104 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



Melastonia schizocarpa, n. sp. 



Shrub about six feet tall branched, branches terete, 

 above reddish sprinkled thickly with long red acuminate 

 hairs. Leaves lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous, 5 nerved, 

 above shining glabrous, beneath glabrous except for some 

 adpressed hairs on the midrib and side nerves, 4 inches 

 long, 2 inches wide, petiole half-an-inch long, red, covered 

 with long slender hairs, acuminate over i inch long. 

 Flowers terminal two ol' three shortly peduncled 1^ inch 

 across. Bracts ovate cuspidate with a long point about s 

 inch long, hairy. Calyx tube urceolate J inch long, dense- 

 ly hairy with long glistening hairs with a dilated base, 

 lobes 5, very short toothlike. Petals bright rose colour, 

 an inch long obovate rounded. Stamens 10, larger fila- 

 ments, i inch long to the articulation, connective above 

 longer prolonged into two short linear truncate, yellow 

 processes. Anther cells undulate, acuminate, yellow 

 i inch long ; smaller one third as long as the large sta- 

 mens. Style rather stout, glabrous. Fruit I inch long 

 on a peduncle, i incli long, dull red densely covered with 

 long hairs, and crowned with the short ovate calyx lobes, 

 dehiscing along one side for the whole length. Seeds 

 irregularly ovate, triangular, pale fawn colour densely, 

 minutely punctate. Perlis, heathy country at Ginting 

 Kabok. 



A very handsome plant with large flowers remark- 

 able for its glabrous leaves, and its longitudinal dehis- 

 cence. 



Sonerila epilobioides, Stapf. Terutau (Curtis 2114). Small 

 Islands of Lankawi (Curtis 3680). Endemic. 



S. congesta, Stapf. Lankawi, Gunong Chin-Chang (Curtis 

 2572). Endemic. 



S'. muse/cola, Stapf. Langkawi, Gunong Eaya (Curtis 2572). 

 Endemic. 



Juur. ttlraits Branch 



