Medinilla.] Lix. melastomace^. 805 



pendulous ; peduncles 6 to 8 in. long, cymose branched at top. 

 Cymes nearly 3 in. across, spreading. Flowers i to 3 in cyme, white 

 fragrant ; pedicels "5 in. long. Calyx cupular, edge undulate. 

 Petals 5, obovate, rounded -3 in. long. Stamens 10; anthers 

 with blunt bilobed bases and a keeled point and a spur on back. 

 Hab. Very rare on rocks in forest, a charming plant. Perak, 

 Gunong Berumbun near Telom at 6000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 



19. POGONANTHERA, Bl. 



Shrubs, epiphytic or rock-growing. Leaves opposite oblong or 

 ovate 3-nerved. Flowers small, white in red-branched terminal 

 panicles. Calyx narrow, campanulate, 4-toothed. Petals 4. 

 Stamens 8, equal; anthers oblong, acute, connective with a tuft 

 of hairs at the base behind, not spurred. Ovary 4-celled with a 

 tuft of hairs at top. Berry small, globose. Species 8, Malayan. 



(i) P. pulverulenta Bl. Flora 1831, 521 ; Korth. Verh. Nat. 

 Gesch. Bot. t. 65; Clarke, I.e. ii. 550; King, I.e. 65. P. reflexa 

 Bl. l.c.c. 



Spreading shrub about 4 ft. tall, scaly. Leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate acute, dull green above, 3 to 6 in. long, 

 2*25 to 3 in. wide, base rounded, 2-tubercled, glabrous. Panicles 

 terminal, spreading 2 to 3 in. long, red. Flowers numerous, small, 

 •I in. long. Calyx very scaly, sub-cylindric 4-toothed. Petals 4, 

 scaly outside, white. Stamens 8 ; anthers lanceolate connective 

 with a tuft of hairs on the back. Fruit pea-shaped, '15 in. long. 

 Hah. Common on rocks on sea-coasts and on trees often high up. 

 Singapore, Pulau Ubin (Hullett) ; Bukit Timah. Johor, Scudai 

 River. Pahang, Pekan ; Rumpin River (Evans). Malacca, Cape 

 Rachado (Finlayson, Wall. Cat. 4086) ; Sungei Hudang. Selangor, 

 Semangkok Pass. Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Thaiping Hills. 

 Bindings, Lumut. Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Kelantan, 

 Gunong, Kota Bharu, on rocks. Distrib. Borneo, Java. 



20. PACHYCENTRIA, Bl. 



Glabrous epiphytic shrubs. Leaves fleshy. Flowers usually 

 small, corymbose, terminal. Calyx dilate at base, above tubular 

 4-toothed. Petals 4, ovate or oblong. Stamens 8, equal ; anthers 

 linear-oblong opening by a terminal pore; connective spurred. 

 Ovary 4-celled. Berry globose. Species 12, Malayan. 



Flowers small, '2 in. long in a spreading panicle . (i) P. tuberculata 



Flowers showy, -5 in. wide, in a short lax cyme . . (2) P. speciosa 



(i) P. tuberculata Korth. Ver. Nat. Geseh. Bot. 246, t. 63; 

 King, I.e. 66. 



A glabrous shrub about 6 in. to 2 ft. tall. Roots tuberous, 

 woody. Leaves fleshy coriaceous, elliptic-oblong sub-acute, base 



