Medinilla .] 
LIX. MELASTOMACEiE. 
805 
pendulous; peduncles 6 to 8 in. long, cymose branched at top. 
Cymes nearly 3 in. across, spreading. Flowers 1 to 3 in cyme, white 
fragrant; pedicels *5 in. long. Calyx cupular, edge undulate. 
Petals 5, obovate, rounded '3 in. long. Stamens 10; anthers 
with blunt bilobed bases and a keeled point and a spur on back. 
Hab. Very rare on rocks in forest, a charming plant. Perak, 
Gunong Berumbun near Telom at 6000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
19 . POGONANTHERA, Bl. 
Shrubs, epiphytic or rock-growing. Leaves opposite oblong or 
ovate 3-nerved. Flowers small, white in red-branched terminal 
panicles. Calyx narrow, campanulate, 4-toothed. Petals 4. 
Stamens 8, equal; anthers oblong, acute, connective with a tuft 
of hairs at the base behind, not spurred. Ovary 4-celled with a 
tuft of hairs at top. Berry small, globose. Species 8, Malayan. 
(1) P. pulverulenta Bl. Flora 1831, 521; Korth. Verb. Nat. 
Gesch. Bot. t. 65; Clarke, l.c. ii. 550; King, l.c. 65. P. reflexa 
Bl. l.c.c. 
Spreading shrub about 4 ft. tall, scaly. Leaves coriaceous, 
ovate or oblong-lanceolate acute, dull green above, 3 to 6 in. long, 
2*25 to 3 in. wide, base rounded, 2-tubercled, glabrous. Panicles 
terminal, spreading 2 to 3 in. long, red. Flowers numerous, small, 
-I in. long. Calyx very scaly, sub-cylindric 4-toothed. Petals 4, 
scaly outside, white. Stamens 8; anthers lanceolate connective 
with a tuft of hairs on the back. Fruit pea-shaped, *15 in. long. 
Hab. Common on rocks on sea-coasts and on trees often high up. 
Singapore, Pulau Ubin (Hullett); Bukit Timah. Johor, Scudai 
River. Pahang, Pekan; Rumpin River (Evans). Malacca, Cape 
Rachado (Finlayson, Wall. Cat. 4086); Sungei Hudang. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Thaiping Hills. 
Bindings, Lumut. Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Kelantan, 
Gunong, Kota Bharu, on rocks. Distrib. Borneo, Java. 
20 . P ACHYCENTRLA, Bl. 
Glabrous epiphytic shrubs. Leaves fleshy. Flowers usually 
small, corymbose, terminal. Calyx dilate at base, above tubular 
4-toothed. Petals 4, ovate or oblong. Stamens 8, equal; anthers 
linear-oblong opening by a terminal pore; connective spurred. 
Ovary 4-celled. Berry globose. Species 12, Malayan. 
Flowers small, *2 in. long in a spreading panicle . (1) P. tuberculata 
Flowers showy, -5 in. wide, in a short lax cyme . . (2) P. speciosa 
(1) P. tuberculata Korth. Ver. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 246, t. 63; 
King, l.c. 66. 
A glabrous shrub about 6 in. to 2 ft. tall. Roots tuberous, 
woody. Leaves fleshy coriaceous, elliptic-oblong sub-acute, base 
