782 Lix. MELASTOMACE^. [SoncrUa. 



(7) S. prostrata Ridl. 



A very slender creeping plant forming mats. Stems filiform 

 hairy red. Leaves equal-paired, ovate round with white hairs 

 on upper surface, edge serrate, -25 in. long and wide; petioles 

 slender -i in. long. Flowers i to 2 shortly pedicelled on slender 

 terminal peduncles. Calyx urn-shaped with very short teeth 

 acute, hairy. Corolla -25 in. wide, bright pink of 3 or 4 petals 

 obovate, 'minutely apiculate. Stamens 3, nearly as long. Anthers 

 yellow. Capsule urn-shaped, smooth, nearly truncate, -25 in. 

 long. Hab. On shady rocks on the roadside, Selangor, Klang 

 Gates, flowering January (Ridley). 



(8) S. patula Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 71. 

 Stem branched widely from near the base woody red-hairy, 



about 12 in. tall. Leaves lanceolate acute, base acute, appressed 

 hairy all over, equal ; nerves 3, 175 to 2-5 in. long, -3 to -5 in. wide ; 

 petioles -i in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal; peduncle -i in. 

 long. Flowers small, white, 2 to 5 in a cyme. Calyx -15 in. 

 long, campanulate; lobes lanceolate, subulate. Petals triangular 

 lanceolate, acuminate -i in. long. Stamens elliptic, blunt. 

 Capsule trigonous obconic, smooth, -2 in. long; pedicel stout, 

 •4 in. long. Hab. Rare. Forests in mountainous regions. 

 Pahang, Tahan woods, below Wray's Camp, 3000 ft. altitude 

 (Ridley). 



(9) S. albiflora Siapf, I.e. 28. 



Woody shrublet ascending or erect branched, 18 in. tall, 

 appressed bristly. Leaves sub-equal or quite unequal, lanceolate 

 or ovate lanceolate acute, dark green, glabrous above, pale beneath 

 and appressed-hairy or glabrous; nerves i to 2 pairs, appressed 

 hairy beneath, i to 3-5 in. long, -5 to 1-25 in. wide ; petioles -2 to 

 •4 in. long. Flowers axillary and terminal, solitary or paired or 

 5 in a cyme, small, white; pedicels very slender. Calyx small, 

 obconic, glabrous, -08 in. long. Petals oblong, apiculate, -i to 

 •15 in. long. Anthers oblong, blunt. Capsule obconic, scantily 

 muricate, -2 in. long. Hab. Mountain woods. Selangor, Semang- 

 kok, 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Keledang ; Bujong 

 Malacca (Curtis, Goldham, Kunstler). 



(10) S. ramosa Ridl. Joitrn. F.M.S. Mtis. v. 33. 



Slender woody lax-branched bristlj^ shrub, over a foot tall. 

 Leaves unequal narrow lanceolate, acuminate, narrow at base, 

 hairy 2-5 in. long, -3 in. wide, small leaves linear-lanceolate, -4 

 by -I in. long. Flowers solitary axillary sub-sessile. Calyx 

 narrow, cyhndric; teeth lanceolate setaceous, hairy, -3 in. long. 

 Petals white, obovate rounded, sparsely hairy, -5 in. long, -4 in. 

 wide. Stamens 3, about half as long; anthers orange, curved 

 acuminate. Capsule sub-sessile obconic, sparsely hairy, lobes 

 lanceolate ; valves large. Hab. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang 

 Lebah (Robinson). 



