Marumia.] lix. melastomace^. 795 



(i) M. nemorosa Bl. Flor. xiv. 505 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 542 ; King, I.e. 47. 



A tall slender climber covered entirely except upper side of 

 leaves, petals and stamens with dense reddish tomentum, no bristles. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate sub-cordate, 3 to 6 in. long, 1-35 to 275 in. 

 wide; petioles -2 to -4 in. long. Flowers i to 3 in a cyme, 175 in. 

 wide. Calyx-tube 75 in. long, constrict below the lobes, narrowed 

 at base, lobes long triangular. Petals rose pink. Fruit i in. long, 

 stellate-tomentose. Hab. Common on borders of forests. Johor, 

 Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall) ; Gunong Pantai. Malacca, Tebong 

 (Griffith). Pahang, Kwala Tahan. Selangor, Rantau Panjang 

 (Kloss) ; Bukit Kutu ; Semangkok Pass. Negri Sembilan, Berum- 

 bun (Cantley) ; Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Jarah (Wray) ; Ipoh 

 (Fox). Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Fox). Penang (all 

 collectors). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). Kedah Peak, Semling 

 (Haniff). Dislrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



var. verrueosa Ridl. M. verrucosa Cogn. Mon. Phan. vii. 549. 



Calyx with short warty processes, and shorter lobes. Johor, 

 Kwala Sembrong. Malacca (Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Tampin 

 (Burkill). Selangor, Klang (Kehding) ; Dusun Tua; Langat. 

 Perak, Thaiping Hills at 5000 ft. altitude. Native names : Akar 

 Sanudo ; Akar Salan hutan. 



(2) M. rhodocarpa Cogn. Mon. Phan. vii. 550; King, I.e. 48. 

 M. zeylanica Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 542. 



A tall slender climber entirely covered except the upper side 

 of the leaves, petals and stamens with thin tomentum and stiff 

 black bristles. Leaves oblong, apiculate, base round, glabrous 

 above, light brown tomentose beneath, 3-5 to 5 in. long, i to 2 in. 

 wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. long. Flowers in axillary cymes of 3 

 on peduncle -5 in. long, and pedicels as long or shorter, 2 in. across. 

 Calyx '5 in. long, red-hairy. Petals white with a purple spot at 

 the base. Hab. Edges of woods. Singapore (Wallich) ; Garden 

 Jungle; Bukit Timah; Pulau Burn. Malacca (Cuming, Griffith). 



Clarke's var. subglabrata is based on the leaves of a young plant, which 

 are nearly glabrous. 



(3) M. reticulata Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 34 ; King, I.e. 49. 

 Climber. Stem angled, rusty-tomentose with black hairs, as 



is the inflorescence and calyx. Leaves ovate lanceolate acuminate, 

 cordate, above glabrous, beneath scurfy and stellate tomentose; 

 nerves and transverse nervules strongly elevate, 2 to 3-5 in. long, 

 8 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Flowers 1-25 in. across, 

 solitary or in peduncled cymes of 3. Calyx -5 in. long, densely 

 covered with long bristly hairs. Petals ovate-oblong, pink. 

 Stamens lilac, the shorter ones white. Hab. Malacca, Kesang 

 (Griffith, Maingay). Dislrib. Sumatra, Java. 



Owing to the suppression of the leaves at the ends of the shoots, the 

 inflorescence is often practically a terminal panicle, as in Dissochceta. 



