760 LViii. MYRTACE^. [Planchofiia. 



(i) P. valida Bl. Fl. de Serves xiii. 24. PI. sundaica Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bot. i. 493 ; King, I.e. 142. 



Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 1-5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves obovate, 

 apiculate crenulate, membranous ; nerves 12 to 18 pairs, 3 to 

 6-5 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles -3 to -6 in. long. Racemes 

 2 in. long, about lo-flowered. Flowers large, white, sessile. Calyx 

 campanulate. Stamens white, base pink. Fruit oblong-ovoid. 

 Hab. Rare in forests. Perak, Gunong Malacca, Kinta (Kunstler). 

 Disirib. Sumatra. 



(2) P. grandis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 9. 



Big tree 80 ft. tall and 3 ft. through. Leaves very coriaceous, 

 obovate-oblong, short acuminate entire ; nerves prominent 15 pairs, 

 6 in. long, 3-25 in. wide ; petioles -5 in. long. Spikes short, terminal, 

 many-flowered. Catyx obconic, lobes orbicular, ovate. Petals 

 green, -75 in. long. Staminal whorl 4 in. across, white, base crim- 

 son. Fruit oblong globose green fleshy, white inside, 3 in. long, 

 2 in. through. Seeds 3 or more, brown. Hab. Singapore ; Garden 

 Jungle, one tree. 



12. CAREYA, Roxb. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate crowded at the branch 

 ends, membranous, crenate. Flowers large, racemed or spicate. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate ; lobes 4 Petals 4. Stamens many in 

 several series, connate at base ; filaments filiform, inner- and outer- 

 most without anthers. Ovary 4- to 5-celled with an annular disc ; 

 ovules numerous on axile placentas in 2 rows in a cell. Fruit 

 globose. Seeds numerous in pulp. Species 3, India. 



(i) C. arborea Roxb. Cor. PL iii. 14, I. 218; Clarke, in Hook. 

 fiL F.B.I, ii. 511. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves obovate 12 in. long, 6 in. wide; 

 petioles -2 to i in. long. Spikes 3-flowered, 3 to 8 in. long. Calyx 

 I in. long. Petals 175 in. long, white; filaments red, 2 in. long. 

 Fruit globose, 2-5 in. long, 2 in. wide. Hab. Open sandy country 

 in the north; Setul. Perils, Ginting Kabok. Lankawi. Distrib. 

 India, Siam. Native name : Putat Kedang. 



Order LIX. MELASTOMACE^E. 



Herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Leaves opposite 3- to 5- or 

 7-nerved from base, except Memecylon. Stipules 0. Flowers pink 

 or white or blue, regular, cymose or panicled, rarely soHtary. 

 Calyx inferior adnate to ovary. Petals on margin of calyx-Hmb. 

 Stamens 4, 8 or 10, all similar, or 4 smaller; anthers opening by 

 I or 2 terminal pores, connective often appendaged at base with 

 bristles, tubercles or a spur. Ovary 4- to 6-celled (i-celled in 



