LIX. MELASTOMACE AS. 
775 
Ochthocharis.] 
base above and nerves and reticulations beneath red woolly, 1-5 
to 2*5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long, woolly. Panicles 
terminal, short, nodes woolly. Bracts oblong, -i in. long, hairy. 
Calyx -12 in. long, campanulate; lobes lanceolate, edged with 
gland-tipped hairs. Petis 5, lanceolate-acuminate. Stamens 8 
similar; anthers linear-oblong with a glandular boss on back. 
Capsule sub-globose, dehiscence irregular. Hab. Dense swampy 
woods. Johor, Sedenah (Ridley). 
(3) O. borneensis Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 40; King , 
l.c. 14. 
A slender shrub 3 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves membranous elliptic 
lanceolate acuminate, base slightly narrowed, 5-nerved (3 con¬ 
spicuous), edge dentate, glabrous except nerves beneath, some¬ 
times scurfy hairy, 3 to 4-25 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; petioles 
*3 to i-8 in. long. Flowers in fascicles of 4 to 7 below the leaves, 
*x in. long; pedicels *25 to -3 in. long. Calyx urceolate. Petals 4, 
ovate-acuminate, white. Stamens 8; anthers oblong muticous. 
Capsule depressed globular, 5-grooved, *2 in. long. Hab. Tidal 
mud. Not rare in the south. Singapore, Selitar. Johor, Sem- 
pang Kanan; Kota Tinggi. Dislrib. Borneo, Buru. Native name : 
Sakalan. 
(4) O. decumbens King, l.c. 15 . 
Erect slender little or not branched shrub 3 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, elliptic lanceolate to ovate acuminate, base 
round or shortly cuneate, edges occasionally minutely serrate, 5- 
to 7-nerved, glabrous, 5 to 8 in. long, 175 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 
1 to 2-5 in. long. Cymes axillary, *2 to *3 in. long; pedicels short. 
Calyx urceolate -i in. long or less; teeth 4. Petals 4, ovate, pinkish 
white. Stamens 8 ; anthers with a minute tubercle behind. Cap¬ 
sule depressed, globose, -18 in. through. Hab. Damp spots in 
dense forest in the low country. Johor, Mt. Austen. Selangor, 
Sungei Buluh. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
(5) O. sylvestris Ridl. Journ. Roy. ds. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 4. 
Stems slender 2 ft. tall. Leaves ovate lanceolate or acuminate, 
glabrous except base, entire ; nerves 5 from base, 7 in. long, 3 in. 
wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long, upper edge hairy. Flowers in short 
axillary fascicles; pedicels short. Calyx glabrous, urn-shaped; 
lobes triangular, mucronate. Petals broad oblong. Stamens 8; 
anthers oblong obtuse all similar, tips divaricate, appendage one 
conic. Capsule *13 in. long, globose. Hab. Wet spots in forests 
in the south. Johor, Tanjong Kupang; Mt. Austen. Malacca, 
Merlimau (Cantley). 
(6) O. javanica Bl. Flor. 1831, p. 523; Clarke, l.c. ii. 528; 
King, l.c. 14. 
Shrublet 2 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate acute, base cuneate; nerves 3, pale beneath, 
edges at tip distinctly serrate, 2 to 3 in. long, *6 to -i in. wide; 
