LIX. MELASTOMACEvE. 
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Phaidantkus.] 
Exstipulate. 
Peduncles very short; flowers in cymes of 3 ; leaf base 
cuneate . (1) p, Helferi 
Peduncles very short; flowers umbellate 4 ; leaf base 
cordate.{2) P. rudis 
Peduncles slender, long.(3) p. Curtisii 
Stipulate, 
Leaves narrowed acuminate . . . , . (4) P. stipularis 
(1) P. Helferi Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 42. 
Anerincleistus Helferi Hook. fil. Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75; 
Clarke, l.c. ii. 529. 
Branched shrub. Stem solid, hairy above. Leaves ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 to 7, slender, 
transverse nervules conspicuous, hairy on both sides, 7 to 12 in. 
l° n g» 3'5 to 6 in. wide; petioles 1 to 3 in. long. Cymes *5 in. long 
of 3 or more hairy flowers. Calyx urceolate, lobes 4 sub-triangular, 
hairy. Petals very small. Capsule *25 in. long, urceolate, hairy, 
pink. Hab. Dense forests. Pahang, Khol River and Tahan woods 
(Ridley). Distrib. Mergui. 
(2) P. rudis Ridl. l.c. 43. % 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall. Stem woody *4 in. through. Young parts 
hairy above, more thickly hairy beneath; nerves 4 to 7, slender, 
more hairy, -8 in. long, 7-5 in. wide; petioles densely hairy 2 to 
3 in. long. Flowers 4, umbellate, pink on very short peduncle; 
pedicels -5 in. long. Calyx-tube urn-shaped; lobes 4, acute. Capsule 
urceolate, pink hairy, *12 in. long, valves smooth, triangular 4. Hab. 
Dense forests. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Ginting Peras (Ridley). 
( 3 ) P■ Curtisii Ridl. l.c. 44. Anerincleistus Scortechinii King, 
l.c. 16. A. Curtisii Slap/, Kew Bulletin 1892, p. 196. 
Slender branched hairy shrub 3 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves thin, 
lanceolate-oblong acuminate, base narrowed blunt truncate, very 
unequal, glabrous or sparsely hairy, edges hairy; nerves hairy 
3 ; larger leaf 2-5 to 4 in. long, *8 to 1-4 in. wide, smaller, one- 
fourth to one-lialf as long. Flowers very small, 6 to 10, green, 
umbellate, cymose on a slender peduncle 1 in. long. Calyx globose, 
campanulate, tomentose or hairy ; teeth 4, hairy. Petals 4, ovate, 
shorter. Capsule nearly *1 in. long, sub-globose, more or less hairv. 
Hab. Dense forests. Perak, Bukit Kapayung, Sungei Siput; 
Thaiping Hills; Temengoh. Province Welleslev, Tasek Gelugur 
(Curtis). 
(4) P. stipularis Ridl. l.c. 43. 
Shrub. Stem hairy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate 
narrowed to base, acuminate, young ones golden-velvety, adult 
sparsely hairy; nerves 5, lowest from base and upper 2 from the 
midrib, all densely hairy, 5 to 7 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -5 to 
i *5 i n - long. Stipules -25 in. long, orbicular. Cymes of 2 to 3; 
peduncle very short. Capsule urceolate, hairy; valves oblong, 
on pedicel -i in. long. Hab. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). 
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