8o2 Lix. MELASTOMACEiE. [MedinUla. 



6 to 12 in. long, 275 to 5 in. wide. Panicles lateral and terminal, 

 pendulous 4 to 14 in. long, many-flowered, entirely pale rose, on 

 peduncles as long. Bracts whorled, pink. Calyx cupular red, 

 •25 in. long. Petals sub-acute pale rose. Stamens 8, dark red. 

 Fruit ovoid, pulpy, black. Hah. Rocks in hill forests. Selangor, 

 Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills at 3000 ft. altitude 

 (Derry) ; Bujong Malacca. Penang Hill, Moniot's Road (Maingay, 

 Curtis, etc.). Disirib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes. 



(3) M. heteranthera King, I.e. 61. 



Shrubby epiphyte 3 to 6 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or 

 lanceolate to elliptic cuspidate acuminate, base shortly narrowed, 

 2 to 5 in. long, i to 2 in. wide ; petioles "3 to '8 in. long. Compound 

 cymes terminal, i'5 to 2 in. long. Flowers few, about 9, white 

 tinted pink. Calyx cyhndric, '2 in. long; teeth broad. Petals 4, 

 ovate, lanceolate, acute. Stamens 8 ; anthers 4 large, 4 small, 

 curved acuminate, base 2-tubercled. Fruit globular-ovoid, '35 in. 

 long. Hab. Mountain forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills, 3500 to 

 4800 ft. altitude (Kunstler, Curtis) ; Batang Padang (Kunstler) ; 

 Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 



var. latifolia King. 



A form or state with leaves rather larger than in some specimens 

 occurs in the same area. 



(4) M. venusta King, I.e. 61. 



A shrubby epiphyte 2 to 4 ft. long. Stems pale, tubercled. 

 Leaves fleshy, coriaceous, sessile or very shortly petioled, elliptic 

 acuminate, base narrowed ; nerves one pair ascending to the leaf 

 tip from the midrib i in. from the base, 6 to 9 in. long, 275 to 4 in. 

 wide. Cymes axillary, 6-flowered, i'5 in. long; pedicels slender. 

 Flowers nearly i in. across, white. Calyx campanulate, hardly 

 toothed, '35 in. long. Petals broad, ovate, blunt. Stamens 8, 

 equal, white, connective and appendages yellow. Hab. Mountain 

 forests, 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). 

 Pahang, Telom (Ridley). 



var. chionantha Ridl. M. chionantha Stapf, Kew Bttlletin 1906, 

 P- 733. is a variety with 10 stamens sent home alive from Perak 

 by Curtis and cultivated by Veitch. 



(5) M. Hasseltii Bl. Flora 183 1, p. 513 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 62 ; King, I.e. 62 and var. Griffithii Clarke, l.c.c. 



An epiphyte. Stems few, slender, 2 to 3 ft. tall, warted. Leaves 

 coriaceous, oblong lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, rounded, 

 4'5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary, below leaves, 1*3 to 2 in. long, i to 3 in. wide. 

 Flowers 8 to 12, pinkish white, "35 in. long. Calyx cjdindric, 

 campanulate, 4-toothed. Petals 4, obovate. Stamens 8 equal, 

 linear oblong, 2 short conic processes in front and one behind at 

 base. Fruit '25 in. through, orange scarlet, as is the whole infrutes- 

 cence. Hab. Low country in wet woods up to 4500 ft. altitude, 



