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Plate 2415. 



HEDERELLA MULTIFLORA, Stapf. 

 Melastomace^. Tribe Dissocii/Ete.e. 



Hederella, Stapf (gen, nov.) ; Jlores 4-ineri. Galycis glabri vel 

 tomentosi tubus ovoideus vel obcoiiicus ; liinbus truncatus. Fetala 

 oblonga ovata vel lanceolata, acuta. Stamina 8, iniequalia, episepala 

 TTiajora fertilia, rarius steriliaj epipetala minora sterilia, rarius fertilia, 

 vel 4 episepala j antherse basifixse, oblongae lanceolatse vel lineares, 

 obtusPB vel subrostrata3, 1-porosae ; connectivo basi p^erumque baud 

 productO; antice appendicibus 2 subulatis vel Jinearibus, postice calca- 

 rato. Ovarium tot\xm\^\ ope septorum 4 vel 8 tuboealycino adnatum, 

 4-loculare5 vertice subplano vel plus iiiinusve conico glabrum vel 

 tomentellurn ; stylus filiformis, stigmate punctiformi. Fructus maturus 

 iguotus sed e structura anatomica fructuum juvenilium certe baccatus. 

 — Frutices Malayani repentes sannentosi^ glabri vel furfuraceiy ramis 

 Jlexuosis angtilaribus vetustis ii-sidcatis. Folia opj)Osita vel timim nnins 

 cuiusque paris minutum deciduum vel suppressum ideoqne alternantia, 



petiolatay ovata^ coriacea^ integerrh)ia^ 3-5-7iervia, vents transversi 



nnllis vel obscuris jxtucis. Flores pcdicellati^ in nmbellis breviter v. lor^ge 

 peduncnlatis rarius paniculatis rarius solitarii, seuiper aoctllares vel 

 e ligno vettisto. 



H. multiflora, Stapf (sp. nov.); glaberrima, foHis oppositis sequalibus 

 late ovatis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis acuminatis, umbellis 

 axillaribus longe peduneulatis interdum paniculatis ad lO-tioris, pedi- 

 cellis calyce duplu longiori})us, calyce ovoideo, petalis in alabastris in 

 conum gracilem contortis lanceolatis roseis, staminibus 8 episepalis 

 linearibus obtusis calcare triangulari, epipetalis breviter lanceolatis 

 obtusis calcare longiusculo subulato, ovarii vertice glabro conico. 



Hac. Borneo : Sarawak, Ma tang, alt. IGOO feet, epiphytic on a tall 

 tree, Ilaviland. 



Folia ad 3 poll, longa, ad 2 poll- lata ; petiolus \~l\ poll, longus. 

 Pedu7icnlus ad 2 poll, longus ; pedicelli ad f) lin. longi. Calyx 3 lin. 

 longi. Petala ad 3 lin, longi. 



Besides //. quintu])linervis^ figured overleaf, I refer to this ^enus 

 also the following two species : 



^ H. tstrandra, Stapf (sp. nov,) ; ramorum apicibus foliis adniodum 

 juvenilibus atque inflorescentiis junioribus ferrugineo-furfuraceis 



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