8i2 Lix. MELASTOMACE^. [Memecylofi. 



or acuminate, base narrowed, rounded; nerves 9 to 10 pairs 

 invisible above, 1-75 to 3 in. long, -6 to i in. wide; petioles -05 in. 

 long. Cymes 3- to 4-flowered on pedicels -i in. long. Calyx 

 cupular, base round, mouth -05 in. across. Petals tinted blue. 

 Fruit globular -25 in. long, green flushed red. Hab. Mountain 

 forests. Perak, Larut Hills 800 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 

 Sungei Larut (Wray). 



(4) M. tenuifolium Rtdl. n.sp. 



]3ranches slender, winged. Leaves thin, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 base rounded, very shortly narrowed at the base; nerves 8 to 

 10 pairs, very slender and faint, 3 in. long, -6 in. wide; petioles 

 under -i in. long. Flowers small in short axillary cymes of 6 ; 

 pedicels slender longer than calyx. Calyx saucer-shaped, ribbed 

 inside, lobes round. Petals short, lanceolate. Stamens 8 ; fila- 

 ments long, slender; anthers semi-lunar. Style slender, nearly 

 as long as filaments. Hab. Pahang, Telok Mengkuang, Temerloh 

 (Foxworthy). 



(5) M. fruticosum King, I.e. 74. 



Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall. Branchlets winged and eared. Leaves 

 chartaceous, ovate-lanceolate acuminate base round; nerves 

 7 to 9 pairs inarching within margin, conspicuous beneath, 3 to 

 4 in. long, 1-35 to 1-85 in. wide; petioles -05 in. long. Cymes 

 paired, 8- to lo-flowered, -5 in. long. Calyx hemispheric -i in. 

 long, mouth -075 in. across. Petals bluish white. Fruit globose- 

 ovoid, constricted below. Calyx-limb -35 in. long, -25 in. through. 

 Hab. Open jungle, rare. Perak, Larut at 200 to 500 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler). 



(6) M. dichotomum Clarke, in King, I.e. 75. M. elegans var. 

 dichotomum Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 554. 



A slender shrub 6 to 10 ft. tall. Branchlets angled. Leaves 

 thin coriaceous, nearly sessile, lanceolate or ovate-acuminate 

 caudate, base round; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 2-5 to 4 in. long, i to 

 2 in. wide. Cymes 2- to 5-flowered, solitary, axillary; pedicels 

 short. Calyx pyriform, narrowed to base ; lobes 4, broad short 

 when young, campanulate when adult, truncate, pink. Stamens 

 white, spurs deep blue. Fruit globular, -5 in. through, yellow, 

 flushed red. Hab. Hill forests, Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Maingay). 

 Pahang, Tahan River woods. Selangor, Dusun Tua. Perak, Ulu 

 Kal (Kunstler). 



var. eugeniiflorum Ridl. M. eugeniiflorum Ridl. Journ. Roy. 

 As. Soe. S. Br. 57, p. 48. 



Leaves coriaceous lanceolate cuspidate. Flowers entirely deep 

 rose. Hab. Selangor, Klang Gates ; Sempang mines. Semangkok, 

 Perak, Temengoh (Ridley). 



(7) M. caloneuron Aliq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Siipp. 321 ; King, I.e. 76. 

 Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 



4 to 9 in. long, 1-5 to 3-5 in. wide; nerves 14 pairs, prominent, 



