Memecylon. | LVII. MELASTOMACER. (HOOKER.) 461 
minute, at the base of the pedicel or under the flower. Berry small, 
black blue or purple. 
A very large Asiatic, African, and especially Mauritian genus. 
Leaves distinctly 3-nerved. 
Inflorescence of sub-corymbose panicles. 
Bracteoles fascicled or whorled at the bases of the pedicels. 
Leaves 5-7 in. by 2-4 in. Panicle often terminal . . 1. UM. ceruleum. 
Leaves 3-4in. by 1-2 in. Panicles axillary . . . 2. DL Mannii. 
Bracteoles 2, opposite at the base of the calyx. 
Leaves coriaceous, 2 lateral nerves not arching . 
Leaves membranous, 2 lateral nerves arching 
Inflorescence capitate on very short axillary peduncles. 
Leaves membranous Bh hay pee ee 
Leaves coriaceous . . .¢. 
Leaves penninerved. : 
Inflorescence capitate . . M. virescens. 
Inflorescence panicled. (9 8: M. polyanthemos. 
Inflorescence of peduncled fascicles . . .... . . 9 M. Donianum. 
1. M. ceruleum, Guill. et Perr, Fl. Seneg. 113, t. 71 (Spathandra). 
large tree, trunk as thick as the thigh; branches densely leafy, 
Stout; branchlets terete. Leaves 5-7 in. by 2}—4 in., sessile, thickly 
coriaceous, brown or black when dry, broadly oblong or ovate-oblong 
or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, acute or acuminate, base rounded or cordate, 
very opaque on both surfaces, ribs strong beneath, lateral nerves indis- 
tinct. Panicles terminal and axillary, corymbose, spreading, sometimes 
4in. in diameter, repeatedly umbellately branched; peduncles and 
ranches strict, compressed and angled, hoary; pedicels {—§ in., 3-nate 
or umbelled ; bracts whorled at the base of the pedicels, minute, ovate, 
subacute. Calyx i in. in diameter, broadly turbinate, limb obscurely 
4-toothed, 8-ribbed within. Petals broadly ovate, tips valvate. Ovules 
Berry globose, 4 in. in diameter, 1—2-seeded, flesh thin, testa crus- 
taceous ; cotyledons fleshy.—Naud. in. Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 3, xviii. 263. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Don! Vogel! Whitfield. Senegambia, 
Perrottet ! Heudelot ! Bagroo river, Mann! 
fl Mota leaves lucid, almost polished above.—Upper Guinea, Kongui river, Mann! 
. sep s 
2. M. Mannii, Hook.f. Shrubby; branches dark red-brown, as thick 
as a crowquill; branchlets terete. Leaves 3-4 in. by 1-2in., thickly 
roriaceous, opaque, elliptic-ovate or oblong from a rounded base, sub- 
acute, similar and pale brown when dry on both surfaces, nerves 3, 
obscure on both surfaces, lateral nerves wholly obscured. Panicles 
axillary, spreading, corymbose, 2-3 in. in diameter, repeatedly umbel- 
lately Estee branches and peduncles strict, slender, terete, hoary ; 
pedicels slender, 3-nate or umbelled; bracts at the bases of the pedicels 
iuinute, ovate, subacute. Calyx 1-12th in. in diameter, campanu- 
late; limb 4-toothed ; 8-costate inside. Petals triangular-ovate, tips 
valvate. Ovules 4-6, Berry 1 in. in diameter, globose, flesh thin, 
. M. Barteri. 
. M. Vogelii. 
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4 
5. M.membranifolium. 
6. UM. fasciculare. 
7 
8 
_ testa crustaceous, cotyledons crumpled. 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, fl. July, Mann! 
Much smaller than M. ceruleum, with the nerves of the leaves very obscure. 
