51. MRELASTOMACTER. 
[eo] 
Har. Mt. Morrison. 
Near O. aspere BroME, but differs from it in having shorter spherical 
enpsules and much more senbrous leaves. 
9. Melastoma Bvnw. 
Melastoma candidum Dow; Marscw. et. Havara. Enum, Pl. Formos. 
p. 146. 
Har, Pachina, Kusshaku, Shintengai, Maruyama, Senton, 'T'amsui, South 
Cape, Koshün, Kusukusu, and every where in the islands. 
Drsrnrmp. | Loo-ehoo, Hongkong, China. 
8. Barthea Hoox. f. 
Barthea formosana Havara4 Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 97. Shrub seandent 
branched, branehes very slender glabrous or in very young ones glanduloso- 
lepidote under mieroscope, Leaves shortly petioled, petioles 10—-times shorter 
than the blades, blade subeoriaceous, young ones membranaceous, oblong, nearly 
10 em. long 3 em. broad, obliquely eaudato-acuminate at the. apex, (tails linear), 
acute and equal at the base, margin subentire or remotely  obseurely 
serrulate, 2-5-nerved, above under lense minutely sparimgly setulose, beneath 
pallid, veins prominent, under mieroseope minutely and densely lepidote. 
Flowers terminal at the apex of the branches, 1—9—-congested, larger, patent, 5 
cm, in diameter, shortly pedieelled, pedicels 59—4 mm. long, minutely lepidote. 
Calyx-tube very glabrous obpyramidal or campanulate 9 mm. long, tetragonal 
limb dilate 4-lobed, lobes shorter triangular setoso-carinato-aeuminate at the 
apex.  Petals 4, ample, obliquely obovate 18 mm.long, 16 mm. broad, 
roundly apieulate at the apex, quite glabrous, margin under lense ciliato- 
serrulate. Stamens S8, very unequal, larger, anthers lineari-elongate obtuse, 
l-porose, incurved, conneetives base forward long 9-setosed (sete 2-fid), 
backward produced to a thiek ascendent spur; smaller anthers short oblong 
recurved, connectives base forward 2-setosed (sete simple), backward shortly 
spurred. Ovary adnate to the calyx, (4-canalieulate between overy and calyx) 
4-eelled, slightly produced on the top; style filiform, declinate, 2-times 
luger than the ovary, stigma point-shaped, Capsules oblong-globose sub- 
