Plate 2414 



DRIESSEJSriA SCORPIOIDEA, Stapf. 



MELASTOMACE.E. Tribe OXYSPORE^. 



D. (§ 



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Stapf 



vel 



rangulari fusco glanduloso-furfuraceo, foliis oppositis pauIo insequalibus 

 late ovatis vel ellipticis basi breviter vel obscure cordatis apice brevitor 

 abrupte acuminatis integns 7-9 iiervibus venis transversis distinctis 

 subhorizontalibus supra sparse glandulosis subtus glaucescentibus vel 

 fulvescentibus dense glandulis minimis nitidis vestitis, petiolo lonn-ius- 

 culo lateraliter compresso supra canaliculate fusco glanduloso-furfuraceo 

 paniculis terminalibus etex axillis foliorum summurum niinorum fusco- 

 vel fulvo-glandulosis fere a basi ramosis vel louge pedunculatis, floribus 

 dense scorpioideis in ramis vel ramulis divergentibus dispositis, pedicellis 

 brevibus crassiusculis, calyce sub anthesi tubuloso-campanulato sub- 

 truncato glanduloso, petalis rotundato-obovatis obtusis, staminibus 

 8 paulo in^qualibus, capsula primo calyce globoso apice valde constrictc 

 demum circa valvas rumpente inclusa 4-valvi. 



Had, Borneo : Sarawak, Niali ; Ilariland and Hose (No. 3222). 



Folia majora ad 7 poll longa, ad 6f poll, lata ; petiolus ad 2 poll, 

 longus. Panictda ad 4 poll, longa, paulo supra basin ramis 2 opposilis 

 iterum fere e basi ramulosis emittens, deinde ad 2-3 poll, nuda vel a 

 basi ad 2 poll, nuda (i.e. longiuscule pedunculata) ; pedicelli ad 1 lin. 

 longi. Calyx 1-1^ lin. longus, Petala | lin. longa, Capsula U lin! 

 d iam. 



The structure of the flower and fruit is quite that of DHessenia 

 axantha, Korth. or D. 7nicrothrix, Stapf ; but the panicles are larger 

 than in any other species, and, above all, distinguished by the dis- 

 tinctly scorpioid arrangement of the flowers. Moreover, the whole 

 plant is more or less densely covered with iiiiaute glands, which 

 consist of four cells in cross position. They are particularly numerous 

 and minute on the lower surface of the leaves, which therefore appear 

 pruinose. 



Another species of the same section is represented by a specimen 

 collected by Dr. G. P. Haviland on 'conglomerate sandstone' in 

 primeval forest at T?(>ngsitu, Sarawak, at an altitude of 800 feet. 



