Plate 2310. 



AT^ERIjNfCLEISTUS CORDATA, StapJ. 

 Melastomace^. Tribe Oxyspoee^. 



A. eordata, Stapf (sp. nova) ■ frutex, ramis dense fulvo-tomentellls, 

 toiiis petiolatis late rotundato-ovatis basi breviter cordatis apicuktis 

 liiei.ibranaceis 7-9-nerviis supra in nerds setulosis pra^terea setulis 

 iiunutis tulvis aspersis subtus pallidis pn^^cipue in nervis venisque 

 luivo-pilosulis tomentellisve, venis trans versis, panicula terminali folia 

 superaute pedunculata inultiflora fulvo-tomentella, floribus ad ramu- 

 Jorum secundi ordinis apices umbellatim 1-6 congestis urabelJis 

 peclunculatis v. sessilibus, calycis turbiuati hirto-setulosi dentibus 

 wevissiu.is late deltoideis, petalis albls rliomboideis acutis, staminibus 

 suDa^quahbus (4 paullo majoribus) antberis fere linearibus basi bilobis 

 onusis inappendiculatis, ovario vertice corotiula 4-loba lobis emarirlna- 

 tis ornato, capsula turbinata 4-vah'ata, valvis deorsum visis tvianr?u- 

 Jaribus emarginatis. 



m"^^"oo.^^^''^°' Kinabalu, Penokok, 3,500 feet alt., UavUand 

 (JMo. 1281). 



The leaves may not be quite equal in each pair ; the petioles at any 

 OS ^'^^J'^^^l"^^ ^^ ^^^ 0"^y Ps^ir remaining attached in our specimen. 



APF. 



1?. 1. Flower. 2. Same, part of ciljx-limb, petals and stamens remorei 

 "»• -tetal. 4. Larger, and 5. smaller, stamens. All enlarged. 



