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9. III. spedosa, -S/wm*? /« Flora 1831, 515; branches thick smooth 

 • with numerous^ erect bristles at the nodes, leaves 6-10 in, in whorls of 4 or 3 



less often in pairs subsessile obovate-lanceolate 7-9-nerved one pair of nerves 

 starting 1-4 in. above the base of the leaf. Bot Mag. t. 4321 ; Naud. in Ann, 

 Sc. Nat ser. 3. xv. 291 ; Mtq. Fl Ind, Bat. i. pt. i. 640 ; Trtana in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxviii. 87, Melastoma eximium, Blume Bijd. 1072, not of Jack. 



Malaya ; Maingay No. 798. — Distrib. Java, Moluccas. 



Panicle long, branches whorled; bracts \ in., narrow obovate-lanceolate; pedicels 

 calyx and petals 3^ose. Anthers shortly produced at the base, spur of the connective 

 snort. Fruit i-^ in. broad, ovoid, rim of the calyx shortly produced above the fruit. 



10. Iff, blmalayana, Hooh. f.\ Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 



o8 ; branches round smooth striate, leaves nearly sessile broadly elliptic, cymes 



terminal and quasi-lateral trichotomous, peduncles 1-1^ in., pedicels divaricate 

 in fruit. 



SncKiM; alt. 3000-6000 ft.; J. D. H. Khasia Mts. ; Surareem, alt. 5000 ft. ; 

 J' D- B., a B. Clarke. 



^ ^ Leaves 2^ in,, 3-o-nerved almost from the base, obtusely acuminate; petiole not 

 8 ^^- Flowers § in. diam., rose. Anthers 2-tubercled at the base, connective without 

 a spur. ^ Berry 1 in. diam., spherical.— This species has been confounded in her- 

 baria with M. rubicunda, which is found over the same area. In M. himalayana 

 ^ ^^^^^^1 panicle is small and often only quasi-axillary panicles are seen : but the 

 peduncle is much longer than in M. rubicunda and the branches of the panicle in 

 Iruit are divaricate, not ascending as in M. rubicunda. 



11. Iff. pauciflora, Hook /.; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 88; 

 ultimate branchlets subquadranffular, leaves sessile' elliptic, cymes terminal very 

 short few.flowered. 



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■^(ives 1^ in., 3-nerved from the base, abruptly acuminate. Flowers § in. diam., 

 Very shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube campanulate, limb obscurely 4-toothed. Anthers 

 small, linear, with two tubercles at the base, connective without a spur.— Only one 

 •^mple of this has been seen : the inflorescence is strictly terminal ; the locality is 

 iiot quite certain and may be "East Himalaya." 



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GAYi, C. B. Clarke-, glabrous, branches round smooth, leaves 1-li in. 

 "i-F^^siLtj sessile cuneate-obovate obtuse 3-nerved, flowers 4-fid, petals J in., anthers 

 Oblong narrowed upwards opening by a terminal pore with two tubercles at base and 

 no distinct spur on the connective, seeds oblong elliptic smooth larger than in the 

 otner species of Medlnilla.—Kia^cciL ; Maingay No. 807. 806. 



J- here is nothing to show the nature of the inflorescence or the shape of the berry. 



^- GniFFiTHii, C. B. Clarke; glabrous, branches round remotely verrucose, 

 in ^^ ?^^ ^°' elHptic acuminate at both ends 3-nerved, petiole i-J in., inflorescence 

 n weak axillary cymes, fruit small, seeds of the genus.— Mishmeb; Griffith (Kew 

 i^istrib.No. 2281). . 



This differs by its large long-petioled leaves from all the other species. 



in h *-*^^^^™N8is» C. B. Clarke; glabrous, branches round mnooth, leaves 2-3} 

 Ion ^ ^^^^®"®l^iptic obtuse 3-nerved, petiole ^-^ in., cyme compound, anthers ob- 

 ba ^ ^^'^*^'^®*1 upwards with a terminal pore, a long spur to the connective near the 

 /•vftr ^t the tubercles at the apex of the filament very obscure.— Mergui ; Griffith 

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