Memecylon.} LVII. MELASTOMACEX (HOOKER). 463 
6. M. fasciculare, Planch. in Fl. Nigr. 857 (Spathandra). Branches 
rather slender ; branchlets terete. Leaves shortly petioled, 3—4 in. by 
1}-2 in., rigidly coriaceous, red-brown when dry, elliptic-ovate or lan- 
ceolate, obtuse or abruptly contracted into an obtuse point, lucid on both 
surfaces, nerves very distinct, 2 outer not arching, transverse many 
with distinctly reticulated areole ; petiole 1-1 in. Inflorescence gla- 
brous of minute flowers clustered on very short axillary peduatoas 
pedicels short, bracteolate at the base, bracteoles minute crowded, per- 
sistent, orbicular, concave, obtuse or mucronate. Calyx 1—10th in. dia- 
meter, tube obovoid or obconic, expanding into a broad concave 6-lobed 
limb, lobes rounded, inside not ribbed. Petals obovate, spathulate. Fila- 
ments long, slender. Berry 1 in. diameter, globose or broadly pyri- 
form, flesh thin. Testa coriaceous; cotyledons folded, convolute.— 
M. Heudelotit, Naud. in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 3, xviii. 265. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Don! 
‘ge virescens, Hook. f. Branches slender. Leaves shortly 
petioled, 5-6 in. by 24-3 in., rather coriaceous, pale green on both 
surfaces, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, penninerved, base acute, lucid 
above, nerves above very indistinct, beneath costa distinct, lateral nerves 
few, indistinct, distant, nearly horizontal, uniting in an intra-marginal 
equally faint one; petiole } in. Flowers clustered on very short axil- 
lary glabrous peduncles, ereen; pedicels short, glabrous; bracteoles 
clustered at their bases, suborbicular concave persistent. Calyx hemi- 
spheric ; limb membranous, hardly lobed, inside 8-ribbed, ribs in pairs. 
Petals transversely oblong, broadly imbricate with very broad bases. 
Filaments apparently short. Ovules 4 in a depressed cell. 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Mann !—I have but one specimen, and that in bud 
only, 
8. M. polyanthemos, /ook. ¢. A shrub; branches trichotomous, 
slender. Leaves petioled, 2-4 in. by 14-2 in., thickly coriaceous, lurid 
greenish or brown, sublucid on both surfaces, elliptic, base acute, apex 
suddenly contracted to a long broad acute point, penninerved, nerves 
very indistinct or evanescent on both surfaces, lateral nearly horizontal. 
lowers in numerous axillary solitary or fascicled corymbose many- 
flowered panicles }-14 in. long and broad, peduncles and branches 
subumbellate compressed and angled, quite glabrous ; bracteoles crowded 
at the base of the subumbellate slender pedicels, deciduous. Calyx 
1-10th in, diameter, tube turbinate ; limb large, obscurely 4-toothed, 
®-winged inside, wings approaching in pairs. Petals broadly ovate, 
ups valvate. Filaments short. Ovules 8. Berry } in., broadly ovoid ; 
esh thin, testa rather membranous, cotyledons crumpled. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Bagroo river, Mann! fl. April. 
j 9. M. Donianum, Planch. in Fl. Nigr. 357. Branches rather stout. 
saves 4—6 in. by 2-24 in., very thickly rigidly coriaceous, elliptic- 
oblong, abruptly acuminate, base acute, polished and red-brown when 
