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rest. Besides these bristles, the calyx is covered with a 

 short ferruginous wool, and the segments appear to be per- 

 sistent. It was sent to me from Saloomah, and is by no 

 means a common species. 



6. MELASTOMA NEMOROSA. (W. J.) 



M. octandra, pedunculis axillaribus 1 — 3-floris, foliis ovato- 

 lanceolatis quinquenerviis subtus cum calycibus, ramis, pe- 

 dunculisque ferrugineo-villosis. 



Banga utan. Malay. 



Native of the Malay Islands. 



A shrub with long, virgate, round, ferruginous branches. 

 heaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 slightly cordate at the base, very entire, smooth and green 

 above, hoary with ferruginous dots beneath ; five-nerved, the 

 outer pair of nerves close to the margin. The young leaves 

 are villous on both sides ; on the upper with white stellate 

 hairs, which soon disappear, and are rubbed off with the 

 slightest touch ; below with reddish ferruginous pubescence. 

 Petioles short, round, ferruginous, connected by a prominent 

 interpetiolar line. Stipules none. Peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary, one-to three-flowered. Calyx inferior j subovate, closely 

 embracing the ovary, and connected with it by eight septa, 

 rough with ferruginous pubescence ; limb four-parted ; lacinice 

 spreading, acute. Corolla four-petalled, of a flesh or light 

 rose colour, spreading ; petals subrotund, inserted into the 

 calyx alternately with its laciniae. Stamina eight, inserted 

 below the petals, ascending, with arcuate rostrate anthers ; 

 four are longer, have pedicellate anthers, with fimbriated 

 appendages at the base ; the shorter have sessile anthers, 

 with two setae or bristles at the base. Before expansion 

 the anthers are incurved, and have their apices inserted into 

 the cells formed between the calyx and ovarium. Style 

 ascending, as long as the short stamina. Stigma simple, 



