776 LIX. MEL ASTOMACE.E. [OchthochaHs. 
petioles *5 in. long. Cymes -5 in. long; flowers few, crowded -15 in. 
long, pedicelled. Calyx-tube obovoid, limb hardly toothed. 
Petals 5, broad, ovate-acuminate, white; anthers 5. Capsule 
sub-globular, 5-grooved, -15 to *2 in. through. Hah. Tidal mud. 
Common in the south. Singapore, Changi. Johor, Tebrau River. 
Malacca (Griffith). Distrib. Borneo, Java. Native name : Silokan. 
9 . ANERINCLEISTUS, Korth. 
Small trees, more or less hair}/. Leaves membranous; nerves 2 
pairs, one from base, the other from some way above the base. 
Panicles axillary and terminal, short or long; bracts conspicuous 
large. Flowers small rose or white. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped or 
urceolate, hairy. Petals 4. Stamens 8 ; anthers with a short 
boss behind. Ovary 4-celled; style filiform. Capsule globose. 
Species 3, Malayan. 
Nearly glabrous ; flowers umbellate . . (i) A. macraathus 
Nerves of leaf beneath, petiole, bract, calyx, fruit, 
hairy; flowers racemose . . . . . (2) A. pauciflora 
(1) A. macranthus Kim r, l.c. 15. 
Small tree 12 to 20 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic caudate, 
base narrowed equal; nerves prominent one pair from shortly 
above the base; the other very fine from base, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 
•8 to i*5 in. wide; petioles -4 to *8 in. long. Umbels axillary and 
terminal of 7 or 8 flowers, -25 in. long, with large lanceolate- 
acuminate caducous bracts 1 in. long, *25 in. wide. Calyx-tube 
funnel-shaped, pilose, pedicelled; teeth triangular 4. Petals 4, 
ovate, white. Stamens 8, alternate ones shorter, with a short 
process behind. Capsule globose-ovoid *25 to *3 in. long, valves 
large. Hah. Mountains in forests. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 
(Wray) ; Gunong Berumbun, Telom; Gunong Kerbau (Haniff). 
(2) A. pauciflora Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 54, p. 41. 
Shrub 6 ft. tall. Stems terete. Leaves elliptic-ovate acuminate, 
glabrous except hairy midrib beneath, 7 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
1 in. long, hairy, winged above. Flowers 2 to 3 in terminal racemes. 
Bracts ovate hairy, -25 in. long. Calyx urceolate hairy, -i in. long. 
Petals ovate acute, pink, edges ciliate. Stamens 8, equal. Capsule 
•25 in. long, hairy splitting into 8 lobes. Hub. Forests. Selangor, 
Klang Gates; Ginting Bidai (Ridley). 
10 . PHAULANTHUS, Ridl. 
Low shrubs. Leaves usually equal, ovate or lanceolate. Cymes 
axillary, small of few flowers. Calyx campanulate; lobes short, 4. 
Petals 4. Stamens 8 equal similar, bases shortly prolonged, back 
spurred. Capsule urceolate dehiscing at top ; valves 4. Species 5, 
Assam, Tenasserim and Malaya. 
