764 Lix. MELASTOMACE.E, [Melastoma. 



(2) M. schizocarpa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 104. 

 Shrub 6 ft. tall, thickly sprinkled with long red hairs. Leaves 



lanceolate-acute, glabrous except some hair on midrib and nerves, 

 4 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petioles -5 in. long, hairy. Flowers 2 to 3 

 terminal, 2 in. across. Bracts ovate cuspidate, -12 in. long. Calyx 

 urceolate, 75 in. long, densely hairy ; teeth 5, short. Petals bright 

 rose colour, obovate. Stamens 10 ; anthers yellow, connective with 

 two short linear processes, smaller ones one-third as long. Fruit 

 •75 in. long dull red, densely hairy, dehiscing vertically on one side. 

 Hab. On heaths, rare. Pedis, Ginting Kabok, Kanga (Ridley). 



(3) M. moUe Wall. Cat. 4046. M. sanguineum Sims, var. 

 molle Clarke, I.e. ii. 524. M. decemfidum Roxb. var. molle King, 

 I.e. 5. M. crinitum Naud, Ann. Sc. Nat. 3, iii. 524. 



Low shrub. Branches (densely) and leaves covered with stiff 

 pale hairs. Leaves elliptic-acuminate rather flaccid; nerves 5, 

 with hairs longer than on the rest of the leaf. Corymb of 4 or 5 

 flowers, dense. Calyx -75 in. long, densely covered with long 

 subulate pale hairs, lobes lanceolate about as half as long. Petals 

 I in. long, edges and back with tufts of long hairs. Stamens shorter, 

 Hab. Dense forest, extremely rare ; probably extinct here. Singa- 

 pore (Wallich 4046). A single plant without flowers was found 

 by me in the forests of Bukit Timah many years ago, but has since 

 disappeared. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Disirib. Sumatra, Philippines. 



(4) M. malabathricum Linn. Sp. PI. 559 ; Clarke, I.e. ii. 523 ; 

 King, I.e. 6 {in part). 



Shrub 3 to 8 ft. tall. Branches, petioles and pedicels densely 

 clothed with short acute pale scales. Leaves lanceolate acute, base 

 narrowed, blunt, 3- to 5-nerved, strigose on both sides, 2 to 2-5 in. 

 long, I to 1-25 in. wide ; petioles -2 in. long. Corymbs few-flowered. 

 Bracts large, -2 to -5 in. long and broad, ovate truncate, backs 

 scaly. Calyx-tube cylindric -5 in. long ; scales linear-acuminate ; 

 lobes ovate acute, shorter than tube. Petals i in. long, rosy 

 mauve. Fruit urceolate, globular, -25 in. through, dehiscing trans- 

 versely. Hab. Open country to about 3000 ft. altitude in the 

 north. Perak, Thai ping. Selangor, Bukit Hitam at 3000 ft. 

 altitude. Penang (Wallich 4040). Bindings, Lumut, Province 

 Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Setul, Tomoh (Machado). Tring- 

 ganu, Bundi (Rostado). Kelantan, KwalaLebir (Gimlette). Kedah 

 Yan. Disirib. India. Uses and names : as in M. polyanihum. 



(5) M. perakense Ridl. M. malabathricum var. perakense 

 King, I.e. 7. 



Large lax-branched shrub. Branches clothed with linear- 

 acuminate scales. Leaves ovate acuminate, base narrowed, nerves 

 5, strigose above, velvety hairy beneath, 3-5 to 4-5 in. long, i to 3 in. 

 wide ; petioles i in. long, hairy. Corymbs of 3 to 8 flowers. Bracts 

 broad, oblong, -5 in. long, scales on back linear-acuminate. Calyx- 

 tube urceolate, -5 in. long, densely covered with hair-like scales, 



