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MELASTOMACE^. LIV. Medinilla. 



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and terminal, cymose, few or many flowered ; pedicels bibrac- 

 teate in the middle. 



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Flowers few^ cymose or subcorymhose. 



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7 M. LAURiFOLiA (Blum. 1. c. p. 511.) branclilets terete, 

 warted ; leaves opposite, rarely in threes, ovate, attenuated at 

 both ends, triple-nerved, rather fleshy ; peduncles axillary, ex- 

 ceeding the length of the petioles, usually 3-flowered ; flowers 

 decandrous or dodecandrous. Tj • S. Native of Java, on trees. 

 Melastoma laurifolium, Blum, bijdr. p. 1069. M. crassifolinm, 

 Reinwdt. ined. M. carneum, Zippel. ined. 



Laurel-leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



8 M. CRAssiFOLiA (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets terete, warted; 



leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the base and emargi- 

 nate, obsoletely 3, rarely 5-nerved ; umbels axillary, in simple or 

 trifid corymbs ; flowers decandrous. T? . S. Native of Java, 

 on Mount Salak on trees. Melastoma crassifolium, Blum. 

 bijdr. p. 1075. 



Var. /3, diaphana (Blum. 1. c.) leaves larger, thinner, and 

 somewhat 5-nerved. I? . S. Native along with the species. 

 Melastoma diaphanum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1075. 



Thick-leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



9 M. rubicu'kda (Blum.l. c. p. 512.) branchlets? leaves op- 



leaves opposite, on short petioles, elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 

 bluntish at the base, triple-nerved, as well as with 2 marginal 

 obsolete nervules; panicles axillary or terminal, elongated; 

 flowers decandrous; calyx obsoletely 5-toothed'. ^?. S. Na- 

 tive of Java, on Mount Pangaranghu. ! 



KuhVs Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



16 M, Javane'nsis (Blum. I.e. p. 515.) branches all 4-sided; 

 leaves opposite, sessile, somewhat cordate, elliptic, rather acu- 

 nn'nated, quintuple-nerved, quite entire ; panicles terminal or 

 axillary, divaricate, straight; flowers decandrous. T2 . S. Na- 



tive of J 



in marshes and woods on the higher mountains. 



Melastoma Javancnsis, Blum, bijdr. p 

 Reinwdt. ined. 



Java Medinilla. Sh. 4 to G ft. 



1078. M. Epidendra, 



17 M. exi'mia (Blum. 1. c.) branches irregularly 4- sided ; 



leaves oj>posite, on short petioles, elliptic-ovate, acute at both 

 ends, quintuple-nerved, quite entire ; panicles terminal ; flowers 

 octandrous. Tp . S. Native of Sumatra, on the banks of rivers. 

 Melastoma eximia. Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 17. Leaves large. 

 Flowers flesh-coloured, very beautiful ; anthers purple, with the 

 appendages yellow. 



Choke Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



^ . , . , ,, - . J I, ^n 18 M. spEciosA (Blum. 1. c.) branches 4-sided; angles 



positc, on short petioles, oblonff-ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the - , 1 i^^of ^^o.;u /t ;« « «.l,^rl y^-^^rA^r f^r^r^f^^\f^ 



\ ' . , ^1 ' ,?>, ' -n la winiicd : leaves almost sessile, 4 in a whorl, rarely opposite, 



base, triple-nerved ; cymes dichotomous, axillary ; flowers oc- '^ ' 



tandrous. Tj • S. Native of Sumatra. Melastoma rubicunda. 

 Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 18. Pedicels and calyxes red. Co- 

 rolla white. 



Iteddish'CdXyyied. Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



10 M. Hasse'ltii (Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 513.) 

 branchlets terete, warted ; leaves opposite, on short petioles, 

 lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat cordate at the base, 3- 

 nerved, fleshy ; cymes branched, axillary ; flowers octandrous. 

 h • S. Native of Java, in the province of Bamtam, about Har- 

 riang and Levebonger. 



HasscUs Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



ovate-oblong, attenuated at both ends, or obtuse at the base, 

 7-9-nerved, rarely quintuple-nerved ; panicles terminal and 

 axillary, nodding ; flowers octandrous or decandrous. ^ . S. 

 Native of the interior of Java, in humid woods, rarely parasitical 

 on trunks of old trees; and of the Moluccas. Melastoma ex- 

 imium, Blum, bijdr. p. 1072. but not of Jack. 



Shewy Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



19 M. interme'dia (Blum. 1. c. p. 516.) branchlets obso- 

 letely tetragonal ; leaves almost sessile, opposite, elliptic-oblong, 

 acute or acuminated, obtuse at the base, quintuple-nerved ; 



Na- 



panicles elongated, terminal ; flowers octandrous. 

 tive of Java, on Mount Gede, near Tjichanjavar. 



Sh. 4 to G ft. 



Vl. S. 



11 M. succule'nta (Blum. I.e.) branchlets terete, warted ; 

 leaves opposite, sessile, ovate- oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the 

 base; triple-nerved, fleshy; cymes branched, axillary ; flowers ^^'l^^^^^^^^^ 



octandrous. 1^ . S. Native of Java, on trees, in humid woods. & b » _ _ . , 



Melastoma succulcnta, Blum, bijdr. p. 1070. 



*^ucc w/cw^ leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



Intermediate Medinilla. 



20 M. crispa'ta (Blum. 1.- c. p. 517.) branches 4-sided; 



gles winged ; leaves sessile, 4 in a whorl, oblong, narrow at 

 the base, quintuple-nerved; cymes subcorymbose, axillary, and 

 lateral from the falling of the leaves ; flowers decandrous, rarely 

 dodecandrous. b . S. Native of the Moluccas, in valleys and 



Fruit round, red. 



Curled Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



Sect. IIL Hypena'nthe (from uTriyvv, hjpene, a beard, and 

 av^oQ, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the flower-buds, which 



12 M. HYPERiciFotiA (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets terete; leaves ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ of river's. 

 opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acummated, rather cordate at 550 _r^^ 1,. ^,^,^^ 5. p. 66. t. 35. f. 1. 

 tnebase; cymes a little branched; flowers decandrous, rarely p^.^j^ ,,^,,^,]^rpd 

 octandrous. Tj . S. Native of Java, on trees on Mount Salak. 



Melastoma hypericifolium, Blum, bijdr. p. 1070. Flowers 

 small. 



St. John's'Wort'leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 

 * * Flowers in terminal and axillary elongated panicles. 



13 M. VERRUCOSA (Blum. 1. c. p. 514.) branches warted, 

 when young tetragonal, when old terete ; leaves opposite, sessile, 

 oblong, subcordate, acuminated, finely denticulated towards the 

 ?pex, quintuple-nerved; panicles terminal or axillary, droop- 

 '"g; flowers decandrous; calyx somewhat truncate. T2 . S. 

 Native of Java, in shady places on Mount Salak. Melastoma 

 verrucosum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1078. 



^^arW-branched Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



14 M. alpe'stuis (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets? leaves opposite, 

 sessile, half stem-clasping, ovate-oblong, crenated, quintuple- 

 served, purplish beneath; panicles terminal; flowers decan- 

 dj'ous; calyx 5-toothed. ^ . S. Native of Sumatra, on high 

 "fountains. Melastoma alpestris. Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 

 20- t. 1. f. 3. a. d. Corolla flesh-coloured. Anthers purple. 



^Ip Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. . • 4 , 



15 M. Ku'iiLii (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets when young 4-sided ; 



VOL, n. 



Melastoma crisp^tum, Lin. spec. p. 



Flowers rather large. 



are bearded with stellate down on the outside). Blum, bot. zeit. 

 1831. no. 30. p. 517. Tube of calyx obovate-oblong; limb 

 short, 4-lobcd. Petals trapeziform, alternate ones narrower than 

 the others. Free part of the ovarium clothed with stellate down. 

 Seeds roughish. — A shrub, having its branchlets, peduncles, and 

 leaves clothed with stellate tomentum, and with a different habit 



from the other species. 



21 M. VENOSA (Blum. 1. c. p. 518.) branchlets terete ; leaves 

 opposite, oval-oblong, those opposite each other usually of a dif- 

 ferent size, veiny, clothed with furfuraccous tomentum beneath, 

 as well as on the branches ; cymes pedunculate, terminal or lateral, 

 involucrated by fugaceous bracteas. I; . S. Native of Java, on 

 trees on Mount Ternate. Melastoma venosum, Blume, bijdr. p. 

 1G75. Flowers middle-sized, octandrous, flesh-coloured ; pedi- 

 cels red. 



Feiny-hnved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



Sect. IV. DactyliSta (apparently derived from iuKrvXa^ 



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