8o4 Lix. MELASTOMACE^. [MedifiUla. 



anthers linear-lanceolate, 2 small tubercles in front, one small spur 

 behind. Fruit globular truncate, -15 in. through. Hab. Moun- 

 tains from 3000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith). 

 Pahang, Bukit Fraser (Foxworthy). Selangor, Gunong Semangkok ; 

 Menuang Casing (Kloss) ; Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson) ; Bukit 

 Kutu. Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler) ; Gunong Inas (Wray) ; 

 Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Dis- 

 trib. Sumatra. 



The Selangor plants have larger, thinner leaves with conspicuous nerves 

 and larger cymes, those of Mt. Ophir, Gunong Kerbau, etc., have small fleshy 

 leaves with no visible nerves except the midrib, and with dense cymes. 



(10) M. pahangensis Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 310. 

 Stems slender warted i ft. long. Leaves whorled, lanceolate 



or oblanceolate, base narrow, coriaceous, nerveless, 2 in. long, 

 *75 in. wide ; petioles '2$ in. long. Flowers white "5 in. long, in 

 cymes i in. long. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5, obovate, 

 round. Stamens 10. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan, 4000 to 5000 

 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



(11) M. perakensis King, I.e. 64. 



A bushy epiphyte with tubercled branches. Leaves 3 or 4 in 

 a whorl, coriaceous, elliptic round, base round sub-cordate, 2 to 

 5 in. long, 175 to 375 in. wide; petioles -6 to 1-2 in. long, red. 

 Panicles axillary, cymose, 3 in. long, peduncled, 12- to 20-flowered. 

 Flowers '5 in. long, pedicels 35 in. long, red in fruit. Calyx cupular, 

 teeth 5, broad. Petals 5, oblong ; anthers 10 with 2 yellow tubercles 

 at base in front and a spur behind. Fruit 35 in. through, pink 

 on dark pink stalks. Hab. Mountain forests. Selangor, Meng- 

 kuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 6000 ft. 

 altitude (Wray). 



(12) M. crassinervia Bl. Flora 1831, 510; King, I.e. 64. M. 

 macrocarpa Clarke, I.e. ii. 547 {not of Bliime). 



Tall epiphyte, not tubercled. Leaves in whorls of 3, coriaceous 

 oblanceolate shortly and abruptly acuminate, base long narrowed, 

 3-nerved, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles 35 to 75 in. 

 long. Cymes fascicled below the leaves, 1*25 to i"5 in. long. 

 Flowers few, i in. across. Calyx ovoid-campanulate, pink. Petals 

 ovate, blunt, white. Stamens 10, sub-equal with 2 tubercles at 

 the base as long as the spur. Fruit oblong-cylindric truncate, 

 deep purple "5 in. long. Hab. Forests from sea-level to about 

 3000 ft. altitude. Singapore. Pahang, Tahan River. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Water- 

 fall (Wray); Batang Padang valley. Penang Hill (Curtis). Dis- 

 trib. Borneo. 



(13) M. penduliflora Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Miis. iv. 19. 

 Large shrub. Stems 4-angled, smooth. Leaves sessile, paired, 



fleshy ovate acuminate, 6 in. long, 2 "5 in. wide. Inflorescence 



