rternandra.] lix. melastomace.e. 809 



acute, glabrous, 3-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. 

 Flowers -25 in. long, axillary, in fascicles of 3 or 4. Calyx urceolate 

 tessellate, lobes sub-triangular, blunt in bud. Petals small oblong, 

 blue. Hah. Lowland woods. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). 

 Selangor, Batu Tiga. Disirih. Borneo. Native name : Lagis 

 Pukuan hutan. 



(5) P. echinata Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. 9 ; King, I.e. 69. 



A bushy tree about 40 ft. tall, more or less pubescent. Leaves 

 sub-coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, glabrous above, 

 pubescent beneath, 2-5 to 4-5 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petioles 

 •2 in. long. Flowers axillary solitary or in terminal cymes about 

 2 in. long and -75 in. across. Calyx campanulate, covered with 

 pubescent acuminate triangular scales, -3 in. long. Petals ovate 

 quadrate, white more or less deeply tinted with light blue or lilac ; 

 anthers oblong, blunt, orange. Fruit hemispheric echinate, green, 

 •35 in. through. Hab. A very common tree in secondary jungle, 

 hedges and such places in the low country. Singapore, Changi ; 

 Bukit Timah. Johor, Castlewood ; Batu Pahat. Pahang, Kwantan 

 (Foxworthy). Malacca, Bukit Bruang; Batang Malacca (Good- 

 enough). Selangor, Semangkok; Kwala Lumpur; Bukit Kutu. 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang Hill. Kelantan, Chaning. 



var. pubescens King, I.e. 70. 



Leaves more pubescent beneath; branches and flowers pubes- 

 cent. Hab. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith). Selangor, Rawang 

 (Kloss). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. 

 Penang Hill (Curtis). 



var. bracteata Ridl. With large ovate-lanceolate persistent 

 bracts. Hah. Singapore, Bukit Panjang (Ridley). Distrih. Java, 

 Sumatra. Native name : Serai Manaun. 



(6) P. paniculata Benth. Wall. Cat. 4080; Clarke, I.e. ii. 551. 

 P. Griffithii King, I.e. 70. 



A tree about 40 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous lanceolate or 

 elliptic, shortly acuminate, base blunt, 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, 

 and flowers also in short axillary cymes. Calj^x -15 in. long, 

 pubescent with short triangular processes. Petals orbicular-ovate, 

 white; anthers short, thick. Fruit globular-ovate, green covered 

 with scales. Hah. Lowland woods, not rare. Singapore, Chan 

 Chu Kang. Malacca (Griffith). Bindings, Pangkor; Bruas, 

 Perak, Ayer Larut (Wray). Penang (Porter); Penara Bukit 

 (Curtis). Province Wellesley, Nibong Tebal. Kedah Peak. 

 Lankawi islands (Haniff). Distrih. Borneo. 



Bentham's P. paniculata seems to me the panicled form of King's 

 Griffithii, in which the panicle is aborted or converted into a mass of small 

 leaves, with a few abnormal flowers intermixed. This is the commonest 

 state of the tree, and indeed good specimens with well-developed flowers 

 are comparatively rare to find. In many trees the flowers are also axillary, 

 and some of these specimens with the large, occasionally nearly cordate 

 leaves form King's var. cordata. 



