19O0,] G. Ki'ig — Materudsfor a Flora of the Malayan Pminsula^ 13 
BLAaTQS CooKiAurii, Stapt in Hook. Ic. PI. t, 2311, A shrub, 6 to 
10 feet hi|^li ; young braiichea slender, as thick as a crow-quill, scaly, 
glabrous or puberulous. Leaves equal, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at 
the biise, the apex acuminate, 5-nerved (tbe marginal pair faint), the 
edges aub-entire ;; upper surface glabroa8, with a few soattei'ed, smull 
glands ; lower gland uiar-puuctate, miiintely forfnraceoiia on the nerves; 
length 4 to 7 in. ; breadth I to 2'25 in., petiole "3 to '75 in. Panicles 
axillary or fcerminaU slender, much shorter thnn the leaves, glandular- 
scaly, fcliefew divaricate brauehleta beariui^ the flowers in dense terminal 
glomeruli of 6 trf> 9. Calyx shortly tubular, scaly, the teeth minnfco. 
ArtthM's iiurrowly ovate with miiny amidl yello»v glands near the base- 
Capsule subglobniar, truncate, '1 in. in dimn., wubifliibrous ; seeds 
linear. Ochthocans patvifiom, Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan, VU^ 4*21. 
Perak ; common. DiSTiUB. Borneo. 
Thia ia olnselv allied to B. CQchmchxnewsis^ Lom-., but cliffera notubly in its 
pniitijulate infloreitceiice. 
6. OoHTHOCEARis, Blume. 
Small, erecti glabrous shraba, branches ronnd or obtusely 4-angled. 
Leaves opposite, petioleH, oblong or lanceolate, 3-7-nerved, minutely 
dentioulate'Serrulafce. Flowers minute, in axillary clnstered cymea, 
rarely in axillai-y lax oyraoa or in lax terminal cymose panicles. Onlyx- 
tube obovoid, smooth ; teeth 5, small, persistent. Pet ah 5. Stamens 8 
or 10, equal ; anthers oblong, obtuse at the top, opening with one pore, 
at the bnee shortly produced or not ; connective with or without an 
Appendage. Ovary iiifeiior, 4- or 5-eelled, glabrous at the apex ; style 
simple, filiform j ovules very many, placentas axile. Capsule globose, 
5-valved^ enclosed by the membranous ealjx-tube. Seeds very many^ 
irregnlariy club-shaped. DisiiiiB. Species 5 or 6, extending from Singa- 
pore to Borneo. 
Connective of anthers witb no appendage &% the base be- 
hind : — 
Flowers In a terminal panicle, G 
„ fasciolea, 4.meroua ... 3. bomeensis. 
Connective of aaihere with an appendage at the base be- 
hind :— 
Krectj flowers 5-Tnerf)ti8 ; leavoa 3- nerved ... ... 8. 0, javanica. 
Decumbent; flowers 4-nierons ; i5- to 7-nerved,.. ... 4, 0, decumhsns, 
1. OcnTHOCHAEils PANiouLATA, Korth. in Verb. Nat. Gescli. Bot- 247 
t. 64. A small shrub with slender quadrangular branches^ rusty pubes- 
cent towards the tips. Leat!** membraneous, el lip tic- lanceolate, tapering 
to eaob end, the edges minutely bristle -serrate, 5- to 7-nerved (the 
marginal pair faint) ; upper anrfaoe glabrous ; the lower somewhat pale, 
