774 
LIX, MELASTOMACE^E. 
[Blastus. 
'3 to 75 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, slender, 1*5 in. 
long with 6 to 9 small green flowers at ends of the few branches, 
densely crowded. Calyx tubular nearly *i in. long scaly; teeth 
minute. Stamens short; anthers ovate, glandular at base. 
Capsule sub-globular, -i in. long. Hab. Common in hill woods. 
Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Ginting Bidai. Pahang, Telom; Kwala 
Lipis. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Kelantan, Chaning. Distnb. 
Borneo. 
(2) B. pulverulentus Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xli. 290. 
Branchlets scurfy, tomentose. Leaves ovate acuminate, base 
cuneate, glabrous above, scaly beneath; nerves tomentose, 5 in. 
long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1*25 in. long. Cymes axillary and 
sub-terminal, scurfy tomentose, few-flowered 1*5 in. long. Flowers 
•5 in. long. Calyx sub-globose, tomentose, lobes 4. Petals 4, 
ovate. Stamens 4, equal; anthers with short processes at base 
in front; filaments glandular. Hab. Selangor, Ulu Langat (Kloss). 
8. OCHTHQCHARIS, Bl. 
Small, little-branched, wiry shrubs with ovate or lanceolate 
serrulate leaves and small pinkish white flowers in axillary clusters 
or terminal panicles. Calyx-tube ovoid, 5-toothed. Petals 5. 
Stamens 8 or 10; anthers oblong opening with 1 pore. Ovary 
4- to 5-celled; style filiform. Capsule globose, dehiscing irregu¬ 
larly. Seeds very numerous. Species about 8, Malayan. 
Panicle terminal; stamens 10 inappendiculate . 
Panicle terminal; stamens 8 with a glandular boss on 
back ........ 
Flowers in axillary fascicles ; petals 4; stamens 8. 
Anthers inappendiculate . 
Anthers with a boss on the back. 
Leaves elliptic lanceolate . 
Leaves ovate lanceolate . 
Petals 5; stamens 5 ...... 
( 1 ) 0. paniculata 
(2) 0. ovalifolia 
(3) 0. borneensis 
(4) 0. decuinbens 
(5) 0. sylvestris 
( 6 ) 0. javanica 
(1) O. paniculata Korth. Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 247, t. 64; 
Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 528; King, l.c. 13. 
Low shrub about 3 ft. tall, branched, angled, pubescent at tip. 
Leaves membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, 
serrulate, 5- to 7-nerved, nearly glabrous, 2-5 to 6 in. long, 1*25 
to 2 in. wide; petioles -3 to 1-25 in. long. Panicles terminal, 
spreading, 1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers *2 in. long. Calyx cup¬ 
shaped. Petals'acute, 5. Stamens 10, muticous. Capstile de¬ 
pressed, globular, -2 in. through. Hab. Rare in wet river forest. 
Singapore (Wallieh 4083). Not seen again in the Malay Peninsula. 
Disirib. Borneo, Sumatra. 
(2) O. ovalifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 41. 
Shrublet branched. Young parts red-hairy. Leaves ovate 
acute, base round, edge crenulate setulose, glabrous, except midrib, 
