8i4 Lix. MELASTOMACE.E. [Memecyloti. 



white. Fruit ellipsoid -5 in. through, deep purple. Hub. Common 

 in woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Johor, 

 Sedenah. Malacca (Griffith, Maingay). Pahang, Tahan River; 

 Temerloh (Foxworthy). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Gunong 

 Batu Putih (Wray) ; Larut. var. olivacea, a form with broad 

 round-based leaves. Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native names : 

 Jambu Baning; Kuku Baning. 



(12) M. longifolium Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 79, 

 p. 72. 



Tree. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, long, blunt, cuspidate base 

 round, not cordate; nerves 20 pairs, slender, conspicuous, thinly 

 coriaceous, light green, 7 to 8 in. long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide ; petioles 

 very short, "05 in. long or less. Flowers in very short sessile 

 fascicles, about 10 in a fascicle, pink and white. Calyx campanu- 

 late, truncate 'i in. long, pink. Petals pink or white, ovate-triangular 

 sub-obtuse. Hab. Bindings at Lumut (Ridley). 



(13) M. pubescens King, I.e. 74. 



Tree about 30 ft. tall. Branchlets nearly terete. Leaves 

 coriaceous elliptic, obtuse or acuminate, base round ; nerves 7 

 to 10 pairs distinct beneath, 4 to 4-5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 in. long. Cymes branched, umbellate, rusty-pubescent, i"5 

 to 2"5 in. long; branches 4-angled. Flowers crowded at tips, 

 cream colour. Calyx campanulate, base narrow, mouth '05 in. 

 wide with 4 sharp teeth. Fruit globular, -15 in. wide. Hab. 

 Forests, rare in collections, Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca (Griffith). 

 Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



(14) M. Kunstleri King, I.e. 76. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 6 to 18 in. through. Leaves chartaceous 

 elliptic-oblong blunt or acute acuminate, base round; nerves 7 

 to 8 pairs with secondary nerves visible as many, 275 to 4'5 in. 

 long, I to 2 in. wide ; petioles -05 to i in. long. Cymes from axils 

 of fallen leaves, -35 to -6 in. long, umbellately panicled, 4 to 6 

 flowers in umbel, white; stamens brown. Calyx cup-shaped, 

 shallow, -05 in. long. Fruit ellipsoid, 3 in. long. Hab. Not com- 

 mon. Dense jungle. Selangor, Labu woods. Perak, Ulu Bubong 

 and on limestone hills, Gunong Dipang (Kunstler) ; Changkat 

 Serdang (Wray). 



(15) M. oleaefolium Bl. Ann. Miis. Bot. Litgd. Bat. i. 359 ; King, 

 I.e. 82. 



Slender tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic blunt 

 caudate-acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 8 to 10 very faint, 2*5 to 

 475 in. long, I to 2*25 in. wide; petioles '15 to '3 in. long. Cymes 

 I to 3 in each axil, i in. long, compound with many cymules umbel- 

 late at the branch ends. Flowers numerous, blue. Calyx-tube 

 small hemispheric, limb broad, longer, truncate. Petals ovate, 

 small, sub-acute. Fruit ovoid-elliptic -4 in. long. Hab. In woods 

 up to 1000 ft. altitude. A beautiful plant. Singapore, Garden 



