Plate 2421. 



POMATOSTOMA PHYLLAGATHOIDES, Sfapf. 



Melastomace,e. Tribe Oxyspore/E. 



P.^ p^yUagathoides,^ Stajy/ (spec, nov.) ; herba, ut videtur, mono- 

 carpica, foliis oppositis supenoribus 6 subapice caulis congestis late 

 rotundato-ellipticis breviter cordatis breviter abrupteque acuminatis 

 veJ obtusis 7-pIinerviis supra glabris muiutissiuie granulatis subtus in 

 nervis^ venisque tenuiter sti'igillosis caaterum sub lente valido minute 

 urtelJis, pedunculo pedicellisque adpresse setulosis, calycis adpresse 

 setulosi lobis obscuris latissimis obtusisque. 



Hab. Borneo : Sarawak, Bangsitu, on the ground in old jungle, on 

 sandstone, Ilaviland. 



Ihrla ad 1 ped. alta. Folia 4-7 poll, longa, 3-5 poll, lata ; petiolus 

 3-4g poll, longus. Peduncidus 7 poll, longus. Pedicelli 3 lin. loni^i. 

 Calyx 2 lin. lon^^^us. A7itherce ad 1-2 lin. loncTie. 



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qualiter distantibus sumims valde uiivqualibus 

 oblongo-^ vel obt>v;ito-eIlipticis basi subcordato-rotundatis acuminatis 

 sub-7-plinorviis utniique minute sparseque papilloso-Jurtellis supra mox 

 glabratis, petiolo et pedunculo obscure minuteque hirtellis, pedicollis 

 dense adprcsycquo setul(»sis, calycis breviter setulosi lobis brevissiniis 

 latissinus obtusis, petalis albis. 



Hab. Borneo, Sarawak, Mt. Brou':'oh, near Tegura, Ilaviland 



(^o. 2005). 



ITerLa 1 ped. alta. Folia ad 6 poll, longa, ad 3?, poll, lata ; petiolus 

 ^poll. longus. PeduncuH terminales et laterales 2^-3 L poll, lotigt. 

 (-alyx 11-13 pou longus.— O. Staff. 



%. 1. Caljx and stamens. 2. Vertical section of calyx and ovar/. 3. Petal. 

 4. Larger, and 5. Smaller antlicrs. All enlarged. 



