Anflectrtim.] Lix. melastomace^, 8oi 



3 to 6 in. long, lax, many-flowered. Bracts minute. Flowers 

 •35 in. long green with light pink petals. Calyx cjHndric, cam- 

 panulate truncate, -2 in. long. Petals oblong blunt, reflexed. 

 Fruit small, globose crowned with the truncate calyx. Hab. 

 Epiphytic, rare. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



18. MEDINILLA, Gaud. 



Epiphytic shrubs, rarely climbing. Leaves opposite or whorled 

 (rarely alternate) fleshy 3- to g-nerved from base. Flowers in 

 lateral or terminal cymes or panicles, white or rose, 4- or 5- (rarely 

 6-)merous, often showy. Calyx-tube ovoid or cylindric, limb 

 truncate or teeth obscure. Stamens 8 or 10 ; anthers opening by i 

 pore ; connective with 2 tubercles beneath and i spur behind. 

 Ovary 4- to 6-celled. Fruit, a berry. Species 100, mostly Malayan, 

 India, Ceylon, a few Polynesian and African, 



Flowers 4-merous. 



Leaves alternate, a creeper on trees . . . (1) M. scandens 



Leaves whorled, large, erect; shrubs with big 



panicle (2) M. speciosa 



Leaves opposite ; compound cymes terminal. 

 Cymes axillary; flowers i in. wide; leaves 



elliptic . . . . . . (3) M. heteranthera 



Cymes axillary ; leaves lanceolate . . . (4) M. venusta 



Flowers small under -5 in. long. 



Leaves petiolate, narrowed at base . . (5) M. Hasseltii 



Leaves petiolate, base round . . . (6) M. pendens 



Leaves sessile ; panicles brilliant red . . (7) M. Scortechinii 



Leaves obovate, nerveless, '65 in. long . (8) M. Maingayi 



Flowers 5-merous. 



Leaves small, obovate tip round. 



Nerves 3, visible . . . . . . (9) M. Clarkei 



Nerves invisible . . . . . . (10) M. pahangensis 



Leaves large, coriaceous, elliptic-orbicular . (11) M. perakensis 



Leaves lanceolate, petioled ; flowers large in 



fascicles . . . . . . (12) M. crassinervia 



Leaves thin, elliptic-lanceolate, sessile ; flowers in 



a long pendent cyme .... (13) M. penduliflora 



(i) M. scandens King, I.e. 60. 



A creeper on trees with many short roots. Leaves alternate, 

 sub-coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic or ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 

 base cuneate, 4*5 to 9 in. long, 2*5 to 6 in. wide ; petioles 1*5 to 7 in. 

 long. Flowers in dense fascicles in axils of fallen leaves. Calyx- 

 tube campanulate '15 in. long, limb truncate. Petals 4, ovate 

 oblong acute, dull pink. Stamens 8. Hah. Mountain woods. 

 Perak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis) ; Tapah; Thaiping Hills. 



(2) M. speciosa Bl. Flora 1831, p. 515; Bot. Mag. t. 4321; 

 Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 549 ; King, I.e. 60. 



A big shrub about 5 ft. tall with thick 4-angled branches, nodes 

 bristly. Leaves sub-coriaceous, whorled in threes, sessile or nearly 

 so, light green, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, base cuneate, 



Fl.M.P., I. 3 F 



