MELASTOMACE (E. G. Baker) 37 
Oban; n. 591. 
Apparently an undershrub with ascending branches. Leaves 7-11 
em. long, 28-27 mm. broad, covered with hairs on both sides; petioles 
15-17 mm. long. Flowers in dense pedunculate capitula. Calyx- 
tube with 9 rings of bristles towards the apex—the upper ring 
complete, the lower more or less incomplete. 
This species is allied to Dissotis capitata Hook. fil. The dis- 
tinguishing features are the erect branching stem; the ovate-lanceo- 
late, petiolate, 5-nerved leaves; the pentamerous flowers in dense 
generally 5-7-flowered pedunculate heads; the calyx-tube surrounded 
near the apex with two rings of bristles, the upper a complete ring, 
the lower incomplete. 
Memecylon applanatum Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramis 
teretiusculis cortice cinereo tectis; foliis breviter petiolatis 
oblongis vel elliptieis coriaceo-papyraceis utrinque opacis apice 
longissime acuminatis basi cuneatis l-nerviis nervis transver- 
salibus subtus non vel vix conspicuis venis omnino inconspicuis ; 
Jloribus in foliorum axillis in cymas subumbelliformes breviter 
pedunculatas dispositis pedunculis applanatis cymis paucifloris 
pedicellis mediocribus ; receptaculi parte superiore pateriformi ; 
sepalis triangulariformibus ; petalis late ovatis latioribus quam 
longis staminibus aequalibus filamentis filiformibus ; antheris 
brevibus loculis rima antice dehiscentibus ; ovario omnino adhae- 
rente ; stylo filiformi staminibus aequilongo vel paullo longiori. 
Oban ; n. 1606. 
Shrub about 8 or 4 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 
18-20 em. long, 5:5-7:0 em. broad; petioles 5-7 mm. long, l-nerved ; 
lateral nerves inconspicuous. Flowers in the axils of the leaves in 
3-5-flowered pedunculate subumbelliform cymes. Peduncles flattened, 
5-8 mm. long. Pedicels slender terete, 5-8 mm. long. : 
The noticeable features of this species are the coriaceo- 
papyraceous, oblong or elliptical, 1-nerved leaves, generally 18-20 em. 
long; the flowers in the axils of the leaves in subumbelliform 
TM peduneulate cymes ; and the flattened peduncles 5-8 mm. 
ong. : 
[Calyx palest green, petals thin cobalt-blue, filaments thin blue, 
anthers pale yellow.—P. A. T.] 
Memecylon obanense Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 
subteretibus brunneis ; foliis crassiusculis ellipticis vel oblongis 
apice acuminatis basi acutis subtus jugo laterali tenui prope 
marginem percurrente in nervulos utrinque 9-10 tranversales 
curvato at illis aequivalido venis supra inconspicuis; floribus 
paniculato-eymosis cymis in axillis foliorum dispositis laxe multi- 
floris pedicellis tenuibus; bracteolis ad pedicellorum basin brevi- 
bus; receptaculi parte superiore pateriformi vix dentato; petalis 
concavis latioribus quam longis margine hyalinis; staminibus 
stylo subaequilongis ; stylo tereti; fruetu ignoto. 
