462 LVII. MELASTOMACEE. (HOOKER.) [ Memecylon. 
3. M. Barteri, Zook. f. A shrub 8 ft. high; branches greyish- 
white, about as thick as a crow-quill; branchlets terete. Leaves a 
tioled, 24-84 in. by 14-1} in., coriaceous, elliptic, acuminate at be 
ends, most so at the apex, olive-brown when dry, almost lucid on both 
surfaces, nerves 3, slender, distinct; transverse nerves very oa 
etiole fin. Inflorescence perfectly glabrous, of numerous small me 
eer corymbose solitary or fascicled panicles } in. long and broad, 
sparingly subumbellately branched. Calyx subhemispheric, 2-bracteo- 
late at the base, 14 in. in diameter, bracteoles small, suborbicular, yer 
cave; limb broadly 4-lobed, lobes rounded, not costate inside. Petals 
orbicular, tips imbricate. Ovules 2. Fruit not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos, Barter! 
4. M. Vogelii, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xviii. 263, A shrub, 
6-10 ft. Branches rather slender, bark whitish, of the branchlets red- 
brown, 4-angled. Leaves shortly petioled, 4—8 in. by 2}—4 in., rather 
membranous, ovate suborbicular elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, subacute 
or gradually acuminate, base acute rounded or subcordate, olive-green 
and lucid with the 8 main and few distant transverse nerves distinet on 
both surfaces, 2 outer nerves arched between the junctions of the trans- 
verse; petiole §—} in. Inflorescence quite glabrous of small single Ri 
geminate axillary shortly peduncled corymbose few-flowered panic re 
4 in. diameter; peduncle and branches compressed, acutely angled; 
bracteoles deciduous, whorled at the base of the slender subumbellate 
pedicels. Calyx } in. diameter, broadly campanulate, limb large, va 
entire, 8-costate inside. Petals broadly ovate, tips valvate. Ovu : 
numerous. Berry ovoid, }—} in. long, crowned by the broadly 4-lobe 
calyx-limb ; pedicel }—} in. Testa thin; cotyledons crumpled ?—Spe 
thandra memecyloides, Benth. in Fl. Nigr. 357, 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Prince’s Island and Fernando Po, 
Barter! Old Calabar, Mann! fi. Feb. 
5. M. membranifolium, Hook. 7. A shrub, 8—10 ft.; branches 
slender, bark white, of the acutely 4-angled branchlets red-brow®- 
Leaves shortly petioled, 3-5 in. by 1}-2 in., very membranous, ellipte- 
ovate or lanceolate, suddenly narrowed to a rather broad obtuse apicu- 
late point, base acute, sublucid, pale green on both surfaces, ners 
very distinct, 2 lateral subarching, transverse few, distant ; petiole it 
in. Flowers few, minute, sessile, clustered on very short axillary 
peduncles; bracteoles minute, ovate, acute, concave, keeled, persif 
tent at the base of the calyx. Calyx broadly obconic, 110th in., purple ; 
lobes 4, broadly ovate, obtuse; tip of ovary 8-costate. Petals broadly 
obovate, violet. Filaments longer than the petals, slender. Ovules 4. 
Berry ovoid, } in. long, crowned with the minute unchanged calyX- 
limb, flesh thin. Testa crustaceous ; endopleura thin ; cotyledons 8p 
parently consolidated with the radicle, surface ruminate. ‘ 
Upper Guinea. [Fernando Po and Ambas Bay, Mann! 
