So8 Lix. MELASTOMACE.'E. [Ptemandra 



i. EuPTERNANDRA. Calyx tessellate ; flowers blue, small axillary. 



Leaves 5 to 6 in. long, 4 in. wide . . . (i) P. capitellata 



Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, 2 in. wide. 



Flowers in axillary and terminal cymes i to 2 in. 

 long . . . . . . (2) P, ccerulescens 



Flowers in axillary fascicles ; leaves elliptic, 

 thick . . . . . (3) P. Jackiana 



Flowers in axillary fascicles ; leaves ovate, 

 thin . . . . . (4) P. galeata 



ii. KiBESSiA. Calyx covered with flat triangular processes. 



Flowers larger, bluish white axillary . . . (5) P. echinata 



Flowers in a terminal panicle small . . • (6) P. paniculata 



(i) P. capitellata Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. 61 ; King, I.e. 68. 



Bushy tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, dark shining 

 green, ovate, elliptic or nearly lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 

 glabrous, strongly 3-nerved, 5 to 6 in. long, 3-5 to 4 in. wide; 

 petioles -2 in. long. Cymes sessile axillary of 8 to 10 flowers, 

 •3 in. long. Calyx cylindric-campanulate, -i in. long, tessellate. 

 Petals -05 in. long, blue, acute. Fruit dark blue. Hah. Woods, 

 Perak (Scort echini) ; Gunong Keledang. Bindings, Lumut. 

 Penang, foot of hill (Wallich, Curtis). Disirib. Tenasserim. 

 Native name : Kulit Nipis. 



(2) P. ccerulescens Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. 61 ; King, I.e. 68. 



A tree 15 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic shortly acuminate, 

 base round, or narrowed, smooth dark green, coriaceous 2-5 to 

 4 in. long, 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers 

 •2 in. long in axillary cymes, 1-5 in. long and terminal ones 2-5 in. 

 long. Calyx cup-shaped, tessellate. Petals oblong-ovate small, 

 bright blue. Hab. Common in low country woods. Singapore, 

 Changi ; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Kota Tinggi ; road to Gunong 

 Pulai. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Chabau (Cantley). Selangor, 

 Batu Tiga ; Rawang, Perak, Blanda Mabok (Wray) ; Goping 

 (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Nibong Tebal (Curtis). Penang, 

 Telok Bahang (Curtis). Lankawi islands (Haniff). Native names : 

 Sial Munahon ; Benut Pay a ; Bunyut Paya ; Kelat Biru ; Nipis Kulit. 



Ewyckia cyanea Bl. of Borneo and Aniboina is very near this, but its 

 calyx is not tessellate. 



(3) P. Jackiana Ridl. P. ccerulescens var Jackiana Clarke, in 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 551. 



Tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous elliptic 

 acuminate blunt, base narrowed, 2 to 4 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. 

 long; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers 4 to 7 in axillary fascicles; 

 pedicels -05 in. long. Calyx tessellate, short, cup-shaped, -i in. 

 long. Petals light blue. Hab. Woods apparently rather scarce. 

 Singapore (Kunstler). Malacca, Bukit China (Maingay). 



(4) P. g-aleata Ridl. Kibessia galeata Cogn. Mon. Phan. I.e. 

 no. Ewj'ckia galeata Korth. I.e. 254, /. 67. 



A tree about 25 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves ovate acuminate, base 



