OcMhoeliaris.] lx. melastomaceji. (C. B. Clarke.) 529 



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

 at both ends, sparsely minutely bristle-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. ANZ:RIXTCX>&XST1TS, KoHh. 



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

 entire, 6-7-nerved, with scattered hairs above, villous beneath. Flowets minute 

 (in very small axillary clusters in the Indian species). CaZyx-iitSe campanulate, 

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

 equal ; anthers attenuate at tbe top, opening v^ith one pore, scarcely produced at 

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

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

 sunamit. Seeds exceedingly minute, cuneate-obovoid. — Distkib. Species 3; 

 Tenasserim coast, Mergui and Sumatra. 



1. A. Kelferi, Hook, f.; Triana in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxviii. 75; 

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

 ascending subadpressed soft hairs, caljrx-tuhe with ascending hairs. Kurz For. 

 Fl. i. 507. 



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



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



2, A. G-riflStlili, Hook. f.\ Triana in Trans. Linn. Soo. xxviii. 75; 

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

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

 somewhat spreading hau-s. Fkirz For. Fl. i. 607. 



Mbeqtti ; 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. SON&RXX.A, Moxh. 



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. FUmers in racemes or scorpioid spikes, mostly red. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate or long-funnel-shaped; teeth 3, short. Petcds 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-ceIled, 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. — Disteib. 

 Species 68 ; 45 tropical Indian and Malayan, and 1 in South Ohina. 



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



* Anthers short\ tnmcate or acute at the top. 



t Species not of Ceylon or the South Deecan Peninsula, 



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