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LIX. MELASTOMACE.E. 
[Phyllagathis. 
pedicels -25 in. long. Flowers pink. Calyx narrow, campanulate. 
Petals round-ovate. Stamens 8. Capsule 4-angled, campanulate 
•2 in. long; pedicels stout. Hab. Mountain woods. Selangor, 
Ginting Bidai; Bukit Kutu. Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Bujong 
Malacca. 
(5) P. hispida King , l.c. 46. 
Stem short woody hispid. Leaves 2 to 3, ovate cordate acumin¬ 
ate dentate, glabrous or nerves and nervules beneath hairy, 5 to 
10 in. long, 3 to 7 in. wide; petioles hispid 4 to 12 in. long. Peduncle 
6 to 9 in. long, glabrous or hispid, red; umbel 7-flowered; pedicels 
slender -2 in. long; bracts none. Calyx cylindric, red glabrescent. 
Petals ovate acute *5 in. long, rose pink. Stamens 8, base yellow, 
above violet. Capsule bristly semi-globose. Hab. Common in 
mountain woods, Pahang, Tahan River and Telom. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang; Thaiping Hills; 
Temengoh. Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). Tomoh (Machado). 
(6) P. rotundifolia Bl. Flor. 1831, 507; Clarke , in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 541; Korth. Verb. Nat. Bot. t. 57; Bot. Mag. t. 5282. 
Stem creeping short. Leaves orbicular or obovate cordate, 
shining dark green above, red, beneath 7-nerved transverse; 
nervules conspicuous, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, glabrous 
beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 2*5 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles 2 to 4 in. 
long, red bristly along upper edge. Capitulum dense, 1 in. through; 
peduncle 1 to 3 in. long. Bracts *5 in. wide, ovate, magenta. 
Flowers 12 to 20 in the head; pedicels -i in. long, magenta. Calyx 
campanulate; teeth bristly 2 in. long. Capsule cupular quadrangular 
•2 in. long; pedicel -2 in. long smooth. Hab. Common in woods, whole 
peninsula, from Johor Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall) to Perak and 
Kedah, Gurun (Robinson). Distrib. Sumatra. Native names : 
Banau or Banal Hutan; Poko Fatimah. Uses : A decoction of 
the leaves used in fever. 
15. MARUMI A, B 1 . 
Twining shrubs. Stems rather slender and long. Leaves 
coriaceous, cordate 5-nerved, stellate tomentose beneath. Cymes 
axillary. Flowers few, white or rose-coloured. Calyx narrow 
campanulate, tomentose bristly or stellate-hairy, 4-lobed. Petals 4, 
obovate. Stamens 8, unequal; anthers elongate with 1 pore, con¬ 
nective of the larger ones with 2 bristles in front and 1 or 2 spurs 
or twisted bristles behind. Ovary 4-celled, tip hairy. Berry 
ellipsoid, limb persistent. Species 10, Malayan. 
Calyx-tube without bristles; petals pink . . (1) M. nemorosa 
Calyx-tube bristly. 
Flowers solitary axillary white . . . (2) M. rhodocarpa 
Flowers in axillary and terminal cymes of 2 and 3, 
peduncled . . . . . . (3) M. reticulata 
