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l^Memecyhn. 



Prodr, 319, M. sessile, Wall Cat, 4112 ex W. ^ A, Prodr. 320. j^ot M. ramiflorum, 



Griff, NotuL iv. 673. /^ tit ■ t 



. ' Yah. 3. capitellata ; peduncle more elongated sometim^ 1 inch. M. capitel- 

 latum, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 6 ; Roxb. Hort, Beng. 28. ? Lamk, III t. 284. 



Var, 4. ovata ; leaves often 4 in. more rounded at the base more acute sometimes 

 suhacuminate at the apex. M. ovatum, Sm, ex Knrz For. FL i. 512. M. ^^^1^, 

 var. 7, Thwaites Enum. 110. M. umbellatum, Hb. Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4109. M. 

 tinctorium, var. 3, W. # A. Prodr. 319. M. prasinum, iV*<2w<i. in. Ann. So. Nat 

 ser. 3. xviii. p. 275. M. grande, Wall. Cat. 4103, partly. M. lucidum and pyn- 

 folium, Presl Epim. Bot. 209, 210. 



Yak. 5. Iwta- nerves distinct, peduncles elongate often 1-1^ in., pedicels 0, calyx 

 prominently 4-toothed. M. capitellatum, Thwaites Enum. 110 {not of Linnmts).— 

 Ceylon ; Thwaites No. 1564, 1565 ; Walker ; Moon ; Major Champion,— C-Aled Samara 

 leta by Moon in Herb, by which he understood Burmann's FL Zeyl t. 30: also 

 M. Walieri, Hook, in Herb. : also marked nov. sp. by Triana in Herb. Hook. - '■ 



Yah. 6. rubro-cigrulea, Thws.ites Enum. 415 (sp.); Triana in Trans. Lmn. boc. 

 xxviii. 159.— Ceylon; East Matelle; Thwaites.— Mr. Thwaites says this differs Irom 

 M. edule by the leaves more acuminated with the base more rounded. But tne 

 specimen (No. 3809) sent to Kew has the leaves very obtuse not at all acuminated, 

 and narrowed into the petiole at the base: in short it is a typical example ot l^^ 

 edtde vav. 1 typica. 



Yar. 7. cuneata, Thwaites Enum. 112 (sp.); Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 159.— Ceylon ; alt. 3000 ft. ; Thwaites No. 2538.— The leaves are cuneate attenuate ac 

 the base, so that in some there is hardly any petiole; otherwise the same as iu. 

 edule. 



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Var. 8. leucantha, Thwaites Enum. 110 (sp.^ ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviiL 

 - ^ ' -- '^'- - „This differs from itf. ^aJ"^^ 



jl. myrtifolium, 



159.— Ceylon; alt. 3000-5000 ft.; Thwaites; Gardner. 

 by its white flowers and its leaves more distinctly nerved. 



Yar. 9. scntellata, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 157. — - ii 



Wall. Cat. 4111. M. obtusum. Wall Cat. 4110. M. punctatum, Presl^^^ ^*^Ta^ to 

 turn, Natid. ex Kurz For. Ft. i. 513.— Transgangetic Peninsula from C^**^^^^^ jy 

 Singapore.— DisTRiB. Malay Archipelago. Leaves very thick, opaque, -^^^^ -^^ 

 punctulate on both surfaces, narrowed much at the base, subepetiolat^ ; ^ i fTinff 

 much like M. edule type.— Kurz separates specifically M. punctatum, Presl, na & 

 the calyx with a tubercled base, from M. seutellatum, Naud. having ^te calyx^ ^^ 

 smooth base. But both these descriptions of calyx may be seen on one brancni ^ 

 in Heifer No. 2330 Kew Distrib. : the tuberculation is caused by an insect. 



Yar. 10. Thwaitesii; calyx-tube in the bud distinctly campanulate, *^^^Ji, j^^j 



flowering triangular. M. umbellatum, Thwaites No. 387, not of Bur^nann- V^ ; 



alt. 3000 ft.— Burmann states that his umbellatum, FL ZeyL t. 31 is ^aHea > .j^ 



kaha by the Cinghalese, a name attributed by Thwaites to M. capitellatum, xa -^ 



appears closely allied to M. capitellatum, Linn, but the very broad base ol T.n j 



in bud is unlike M, edule. - -^cnU? 



Deccan Peninsula^ 



—Called M. capitellatum by Heyne in HrrbTilottier and probably the extreme 



of that variety. y^^j,t 



Anamallay ^^^^'JJtly 

 -Wight's specimens are ample and^ beautifully Preserved : they ^e ^^ 

 ar. 2. ramiflorum, except that the branchlets (and even the Dra ^^^^^ 



quadrangular. They are sufficient to shake the faith of any botanist m 



existing arrangement of the species of Memecylon. 



Yar. 11. Bottleriana; inflorescence lax extending 2-2^ in 



Yar. 12. molesta; branchlets distinctly quadrangular 



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M. STOQUADRANGULARE, PC. Prodr. iii. 6; no example known, and no 

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M. RoyEmi, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 360, is probably some form of M.eau , 

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