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LIX. MELASTOMACE.E, 
[Softer ila . 
(45) S. bicolor Siapf, l.c. 43. 
Ascending herb, 3 to 9 in. tall, softly hairy all over. Leaves, 
larger one oblique-oblong to lanceolate-oblong acuminate unequally 
cordate, membranous, dark green or purple with light green central 
band above, purple beneath; nerves 5 from near base, 3 to 6 in. 
long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *2 to *6 in. long; small leaves 
ovate-cordate, *4 in. long or less. Cymes terminal axillary, few 
to io-flowered; peduncles *4 to 1-2 in. long. Calyx oblong-cam- 
panulate, -12 in. long. Petals elliptic-oblong, acute, pink, *35 in. 
long. Anthers linear-oblong. Fruit • 12 to -15 in. long, semi-globose, 
inuricate. Hab. Woods, Selangor, Gombak (Ridley). Perak, Ulu 
Selama (Wray); Chanderiang (Kunstler); Tapah (Baldwin). 
13. SARCOPYRAMIS, Wall. 
Weak herb. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, serrulate, 3-nerved, 
equal, similar, membranous. Flowers in a terminal cluster, short 
peduncled, pink, surrounded by leaf-like bracts. Calyx obpyra- 
midal 4-winged, 4-toothed. Petals 4, ovate. Stamens 8 equal; 
anther oblong, spurred at back. Capsule crowned with 4 long 
scales, 4-valved. Species 2 to 3, India, Philippines, China. 
(1) S. nepalensis Wall. Tent. FI. Nep. t. 23; Clarke, in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. ii. 541. 
Stem 2 to 6 in. long, rarely more. Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, 1 in. 
wide, glabrous, thin, ovate-lanceolate acuminate; petioles -25 to *5 in. 
long. Petals hardly *25 in. long. Fruit 4-angled, campanulate, 
smooth; scales large veined. Hab. Rare in mountain woods, 
Pahang, Telom (Ridley). Dislrib. India, Burma, China. 
14. PHYLLAGATHIS , Bl. 
Herbs creeping or rarely erect shrubby. Leaves large orbicular, 
rarely oblanceolate, 7- to 9-nerved. Flowers umbelled or in a dense 
head or panicled, magenta, rose or white, showy. Calyx-tube cam¬ 
panulate ; teeth 4 or 5, setose. Petals 4 or 5, ovate acute. Stamens 
5 or 8, equal; anthers elongate not appendaged. Ovary 4-celled, 
glabrous. Capsule funnel-shaped opening by 4 valves at the tip. 
An erect shrub; leaves oblanceolate. 
Flowers in compound umbels . 
Herbs creeping; leaves orbicular or ovate. 
Flowers panicled or racemose, small, white. 
Plant glabrous; leaves round, cordate entire 
Stem and petioles red hairy; leaves ovate 
toothed ....... 
Flowers large umbelled, pink. 
Plant glabrous ...... 
Plant hairy ....... 
Flowers magenta in an involucrate head 
(1) P. tuberculata 
(2) P. Griffiths 
(3) P. cordata 
(4) P. Scortechinii 
(5) P. hispida 
(6) P. rotundifolia 
( 1 ) P. tuberculata King, l.c. 44 . 
Stem woody, 2 to 3 ft. tall, stout. Leaves in a whorl at the 
