794 Lix. MELASTOMACE^. [Phyllagathis. 



pedicels -25 in. long. Flowers pink. Calyx narrow, campanulate. 

 Petals round-ovate. Stamens 8. Capsule 4-angled, campanulate 

 •2 in. long; pedicels stout. Hah. Mountain woods. Selangor, 

 Ginting Bidai ; Bukit Kutu. Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Bujong 

 Malacca. 



(5) P. hispida King, I.e. 46. 



Stem short woody hispid. Leaves 2 to 3, ovate cordate acumin- 

 ate dentate, glabrous or nerves and nervules beneath hairy, 5 to 

 10 in. long, 3 to 7 in. wide ; petioles hispid 4 to 12 in. long. Peduncle 

 6 to 9 in. long, glabrous or hispid, red ; umbel 7-flowered ; pedicels 

 slender -2 in. long ; bracts none. Calyx cylindric, red glabrescent. 

 Petals ovate acute -5 in. long, rose pink. Stamens 8, base yellow, 

 above violet. Capsule bristly semi-globose. Hah. Common in 

 mountain woods, Pahang, Tahan River and Telom. Selangor, 

 Semangkok Pass. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang ; Thaiping Hills ; 

 Temengoh. Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). Tomoh (Machado). 



(6) P. rotundifolia Bl. Flor. 1831, 507; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 541; Korth. Verh. Nat. Bot. t. 57; Bat. Mag. i. 5282. 



Stem creeping short. Leaves orbicular or obovate cordate, 

 shining dark green above, red, beneath 7-nerved transverse; 

 nervules conspicuous, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, glabrous 

 •beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 4-5 in. wide ; petioles 2 to 4 in. 

 long, red bristly along upper edge. Capitulum dense, i in. through ; 

 peduncle i to 3 in. long. Bracts -5 in. wide, ovate, magenta. 

 Flowers 12 to 20 in the head; pedicels -i in. long, magenta. Calyx 

 campanulate ; teeth bristly 2 in. long. Capsule cupular quadrangular 

 •2 in. long ; pedicel -2 in. long smooth. Hah. Common in woods, whole 

 peninsula, from Johor Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall) to Perak and 

 Kedah, Gurun (Robinson). Disirih. Sumatra. Native names : 

 Banau or Banal Hutan ; Poko Fatimah. Uses : A decoction of 

 the leaves used in fever. 



15. MARUMIA, Bl. 



Twining shrubs. Stems rather slender and long. Leaves 

 coriaceous, cordate 5-nerved, stellate tomentose beneath. Cymes 

 axillary. Flowers few, white or rose-coloured. Calyx narrow 

 campanulate, tomentose bristly or stellate-hairy, 4-lobed. Petals 4, 

 obovate. Stamens 8, unequal; anthers elongate with i pore, con- 

 nective of the larger ones with 2 bristles in front and i or 2 spurs 

 or twisted bristles behind. Ovary 4-celled, tip hairy. Berry 

 ellipsoid, limb persistent. Species 10, Malayan. 



Calyx-tube without bristles ; petals pink . . (i) M. nemorosa 



Calyx-tube bristly. 



Flowers solitary axillary white . . . . (2) M. rhodocarpa 



Flowers in axillary and terminal cymes of 2 and 3, 



peduncled . " . . . . . . (3) M, reticulata 



