1900.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninmla, J 5 
Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan, VII, 480, Melastoma ? Httoreumt Wall, Cat. 
4087. 
A sea-shore plant, SlNQAPOESj JOHOBE, MalACOA, PebAK. DlSTRlB. 
Barm a, Borneo, Java. 
4. OcHTHOCHARrs DECOMBEKa, King-, n. sp. A creeping' or decumbent 
ahrdb} 3 to 5 feet lorig ; steins as thick as a swan's quill, rounded, often 
rooting at the nodes. Leaves thinly eoriaceouB, elliptic-lanceolate^ 
shortly acnminate, rounded or cuneate at the base, the edges ob&curolj 
briatle*sen^ate, 5-7-nerved ; tipper surface glabrous ; the lower palo and 
with a few minute, ecattered scales ; length 5 to 7*5 in. ; breadth 2 to 3 
in. ; petioles unequal, stout ^ sparsely scaly, *5 to 125 in. long. Flowers 
in densse, axillnry cymes shorter than tlie petioles, the pedicels short, 
bimct^olate. Galyx-tuhe glabrous, faintly ribbed, the teeth 4, small. 
Petals 4, broadly ovate, acuminate. Stamens 8 j the anthers curved, 
tapering to the truncate apfx, slightly produced at the hase and with a 
minute tubercle behind. Capsule depressed-globose, glabrous, faintly 
4-grooved, JH in. m diam. 
Pbrak ; King's GoUector, 2833, 10425. 
7. Anerinclbistus, Korth. 
Shrnbs ; branches often roand. Leaves petioled, ovate or lanceolate, 
entire, 3^7-nerved. Flowers small. Calyx-tiihe campanula te or funnel- 
shaped ; lobes 4, usually very small. Petals 4, minute, glabrona. 
Stamens 8, equal; anthers attenuate at the top, opening by one pore, 
scai'eely pi-odaced at the base ; connective "with or without a short spur. 
Oi'ary nearly free, 4-celIed ; style filiform, simple ; ovules many. 
Capsule splitting by 4 large valves at the snminit. Seeds exceedingly 
minute, cuneate-oboToid. Di'^trib. Species 9 or 10 ; Malaya and 
Burma. 
Infloreeoenoe arabellate j leaves small, oblong- or elliptio-latioeolate : — 
Nearly gtnbroua m nil its parts ... ... ... 1. A macranth\i8. 
Mora or leaa pilose 
Calyx-tnbe raetily tomentose, the teeth nturow, Rlan- 
dala,r ciliate on the edf^os ... ... 2. A, ScortechiniL 
Calyx -tube not to men tone bat wiih many lonff spreading 
gland-iipped hairs, the teeth minute and withoat hairs 3. A. Curtitii, 
Inflorsaoeiice a large panicle j leaves large, ovate : — 
Paoiole denac'ly totneatoao, loavefl 7*norTed ... ... 4, A. fioribundm, 
Panirle clothed with short, flat, adpreajaed, scale-like haira, 
leaves 6-ncsrv«d ,„ ... ,., ... 6. A. Buhlepidottts, 
1. ANBRiNCX.ElSTtJ8 HACBANTHns, King, n, sp. A small shrub; 
young branches with pale lenticels, glabrous except for a few adpressed 
hairs at the apices. Leaves nearly equal, clliptic-lanceolafe, much 
narrowed to the base, the apex shortly acuminate; both surfaces 
