300 56. MELASTOMACE.3E. 



distinct. Triana doubtingly refers a figure in the ' Botanical 

 Eegister ' (t. 672) to this species ; but Clarke (in Hook, f . Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. ii. p. 523) unhesitatingly cites it under M. maldbaih- 

 ricum, Linn., and Don's account o£ the two species supports this 

 jiew. 



2. Melastoma repens, Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iv. p. 54 ; Naud. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3 me serie, xiii. p. 274, t. 5. fig. 1 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Rongk. p. 113 ; Ranee in Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 296, et in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 58. 



Osbeckia repens, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 142. 



Asterostoma repens, Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 50. 



Rhexia heteranthera, Bonpl. in Humb. et Bonpl. Monogr. Melast., 

 Rhexia, t. 33. 



Osbeckia heteranthera, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 312. 



Melastoma dodecandra, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 274 ? 



China: without locality (Fortunel); Szechuen (Mesny !) ; 

 Kwangtung: Lofaushan (Fordl), Swatow (Perry I), without 

 locality (Wenyonl); Hongkong (Champion \ Wright ! Seemannl 

 Urquhartl Ranee I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



3. Melastoma sanguinemn, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2241 ; Don in 

 Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. p. 289 ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 145 ; Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 60; Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 524. 



Melastoma decemfidum, Roxb. Cat. Hort. Beng. p. 90 ; Jack in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 6 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 1 14. 



South China : without locality (Millett ! Fortune, 83 !) ; 

 Kwangtung: Macao (Gaudichaudl Gallery I) ; Hongkong 

 (Champion ! Wright ! TJrquhartX) ; Hainan (Sicinhoel). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Malaya. 



In the Kew Herbarium is a specimen bearing one flower of 

 what may be an undescribed species of Melastoma. It was 

 collected at Foochow by Mr. Carles. 



y 1. Barthea chinensis, Rook. f. in Benth. et Rook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, i. p. 751. 



Dissochoeta Barthei, Hance in Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 115, et in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 103. 



China : without locality (Fortune^). 67!) ; Hongkong (Ranee ! 

 Barthei Wil/ordl Rarlandl). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



