120 MELASTOMACE2E. 



vena marginal! connectis), supra parce subtus dense sub lente punctata, 

 petiolis 1 cm. longis. Cymra dense floratse 4 cm. lougse 6 cm. lat?e, ramis 

 oppositis angulo obtuso divaricatis, floribus ad apicem ramulorum 3-4-natim 

 sessile vel pedicellatim dispositis, pedicellis ultimis 2 mm. lougis. Calyx- tubus 

 late campanulatus 3 mm. lougus 5 mm. latus ore suberoso. Petala connata 

 non distincte visa. Stamina oo, filameiitis filiformibus 1 mm. longis, antheris 

 oblongis late globosis ^ mm. longis subcordatis apice intus connectivis globuli- 

 formibus terminatis. Ovarium inferius ad basin ttibi calycis situm 1 mm. 

 longuni. 



HAB. Kusukusu, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Juni. 9, 1912. 



Near Eugenia Millettiana HEMSL. but differs from it by the densely 

 flowered cymes and leaves. 



Melastomaceae. 



Melastoma BURM. 



Melastoma sanguineum SIMS. Bot. Mag. t. 2241 ; FORBES et HEMSL. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 300. 



HAB. Hainan, leg. N. KONISHI, 1909, Juni. 



Melastoma tetramerum HAYATA, sp. nov. Kami et ramuli tereto- 

 tetragoni pilis adpressis strigosis obtecti, cortice fusco-rubescenti demum 

 gradatim soluto. Folia opposita ovato-elliptica vel oblonga 4 cm. longa 1 J cm. 

 lata cliartacea apice acuta basi obtusa margine integra supra adpresse 

 regulariter pilosa subtus dense adpresse pilosa distincte 3-iiervia, prsetera 

 2-marginalibus tenuibus instructa, nervis omnibus subparallelibus deorsum 

 db divergentibus sursum convergentibus ad apicem foliorum attingeutibus 

 supra suljimpressis subtus elevatis dense adpresse pilosis, petiolis 7 mm. 

 longis supra sulcatis subteretibus. Flores ad apicem ramulorum axillarium 

 solitarii vel terminales, pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis. Calyx-tubus globoso- 

 urceolatus 7 mm. longus latior quarn longior extus adpresse pilosus basi ro- 

 tundatus, ore plus minus contracto, limbo 4-lobato, lobis tiiangulari-lanceolatis 



