Ochtlwcliaris.'] LX. MELASTOMACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 529 



A small shrub, 2-3 ft. Leaves 2^ in., lanceolate or narrow lanceolate, narrowed 

 at both ends, sparsely minutely bristfe-serrate ; petiole \ in. Fruit i in. diam., sub- 

 globose. The closely allied Malayan species have the cross secondary nerves very 

 conspicuous ; by which they differ from the present fleshy seashore plant. 



9. ANERINCLEISTUS, Korth. 



Large villous shrubs ; branches round. Leaves petioled, ovate or lanceolate, 

 entire, 5-7-nerved, with scattered hairs above, villous beneath. Flowers minute 

 (in very small axillary clusters in the Indian species). Calyx-tube campanulate, 

 densely hairy ; lobes 4, very small. Petals 4, minute, glabrous. Stamens 8, 

 equal ; anthers attenuate at the top, opening with one pore, scarcely produced at 

 the base ; connective with or without a short spur. Ovary nearly free, 4-celled ; 

 style filiform, simple ; ovules many. Capsule opening by 4 large pores at the 

 summit. Seeds exceedingly minute, cuneate-obovoid. DISTRIB. Species 3 ; 

 Tenasserim coast, Mergui and Sumatra. 



1. A. Kelferi, Hook. /.; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75; 

 branches clothed with adpressed soft hairs, midrib of the leaves beneath with, 

 ascending subadpressed soft hairs, calyx-tube with ascending hairs. Kurz For. 

 FL i. 507. 



MEEGUI ; Griffith, Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2304). 



Leaves 6 by 4 in. ; petiole 2 in. Clusters of flowers f in. Fruit in., ellipsoid. 



2. A. Griffith!!, Hook. /. ; Triana in Tram. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75; 

 branches densely clothed with brown soft spreading and deflexed hairs, midrib 

 of the leaves beneath densely clothed with similar patent hairs, calyx-tube with 

 somewhat spreading hairs. Kurz For. FL i. 507. 



MERGTJI ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2304). 



Exactly as the preceding species except as to the small differences in the indu- 

 mentum above stated. Probably will be found to be a variety only when more material 

 is obtained. 



10. SONER 



Herbs, sometimes woody at the base, nearly always small, many stemless. 

 Leaves opposite, equal or unequal, from round to linear, entire or serrulate, 

 3-5-nerved. Flowers in racemes or scorpioid spikes, mostly red. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate or long-funnel-shaped ; teeth 3, short. Petals 3, acute or obtuse. 

 Stamens 3 (in S. obliqua 6), equal; anthers obtuse or attenuate at the top, 

 cells at the base shortly divaricate ; connective without appendage. Ovary 

 inferior, 3-celled, glabrous at the apex ; style simple, filiform ; ovules many, 

 placentas axile. Capsule obovoid, trigonous, elongate funnel-shaped, or cam- 

 panulate, opening at the top by 3 valves. Seeds very many, smooth or covered 

 by glandular points or small tubercles, ovoid or ellipsoid ; raphe simple or run- 

 ning out into a lateral appendage, sometimes overtopping the seed. DISTRIB. 

 Species 58 ; 45 tropical Indian and Malayan, and 1 in South China. 



SECTION A. Stamens 3. (To Species 42.) 

 * Anthers shorty truncate or acute at the top. 

 t Species not of Ceylon or the South Deccan Peninsula. 



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