LIX. MELASTOMACEiE. 
Oritrephes.'] 
773 
cing longitudinally, *12 in. long. Hab. Perak, Gunong Berumbun 
near Telom (Ridley), at 5000 ft. altitude. 
(5) O. Robinsonii Ridl. Anerincleistus Robinsonii Ridl. Journ. 
Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 46. 
Big shrub. Branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate 
acuminate, red-scurfy beneath; base shortly cuneate; nerves 
as in 0. grandiflora ; nervules prominent, 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2*25 
in. wide; petioles -5 to 1 in. long. Peduncles axillary and terminal, 
3*5 in. long with 2 or 3 terminal cymes. Flowers -5 in. long, white 
and pink. Calyx-tube obconic not angled, red-scurfy; lobes 
ovate, blunt. Petals ovate-oblong. Capsule -5 in. long not angled, 
conic. Hab. Mountain woods. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Robin¬ 
son, Ridley). 
6. PERILIMNASTES, Ridl. 
Glabrou? shrub forming compact tussocks. Leaves coriaceous, 
narrow lanceolate entire, opposite equal, 3-nerved. Cymes short, 
terminal, few-flowered. Calyx sub-cylindric; sepals long, linear. 
Petals lanceolate, acute. Stamens 8, all equal. Style slender. 
Fruit short, campanulate, pale shining, dehiscence apical, valves 4, 
broad inflexed. Species 1, endemic. 
(r) P. fruticosa Ridl. Anerincleistus fruticosus Ridl. Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 309. 
Much branched, branches black. Leaves 175 in. long, *2 to 
•3 in. wide, acuminate, blunt, winged to base. Peduncles *x in. 
long, red; pedicels *15 in. long. Calyx red, cylindric, base dilate, 
4-ridged -2 in. long; lobes linear, -2 in. long. Petals spreading, 
pinkish white. Stamen filaments *2 in. long; anthers yellow as 
long, acuminate. Capsule -2 in. long and as wide on a pedicel 
•3 in. long. Hab. On rocks in mountain streams. Pahang, Gunong 
Tahan (Robinson, Ridley). 
This forms cushions about 12 in. tall in cracks of rocks in the streams. 
7. BLASTUS, Lour. 
Shrubs, scaly or puberulous. Leaves membranous, ovate to 
lanceolate. Panicles cymose of small flowers, axillary and ter¬ 
minal. Calyx-lobes 4, Petals 4, ovate. Stamens 4. Capsule 
sub-globular. Species 4 or 5, Malaya, Cochin-China, China. 
Leaves lanceolate; flowers hardly *i in. long . . (1) B. Cogniauxii 
Leaves ovate; flowers with stamens -5 in. long . (2) B. pulverulentus 
(1) B. Cogniauxii Stapf. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2311; King, l.c. 12. 
Ochthocharis parviflora Cogn. Mon. Phan. vii. 421. 
A slender much-branched twiggy shrub 6 to 10 ft. tall, scaly 
or puberulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate long-acuminate, base 
narrowed, thin glabrous scaly beneath; nerves 5 with nervules 
conspicuous scurfy, 4 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 
