302 56. MELASTOMACEJ!. 



5. Sonerila, sp. ? ; foliis eordato-ovatis subtus atro-rubris. 



Kwangtung : Lofaushau at 1000 feet (For d, 150 !). Herb. 

 Kew. 



Three very distinct Melastomacese, but in the absence of flowers 

 the genus cannot be determined with certainty. 



1. Sarcopyramis nepalensis, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 23 ; Benn. 

 PI. Jav. Bar. p. 214 ; Clarke in Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 

 p. 541. 



Sarcopyramis lanceolata, Wall. ; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193 ; 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. 1 878, p. 107. 



Yunnan (Anderson ex Kurz) ; Kwangtung : West river 

 (Sampson, bb. Hance !). Mus. Brit. 



Eastern India and Malaya. 



1. Memecylon ligustrifolium, Champ, in Hook. Keio Journ. 

 Bot. iv. p. 117 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. iv. p. 117 ; Triana in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 156. 



Memecylon scutellatum, HooJc. et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 186 ; Seem. 

 Bot. Voy. * Herald,' p. 377, non Naud. 



South China : without locality (Beechey !) ; Kwangtung 

 Macao, &c. (Vachellty; Hongkong (Champion \ Hancel See- 

 mann !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



2. Memecylon nigrescens, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy 

 p. 186; Walp. Bep. ii. p. 149; Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald; p. 378, 

 sub Acmena Championi; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 p. 159. 



Kwangtung : Macao (Beechey !). Herb. Kew. 



From Hooker and Arnott's description, Triana, who failed to 

 find the specimen, as it had been removed to the genus Eugenia, 

 suspected that this was not a Memecylon', but after examining 

 the flowers we have no hesitation in restoring it to this genus. 



57. LYTHBACE^E. 



1. Ammannia baccifera, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 120 ; Koehne, 

 in Bugler's Jahrb. i. p. 258 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 569 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 227 ; Franchet, FL 

 David, p. 133. 



