Memecylon.] lix. melastomace^. 813 



inarching into a nearly straight intramarginal Une; petioles -i in. 

 long. Flowers pale 3^ellow, crowded in heads on the tips of the 

 branches of the cyme, which is peduncled and i to 2 in. long; 

 branches several angled. Calyx short, cup-shaped. Fruit -5 in. 

 through, globular, deep blue, on a stout panicle 3 in. long with 

 a winged peduncle. Hah. Not common. Rocky woods to 3500 ft. 

 altitude, Johor, Kota Tinggi. Bindings, Bruas (Burn-Murdoch). 

 Perak, Thaiping 800 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Lankawi, 

 Gunong Raya (Curtis). Distrih. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. Native 

 names: KayuKapas; Api-Api Bukit. 



(8) M. HuUettii King, I.e. 76. 



Shrub about 10 ft. tall. Leaves sessile chartaceous oblong, 

 narrowed to tip, base broad cordate ; nerves 15 pairs, horizontal, 

 6 to 8 in. long, 2-25 to 3 in. wide. Peduncle solitary, 2 in. long, 

 slender, pendulous ending in a compound or simple umbel of few 

 white flowers. Calyx campanulate, mouth truncate. Fruit 

 globular, -25 in. through. Hab. Local in woods in the south. 

 Johor, Gunong Pulai; Sedenah (Hullett, Kelsall). Native name: 

 Jambu Kalada. 



(9) M. Maingayi Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 557. 



A tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous nearly sessile elliptic- 

 oblong sub-acute or obtuse, base rounded, 6 to 9 in. long, 2-5 to 

 4*25 in. wide ; nerves strong elevate beneath, 10 to 15 pairs 

 inarching within margin. Flowers in short fascicles below the 

 leaves; peduncles -2 in. long, 3-flowered. Calyx wide, cupular, 

 •15 in. long, truncate, white. Petals broad, blunt, -2 in. long, 

 bright blue. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



This has the largest and most coriaceous flowers in the genus here. 



(10) M. Wallichii Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 74. 

 Small tree or shrub about 12 ft. tall. Branchlets angled. 



Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate rather narrow, acuminate, 

 base minutely cordate, or ovate acuminate, nearly sessile ; petioles 

 minute ; nerves 14 to 15 pairs, prominent, inarching -i in. from 

 edge, 7 to 8 in. long, 275 to 3 in. wide. Cymes globose, or dense 

 of numerous flowers. Peduncle very short. Calyx cup-shaped, 

 base blunt, truncate, -i in. long. Petals short, broad, ovate, 

 blunt, pinkish white. Fruit globose, black -2 in. through. Hab. 

 Forests, usually at about 1000 ft. altitude in the north, Perak, 

 Larut (Kunstler) ; Waterloo (Curtis). Penang Hill (Walhch 4101 c). 

 Experimental Nursery (Curtis) ; Moniot's Road. 



(11) M. heteropleurum Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 362. 

 Shrub or small tree, about 12 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous oblong 



or elliptic, short blunt acuminate, base narrowed blunt ; nerves 

 18 to 20 pairs, 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 'i in. long. 

 Flowers "25 in. across in dense cymes about half an inch across. 

 Calyx wide, short, cupular, truncate, base narrowed. Petals acute 



