Plate 2455. 



CREAGHIELLA PURPUREA, Stapf. 



Melastomace^. Tribe Oxtspore.e. 



_ Creaghiella, Stapf (gen. ?^o^?.). Mores 4-meri. Calycis dense 

 hirsuto-tomentosi tubus campanulatus, lobis triangulari-lanceolatis 

 acjitis. Petal a parva,, obovato-oblonga, acuminata, seta decidua ter- 

 minata. Stamina 8, ina?qualia ; antherse episepalse majores e basi 

 lanceolata longe tenuiterque acuminatse, curvat^e, antice bilobat^e, con- 

 nectivo postice vix gibbosulo ; antherse epipetala? lanceolate, acutissi- 

 mse, subfalcatee, basi breviter bilobie^ connectivo postice basi gibboso, 

 omnes fertiles, apice poro dehiscentes. Ovarium ad medium ope sep- 

 torum 8 tenuiuna tube adnatum, 4-loculare, vertice glabro crasso 

 exsculpto coronula denticulata cincto, stylo longiuseulo sigmatoideo, 

 stiginate punctiformi. Capsula vertice concava, valvis 4 crista 

 denticulata ornatis dehiscens, Semina minuta, oblique obverse pyra- 

 midata, testa tenui, raphi angusta ; embryo rectus. — Frutex undique 

 dense hirsuto-toinentosus. Folia petiolata^ ovata, breviter acmninata^ 



denticulata, 1-nervia, transverse venosa, Umbellje terminales, mnlti- 

 Jlorce, 



C. purpurea, Slap/ (spec, iinica) ; ramis ramulisque crassiusculis, 

 hisce cum inflorescentiis s?vpe vivide purpurascentibus, foliis crassius- 

 cule membranaceis, supra flavido-viridibus velutinis subtus canescenti- 

 bus nervis i^sepe pur]>urascentibus, unibellis breviter vel longiuscule 

 pedunculatis priiuo valde contractis globosis tandem laxioribus, 

 alabastris breviter conicis calycis lobis superatis vel subsuperatis, 

 antheris mnjoribus purpurascentibus, minoribus flavis, capsula calyce 

 diu persistente cincta tandem a medio libera. 



Hab. British North Borneo : Maruda Bay, Tanjong Batu, Sanda- 

 kan, Governor Creagh. 



Folia 4-6i poll longa, 3-4| poll, lata ; petiolus 1-3 poll longua. 

 Peduncjilus |~-1| poll, longus ; pedicelli tandem ad 6 lin. longi. Calycis 

 tubus li-2|linriongus, lobi 1-1^ lin. longi. Petalavix2 lin. longa. 

 AnthercB majores 4 lin. longse, minores 2 lin. longfe. Capsula matura 

 2 lin. longa, vix 2 lin. diam. 



CreaghieUa is nearest allied to Anerincleistus, although the unequal 

 stamens and the strictly terminal inflorescence would bring it nearer to 

 Bredia, The foliage closely resembles that of Anerincleistus Griffi^thii, 



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