LIX. MELASTOMACE.E. 
[Oxyspora. 
768 
4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles hairy, 2 in. long. Panicles 
hairy 8 to 12 in. long, 4 to 6 in. across. Flowers small pink. Calyx 
obovoid, strigose, 4 small acute points, pink. Petals 4, lanceolate- 
acuminate, small. Stamens 8, 4 narrow linear-oblong, 4 oblong- 
obtuse half as long. Capsule urn-shaped, strigose, -i in. long. Hab. 
Mountain ridges. Pahang, Telom on ridges at 4000 ft. altitude 
(Ridley). 
(4) ' O. floribunda Ridl. Anerincleistus floribundus King, 
l.c. 17. 
Shrub 15 ft. tall, velvety. Leaves ovate acuminate, base 
round unequally obscurely cordate, 7-nerved, above shortly 
bristly, beneath shortly hairy, nerves on both sides densely hairy, 
5 to 9 in. long, 4 to 5-5 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long. Panicles 
16 in. long, 7 in. across, spreading; branches sub-whorled. Calyx- 
tube funnel-shaped, pink, pilose, -2 in. long; teeth 4, triangular 
with tufts of hairs between. Petals 4, broad, triangular, pink. 
Stamens 8, equal or occasionally 2 smaller or wanting. Capsule 
obovoid, truncate. Hab. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Curtis; Scor- 
techini). 
(5) O. hirta Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 148. 
Shrubby stems and petioles, densely covered with stiff black 
hairs. LeaVes elliptic sub-acute, base cordate, above glabrous, 
beneath sparsely hairy; nerves 5 pairs, hairy, transverse nerves 
prominent, 7 in. long, -3 to -5 in. wide; petioles 2-5 in. long. 
Panicle few-branched, 8 in. long, hairy. Flowers not seen. Fruit 
urn-shaped, pink, narrowed to base, -25 in. long. Hab. Damp 
woods on mountains. Pahang, Gunong Tahan about 450° ft- 
altitude (Ridley). 
(6) O. collina Ridl. Anerincleistus collinus Ridl. Journ. Roy. 
As. Soc. S. By. 57, p. 47. 
Shrub, hairy, 5 ft. tall. Leaves obovate to lanceolate acumi¬ 
nate-caudate, base cuneate, equally, 5-nerved; nerves pubescent 
from base pale or pink beneath, 4 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wade; 
petioles *5 to 1 in. long, scabrid, hairy. Peduncles 2 in. long, 
pubescent terminal. Flowers -4 in. long in 1 or 2 whorls qr umbels. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, pubescent; lobes 5. Petals lanceolate, pink. 
Stamens nearly equal, yellow, with a short process on back. Capsule 
short cup-shaped, -2 in. long, narrowed to pedicel. Hab. Forests. 
Perak, Temengoh Woods (Ridley). Lankawi, Burau (Robinson), 
a form with larger flowers than type. 
(7) O. rosea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 35 - Allo- 
morphia rosea Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. iii. 301. 
Low nearly glabrous shrub, scurfy papillose. Leaves lanceo¬ 
late-acuminate 12 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. Panicles 
large; branches over 6 in. long, scaly. Flowers pink *3 in. long. 
Calyx obconic, lobes blunt, triangular. Petals oblong. Stamens 8; 
filaments pubescent, similar; anthers linear-oblong. Capsule pink, 
