 3 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves thin, 

 lanceolate-oblong acuminate, base narrowed blunt truncate, very 

 unequal, glabrous or sparsely hairy, edges hairy; nerves hairy 

 3; larger leaf 2-5 to 4 in. long, -8 to 1-4 in. wide, smaller, one- 

 fourth to one-half as long. Flowers very small, 6 to 10, green, 

 umbellate, cymose on a slender peduncle i in. long. Calyx globose, 

 campanulate, tomentose or hairy ; teeth 4, hairy. Petals 4, ovate, 

 shorter. Capsule nearly -i in. long, sub-globose, more or less hairy. 

 Hah. Dense forests. Perak, Bukit Kapayung, Sungei Siput ; 

 Thaiping Hills; Temengoh. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur 

 (Ciirtis). 



(4) P. stipularis Ridl. I.e. 43. . 



Shrub. Stem hairy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate 

 narrowed to base, acuminate, young ones golden-velvety, adult 

 sparsely hairy; nerves 5, lowest from base and upper 2 from the 

 midrib, all densely hairy, 5 to 7 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petioles -5 to 

 1-5 in. long. Stipules -25 in. long, orbicular. Cymes of 2 to 3 ; 

 peduncle very short. Capsule urceolate, hairy; valves oblong, 

 on pedicel -i in. long. Hah. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). 



