Dr. Jack on the Malayan Species of Melasloma. 21 



ing to the second division of Melastoma with similar an- 

 thers. In habit and in the texture of the leaves it has a close 

 resemblance to M. pulverulent a, but its flowers have more 

 resemblance to those of M.rubicunda; it must be associated 

 with these two. From the characters of this species, it 

 appears that neither the number of the stamina, nor of the 

 nerves of the leaves, afford subdivisions consonant to the 

 natural series. I met with this plant on the very summit of 

 the Sugar-loaf, along with Rhododendra and Vaccinia. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES IN TAB. I. 



Fig. 1. Melasloma Malabathrica. 



a. The calyx. 



b. The flower. 



c. The same laid open, to show the stamina. 



d. A longitudinal section of the unexpanded flower, 



showing the manner in which the anthers are 

 lodged in cells between the calyx and ovary. 



e. A transverse section of the same, showing the septa 



by which the calyx is connected with the ovary. 

 /. The fruit. 



g. A transverse section of the same. 

 All of the natural size. 



Fig. 



