8o6 Lix. MELASTOMACE^. [PachycentHa. 



narrowed, 2*5 to 4*5 in. long, -9 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles 'i^ to 

 •2 in. long. Panicles terminal or axillary; branches cymose, 

 spreading, 2 to 2*5 in. long and wide. Flowers '25 in. long. 

 Calyx campanulate, truncate, 4-lobed. Petals lanceolate acute, 

 white tinted pink at base. Stamens spurred at base, behind 

 crimson. Fruit globular, narrowed at top with dilate calyx-limb 

 above. Hah. On trees. Not rare, from sea-coast to 3300 ft. 

 altitude. Singapore, Selitar; Sungei Moral. Johor, Tanjong 

 Bunga. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 3300 ft. 

 altitude (Robinson). Perak, Telom; Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 

 Penang Hill at 2000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim, 

 Borneo. Native name : Daun Menumpang. 



(2) P. speciosa Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 149. 



A viscid epiphyte woody, over 12 in. tall, branched. Leaves 

 flsshy coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base cuneate, 



2 to 375 in. long, i in. wide ; petioles "3 in. long. Cymes umbelled, 

 viscid i'5 in. long. Calyx base globose, above tubular, 4-lobed, 

 red. Petals rose pink, "25 in. long, ovate-cuspidate. Stamens 

 unequal; anthers yellow; connective with a short linear spur. 

 Hab. On palm trees, rare. Pahang at Wray's Camp, Gunong 

 Tahan at 3300 ft. altitude (Ridley). 



21. PLETHIANDRA, Hook. fil. 



Epiphytic glabrous shrubs. Leaves sessile ovate stiff; nerves 3 

 pairs from midrib. Flowers axillary, fascicled or solitary, small. 

 Calyx campanulate ; limb truncate, 6-toothed. Petals 6, acute, 

 ovate-lanceolate. Stameijs 20 to 25 ; anthers linear with i pore, 

 muticous. Ovary 3-locular ; style filiform. Stigma minute. Berry 

 oblong, globose. Seeds many minute, ovoid or oblong. Species 



3 or 4, Borneo. 



(i) P. sessilifLora Ridl. Medinillopsis sessiliflora Cogn. Mon. 

 Phan. vii. 603. 



A spreading shrub about 2 ft. tall. Leaves 3 to 3-5 in. long, 

 2*5 in. wide, sessile, ovate blunt or elliptic, base round. Flowers 

 solitary -3 in. long ; buds acute ; pedicel •! in. long. Calyx 

 urceolate entire. Petals ovate lanceolate, '24 in. long, outer ones 

 waxy flushed pink, inner white. Anthers pink, 24. Fruit ovoid, 

 pulpy red, -2 in. long. Hab. On mangrove trees. Singapore, 

 Kranji; Toas; Selitar. Johor, Castlewood. 



This genus is very near Medinilla in general habit, but has numerous 

 stamens. 



22. CLIDEMIA, Don. 



Hairy shrubs. Leaves membranous, ovate or oblong crenulate 

 or toothed. Flowers in axillary panicles or fascicled, small, white 



