158 MELASTOMACE^. 



two, but soon falling and leaving a truncate mouth. 

 Stamens large, the anthers ^ inch long, with two small 

 semi-circular flap-like appendages at the base. 



Near and in sholas and by road-sides. Pulneys : flowering 

 May, a distinctive feature of some of the roads of Kodaikanal. 

 Bourne 12, 930, 1352. 



Gen. Dist. Also Anamalais (where first collected by Col. Beddome). 



TIBOUCHINA. F.B.I. 60 o.^ 



Tibouchina scmicandra Cogn- (Pleroma of Triana) ; 

 O "^ r ; planted in gardens, e.g., churchyard in Ootaca- 

 mund ; has the leaves of O. reticulata but the calyx-tube 

 covered with simple erect hairs, not comb-bristles ; and 

 the anthers with two appendages near the base. Bot, 

 Mag. t. 5721. 



A native of Brazil, and known as Brazilian Spider Flower. 

 Ger. Thee-elpe. Bourne 5 116. 



MEMECYLON. f.b.i. 6o xxi. 



Trees with quite small flowers in axillary bunches. 

 Calyx-tube dilated, hardly lobed. Petals four, blue or 

 white. Stamens eight with long filaments, short anthers 

 opening by slits in front, and a horn-shaped prolongation 

 of the connective behind. Ovary one-celled, its top with 

 eight radiating grooves. Fruit a one-seeded, globose or 

 oval, berry. 



Species about 100 in south-east xA.sia, tropical Africa, and 

 a few in Polynesia and Australia. 



Memccylon amplexicaulc Roxh. var malabarica ; 

 F.B.I, ii 559, XXI 24. Leaves 2 to 3 inches, ovate, sessile 

 or stalked : nerves very obscure. Umbels of flowers 

 sessile. P'ruit V^ inch. Wight Ic. t. 279. 



Pulneys : in the large shola in Kodaikanal. Bourne 931, 



Roxburgh's plant was from Penang. 



