8i6 Lix. MELASTOMACE.E, [Memecylon. 



long, numerous, pure white in dense glomeruli 75 in. across. Calyx 

 funnel-shaped, narrowed below the wide margin. Petals short 

 ovate. Fruit globular, '6 in. through. Hab. In dense forests up 

 to 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca (Griffith). 

 Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Penang Hill to 2000 ft. altitude 

 (Curtis) . 



(18) M. ccBruleum Jack, Mai. Misc. i. 26; King, I.e. 80. 

 Shrub 4 to 15 ft. tall. Leaves sessile stiff coriaceous dark 



green, ovate to oblong sub-acute, base round cordate, 4 to 5 in. 

 long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, 

 rather numerous. Calyx campanulate, pink. Petals ovate acute, 

 blue. Stamens lavender colour. Fruit ellipsoid narrow, "4 in. 

 long, '25 in. wide, black. Hah. Sandy open spots, edges of woods. 

 Common. Johor, Hulu Sedili (Kelsall). Malacca, Bukit China 

 (Derry) ; Tanjong Kling; Nyalas (Holmberg). Negri Sembilan, 

 Bukit Danan (Cantley). Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Penang, 

 Pulau Jerajah (Kunstler); Tanjong Bunga (Curtis). Kedah, Alor 

 Sta; Yan. Adang islands, Pulau Rawei. Singora. Z)zs^n6. Philip- 

 pines. Native names: Api-Api hutan; Dalek jambu; Pantat 

 ulat ; Sinonia. Use : Fruit eaten. 



(19) M. malaccense Clarke, MSS. Ridl. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 

 79, p. 73. M. amabile Bedd. var. malaccense, Clarke, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 555. 



Probably a shrub. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, base rounded, tip 

 acuminate blunt, fleshy coriaceous, opaque ; nerves invisible, 2 to 

 275 in. long, I to i"25 in. wide, sessile or minutely petioled. Cymes 

 very short, "3 in. long. Flowers 4 to 5 umbelled on the top of the 

 peduncle. Calyx cup-shaped truncate, fleshy, base broad. Petals 

 forming a blunt cone in bud, ovate. Hah. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Never collected again and very little known. 



(20) M. pauciflorum Bl. Ann. Mtis. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 356 ; King, 

 I.e. 83. M. pulchellum Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 52. 



A bush 3 to 10 ft. tall, very floriferous. Leaves coriaceous 

 rhomboid, tip blunt, base acute ; nerves nearly invisible 6 to 7 

 pairs, I to i'5 in. long, 35 to i in. wide; petioles under "i in long. 

 Cymes of several bright azure flowers on a very short peduncle and 

 longer pedicels, axillary. Calyx wide campanulate with 4 distinct 

 short teeth. Petals ovate cuspidate, larger than calyx. Fruit 

 globular, '2 in. long, crowned with the calyx-limb. Hah. Sea 

 coasts in open ground. Penang (Kunstler). Kedah, Lankawi 

 islands. Pulau Adang group, Rawei; Sarang. Terutau (Haniff). 

 Distrih. Andamans, Tenasserim, Chittagong. 



(21) M. floridum Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 73. 

 Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 



acuminate nearly equally at both ends ; nerves very faint about 7, 

 with a faint intramarginal one on each side close to edge, 3 to 4 in. 

 long, 1*25 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. Cymes i to 3 in each 



