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LX. MELASTOMACEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [AnpUdrum 



8. A. dlvaricatum, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxviii. 84, partly} 

 "branclilets panicles and leaves beneath with ferruginous stellate tomentum. 

 Dissochseta anceps, N^aud. in Ann. Sc. Nat ser. 3. xv. 70. D. pa]eml)aiiica, 

 Mzq. Fl. Ind. Bat Suppl 317. D. glauca, Blume in Flora, 1831, p. 501. 

 Melastoma glauca, Jack in Trans. Linn, Soc. xv. 15. M. polyanthiim, Benth. tn 

 Wait Oz^. 4051. /; 



Pinaxg; Wallich, Walker. Malacca; Griffith, Maingay ^o. 1U ] Cuming, M 

 2259. — DisTHiB. Java to Philippines. 



Leaves usually 2-2^ in., oblong, acute, glabrous above or rufous stellate-tomentose 

 on the nerves ; petiole ^-| in. Young caZj!/;r-^w6e densely stellate-tomentose. Shorter 

 stamens often 2, sometimes 4 or 0. Frtdi less than | in, broad, finally glabrous. 



annulatuxn 



with scattered patent bristly hairs, more thickened 8 

 : snecies and with a ring of dense rufous tomentum 



Melastoma annulatum, Wall 



each node, leaves nearly glabrous beneath, 

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 ing bristles. Panicle with spreading bristles, and rufous-tomentose. Ypung cay 

 rufousrtomentose. Fruit ^ in. broad, ovoid, ultimately glabrous or nearly so. ^ . -^ 



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^vVV A. ASSAMicuM, C.B. ClarJce; stem with coarse spreading bristles sp^^^^^^,?"' 

 nnlated at the nodes, leaves very large short-petloled elliptic-lanceolate with spreaai g 



bfistlv hairs on the nerves bftnftath ofliorwioA olnKmns. 



Assam, foot of the Naga Hills, and Bhotan, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 22801 



Leaves 5-7 in., very 



3TAN, Kxnjjim ^J\ew i-/i&liiu. x-v.. ' y '^ :- 

 Branches stout. i>ay<?5 5-7 in., very acute, cordate at the base ; petiole ^"4 *; 

 densely coarsely bristly. Panicle (in fruit) terminal, large, repeatedly tnchotomous . 

 fruits yory numerous (like those of Anplectrum), smooth, campanulate at the basei, 

 ripe ^ in. broad). — Flowers not seen. 



84 ; Melastoma ? barbatum, 



Wall. Cat. 4082 from Chappedongin Martaban. .. ].^ is 



The Wallichian example exhibits neither inflorescence, flowers cor fruit, a ^^^ 

 indeterminable. Leaves 4 in., ovate, shortly acuminated, glabrous ; petiole i^ 

 glabrous but with a dense erect fringe of rusty bristles on its upper face ; stem 

 glabrous. 



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 bracts, 4- or 5- rarely 6-merous. Calyx-tube ovoid or cylindric. limb 

 obscurely toothed. Stamens twice as many as the petals, eq} 

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