792 Lix. MELASTOMACEiE. [SoneHla. 



(45) S. bicolor Stapf, I.e. 43. 



Ascending herb, 3 to 9 in. tall, softly hairy all over. Leaves, 

 larger one oblique-oblong to lanceolate-oblong acuminate unequally 

 cordate, membranous, dark green or purple with light green central 

 band above, purple beneath ; nerves 5 from near base, 3 to 6 in. 

 long, I to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -2 to -6 in. long; small leaves 

 ovate-cordate, -4 in. long or less. Cymes terminal axillary, few 

 to lo-flowered; peduncles -4 to i-2 in. long. Calyx oblong-cam- 

 panulate, -12 in. long. Petals elHptic-oblong, acute, pink, -35 in. 

 long. Anthers hnear-oblong. Fruit -12 to -15 in. long, semi-globose, 

 muricate. Hab. Woods, Selangor, Gombak (Ridley). Perak, Ulu 

 Selama (Wray) ; Chanderiang (Kunstler) ; Tapah (Baldwin). 



13. SARCOPYRAMIS, Wall. 



Weak herb. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, serrulate, 3-nerved, 

 equal, similar, membranous. Flowers in a terminal cluster, short 

 peduncled, pink, surrounded by leaf-like bracts. Calyx obpyra- 

 midal 4-winged, 4-toothed. Petals 4, ovate. Stamens 8 equal; 

 anther oblong, spurred at back. Capsule crowned with 4 long 

 scales, 4-valved. Species 2 to 3, India, Philippines, China. 



(i) S. nepalensis Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 23 ; Clarke, in Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, ii. 541. 



Stem 2 to 6 in. long, rarely more. Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, i in. 

 wide, glabrous, thin, ovate-lanceolate acuminate ; petioles -25 to -5 in. 

 long. Petals hardly -25 in. long. Fruit 4-angled, campanulate, 

 smooth; scales large veined. Hah. Rare in mountain woods, 

 Pahang, Telom (Ridley). Disirih. India, Burma, China. 



14. PHYLLAGATHIS, Bl. 



Herbs creeping or rarely erect shrubby. Leaves large orbicular, 

 rarely oblanceolate, 7- to 9-nerved. Flowers umbelled or in a dense 

 head or panicled, magenta, rose or white, showy. Calyx-tube cam- 

 panulate ; teeth 4 or 5, setose. Petals 4 or 5, ovate acute. Stamens 

 5 or 8, equal; anthers elongate not appendaged. Ovary 4-celled, 

 glabrous. Capsule funnel-shaped opening by 4 valves at the tip. 



An erect shrub ; leaves oblanceolate. 



Flowers in compound umbels . . . . (i) P. tuberculata 



Herbs creeping ; leaves orbicular or ovate. 

 Flowers panicled or racemose, small, white. 



Plant glabrous ; leaves round, cordate entire . (2) P. Griffithii 

 Stem and petioles red hairy ; leaves ovate 



toothed (3) P. cordata 



Flowers large umbelled, pink. 



Plant glabrous . . . . . . (4) P. Scortechinii 



Plant hairy . . . . . . . (5) P. hispida 



Flowers magenta in an involucrate head . . (6) P. rotundifolia 



(i) P. tuberculata King, I.e. 44. 



Stem woody, 2 to 3 ft. tall, stout. Leaves in a whorl at the 



