Havili 



Plate 2311. 



BLASTUS COGNIAUXII, Stapf. 



MELASTOMACK.E. Tribe OXYSPORE^. 



B Cogniauxii. Stapf ■ Ochthocharis parviflora, Cogn 



{Melastomaceie) vii. 4b 1. ^ 



Hab Borneo, Sarawak, Beccari C^o. 1403) : 

 KiDabalu, 4,000 feet alt, IIaviland\^o. 1280). 



vin^*""^^5 ;*?™"^^^ gracilibus puberulis glabratisve crassitie pennaj cor- 

 ovlta M coiisiimlia v. in eodem jugo paullo asymmetrica, petiolata, 



latP rl' ^^.^°"SO-lanceolata acuminata, basi cuneata 5-iiervia nervis 



obsf- ^ ^V" T^*'^''^'^^^'^'^"^' membranacea repanclo-denticulata supra 

 infp\!J^ Puberula v. glabra, subtus parce glanduloso-punctata et in nervis 

 niterdum mmute furfuracea, 4-7 poll, longa, 1-2^ poll, lata ; petloli 

 furfi f\ ^^^f-i'f^ulai pauciflora> axillares et terminales, glanduloso- 



Dedm 1* ^~^ P°^^- ^^^'^^ ^*^- ^^^^'> Pedunculus 1-1 poll, longus, 

 tetr^n''^- ^^^""^'^"1 graciles sa^pius 3-5-flori, patentes. Flores albi, 

 SDh'iV^"' ^'*"'' ^''^'i'^'^'i^e pedicellati ■ bracteje minute. Cahjxhemi- 

 ripnt; r''^'^'"^*^^^^*"^' P"n>uni parce glandolosus deinde glaber, 

 denticuhs brevibus deltoideis. "^ ^ ^ ' 



mi 



j^ 1 „^^ ^^'^ doubt that Ochthocaris parvijlora, Cogn., is a true Blastus, 

 £ /;• ,^'. ^*^Daens with anthers of the same form as those of 

 of ^^j ^"^^'^^^^^^^^^^j and bears the very characteristic discoid glands 

 branc/^ species on the under side of the leaves, petioles, younger 

 parts ^^\ ^J inflorescence ; these are so numerous on the youngest 



as to torm a continuous f urfuraceous covering.^0. Staff. 



6 c!fisnla^^^;77^\-^^P'^"^^^ flower. 3. Petal. 4. Stamen. 5. Ovary and st^-le. 

 ^^P&ule. All enlarged. 



