Memecylon.] i.ix. melastomace^. 8ii 



Leaves narrow lanceolate . . (21) M. floridum 



Leaves ovate lanceolate ; cymes 



short dense. 

 Calyx 4-toothed. 

 Teeth long . . . . (22) M. myrsinoides 

 Teeth short ; calyx campanu- 



late . . . . . (23) M. leevigatum 

 Calyx mouth undulate ; teeth 



minute .... (24) M. cinereum 

 Calyx very short, edge undu- 

 late, no teeth . . . (25) M. acuminatum 

 Calyx mouth entire. 



Flowers small in sub-sessile 



cymes .... (26) M. minutiflorum 

 Flowers "i in. wide; peduncle 



short stout . . . (27) M. garcinioides 

 Flowers '2 in. wide; peduncle 



short . . . . {28) M. Cantleyi 



Flowers fascicled . . . (29) M. campanulatum 



Cymes longer than petiole 



solitary ; leaves thin 



coriaceous . . . (30) M. intermedium 



Cymes longer than petiole 



several ; leaves stiff 



coriaceous . . . (31) M. edule 



fi) M. oligoneuron Bl. Ann. Miis. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 354; 

 Kins;, I.e. 73. 



Small tree about 25 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves ovate, abruptly 

 blunt acuminate, base long narrowed; nerves 3 from base; 

 nervules invisible, 2 to 4 in. long, -05 to -15 in. wide ; petioles 

 •05 to -I in. long. Flowers white, -05 in. wide in dense axillary 

 clusters '2 in. long. Calyx-tube cupular, teeth broad. Fruit 

 globose or ovoid, -i in. long on slender pedicel as long. Hab. Not 

 common in forests, low country. Johor, Pulau Tinman (Burkill). 

 Malacca, Ayer Keroh. Pahang, Sungei Cheka, Kwala Lipis 

 (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut Hills and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 

 Penang, Waterfall; Ayer Hitam (Curtis). Disirih. Java, Borneo. 



(2) M. gracilipes Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, 

 p. 72. 



Small tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, sub-sessile, ovate 

 cuspidate, base round ; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, conspicuously elevate 

 beneath, depressed above, inarching -25 in. from edge, 2-5 to 

 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. Cymes very slender, i to 1-5 in. long, 

 little or not branched ; pedicels very slender. Flowers umbelled 

 in threes. Calyx pink, -i in. long, base sub-globose, limb wide, 

 saucer-shaped, -2 in. across. Petals ovate acute, white, -i in. 

 long. Fruit globose -5 in. through on a pedicel -45 in. long. Hab 

 Very rare, woods at 1000 ft. altitude. Perak, Waterloo (Curtis). 



(3) M. epiphyticum King, I.e. 74. 



Epiphytic shrubs 3 to 4 ft. tall. Branches winged with auricles 

 beneath the nodes. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, light green, acute 



