LIX. MELASTOMACE^. 
[. Melastoma . 
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with scales short lanceolate acuminate; nerves 3, prominent, 
4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long. Corymbs 
of about 10 flowers, dense. Bracts small. Calyx sub-globose, 
urceolate, *2 in. long, covered with short lanceolate acute scales; 
lobes much shorter. Petals -5 in. long, light rose pink. Fruit 
globose urceolate, *3 in. long, green. Hab. Common in forest on 
main range 1500 to 5000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Bukit Hitam; 
Ulu Gombak; Ginting Sempah. Perak, Gunong Keledang; 
Thaiping Hills. Dindings, Telok Sera. Penang (Wallich). Dislrib. 
Assam, Cambodia, Sumatra. Native name : Sendudok Rimbah. 
(9) M. scabrum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 60. 
Shrub about 5 ft. tall. Branchlets sparsely covered with small 
ovate to lanceolate acuminate scales. Leaves narrow lanceolate, 
sub-acute, base rounded or shortly cuneate, above scabrid with 
short thorn-lilce scales; nerves 5 with larger scales, 4 to 475 in. 
long, 1-25 to 1-50 in. wide, petioles -6 in. long. Flowefs as large 
as in M. decemfidum. Calyx *4 in. long campanulate, sparsely 
covered with lanceolate-acuminate scales, lobes linear acuminate, 
scales long, linear sub-acute. Petals glabrous, 1*5 in. long, pale 
rose pink. Stamens much shorter. Hab. Rocky woods. Lankawi, 
Burau at Telaya Tujoh (Ridley). 
(10) M. muticum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 4. 
Bush. Branches with flat lanceolate triangular often laciniate 
scales. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate pubescent; nerves 5, hairy 
beneath 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long dense 
hairy. Flowers few. Bracts ovate or lanceolate, hairy, -5 in. 
long and as wide. Calyx *5 in. long, covered with yellow hairs. 
Petals broad, obovate, 1-12 in. long. Stamens all similar; anthers 
cylindric acuminate, base bilobed. Hab. Mountain woods, at 
4000 ft. altitude, rare. Selangor, Hulu Semangkok (Ridley). 
3 . OXYSPORA, DC. 
Shrubs, large. Leaves opposite, large, long-petioled, ovate 
sub-coriaceous. Panicles terminal, large. Flowers rather large. 
Calyx-tube ovate to funnel-shaped; teeth 4, small. Petals pink 
or white. Stamens 8, unequal or equal; anthers opening by one 
pore, base bilobed. Ovary 4-celled. Capsule fusiform or short 
cupular 8 -ribbed. Seeds falcate. Species about 15, Indo-Malayan. 
It is difficult botanically to separate this genus from Alio- 
morphia. The original species, including 0 . stellulata, have the 
stamens conspicuously unequal, but in the remainder closely re¬ 
sembling it in habit, foliage, panicle and large flowers, the stamens 
are nearly or quite equal. I had referred most of these to Allo- 
morphia, but think it advisable to retain for that only the herbaceous 
or nearly herbaceous plants with small flowers, thin leaves and 
globose capsules. 
