8oo Lix. MELASTOMACE^. [Auplcc/rum. 



(3) A. pallens Bl. Ann. Miis. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 38; Clarke, I.e. 

 ii. 545 ; King, I.e. 57. 



Slender climber. Young parts rufous-tomentose. Leaves 

 oblong caudate-acuminate, base round or cordate, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 i'5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long, edge bristly. Panicles terminal 

 with one or two smaller ones in upper axils, 3 to 6 in. long rufous- 

 tomentose; flowers cymose -2 in. long, white. Bracts linear 

 oblong, -3 in. long. Calyx pubescent when young, cylindric, 

 •I in. long. Bud acute. Anthers 4 large, curved, 4 small linear. 

 Fruit globose, -15 in. through. Hah. Hill forests, scarce, Penang, 

 West Hill (Curtis). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Derry). 



var. b. petiolare Ridl. Melastoma petiolare Wall. Cat. 4053. 



Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 2 in. long, -75 in. wide, base 

 narrowed shortly or rounded, not cordate; petioles -i to -2 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary i in. long, numerous, terminal one, if present, 

 small 3- to 4-flowered. Flov/ers white -i in. long. Calyx cyUndric, 

 urn-shaped. Petals short. Fruit -12 in. long, globose, narrowed 

 at top below the limb. Hah. Common in woods. Singapore, 

 Pulau Ubin; Selitar. Johor, Tebing Tinggi. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Perak, Thaiping Hills ; Gunong Keledang ; Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 

 Penang, West Hill. Province Wellesley, Batu Kawan (Curtis). 

 Distrih. Borneo and Sumatra. 



(4) A. divaricatum Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 84, t. vii. 

 /. 90^. Clarke, I.e. ii. 546 ; King, I.e. 58. 



CHmber. Branches slender covered, as are petioles; nerves 

 of leaf and inflorescence with scaly scurf. Leaves lanceolate 

 acute, base cordate, 2 to 3 in. long, -6 to i-i in. wide; petioles 

 •15 to -25 in. long. Panicles terminal, 4 to 6 in. long; branchlets 

 spreading with two ovate-lanceolate scurfy bracts at the base. 

 Cymes 3-flowered. Flowers -4 in. long. Buds violet. Calyx 

 obovoid, tomentose, violet. Petals oblong acute, white ; anthers 8, 

 4 large, thick, 4 narrow, smaller. Fruit globose-obovoid, -2 in. 

 long. Hah. Edges of forests climbing on trees. Johor, Bukit 

 Banang. Malacca, Merlimau and Sungei Hudang (Derry). Selan- 

 gor, Rantau Panjang (Kloss) ; Kwala Lumpur; Dusan Tua. 

 Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi ; Perhentian Tinggi ; Bukit Tangga, 

 Seremban (Napier). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Kamuning. Pro- 

 vince Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Penang Waterfall. Distrih. 

 Sumatra, Borneo, Java. Native names : Akar Kamunting ; 

 Akar Kamunting Bukit ; Akar Chambai Hantu. 



(5) A. anomalum King, I.e. 58. 



A woody creeper 20 to 30 ft. long, epiphytic on tree-tops, roots 

 encirchng the branches. Young parts scurfy. Leaves small 

 obovate, tip round, base narrowed, coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 stellate hairy beneath ; midrib strongly elevate beneath with a 

 pair of nerves from the base, other nerves and reticulations invisible, 

 I to 1-5 in. long, -6 to -9 in, wide ; petioles -2 in. long. Panicles 



