Memecylon.] lix. melastomace^. 819 



slender, longer. Calyx sub-globose campanulate, narrowed at 

 top, limb rather large. Petals ovate acute, short and broad. Hab. 

 Rare in hill forests. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Rawang, forest 

 reserve (Kloss) ; Ginting Bidai (Ridley). 



(30) M. intermedium Bl. Ann. Miis. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 358; 

 King, I.e. 86. 



Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate to 

 elliptic cuspidate (ovate fide King), base cuneate, i"5 to 3*5 in. 

 long, i'25 to 2 in. wide; petioles '25 to '35 in. long. Cymes com- 

 pound; peduncles slender, i"5 in. long, secondary peduncles um- 

 belled i in. long. Flowers numerous "i in. long. Calyx broad, 

 campanulate with minute teeth. Petals ovate, nearly blunt. 

 Fruit globose. Hah. Perak. No locality (Scortechini). Very 

 rare. I have seen no specimen from the Malay Peninsula, and 

 have had to describe it from a Javanese specimen. Distrih. Java. 



(31) M. edule Roxh. Corom. PI. i. t. 82 ; King, I.e. 86. 



Large shrub or small tree. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or ovate, 

 blunt acuminate, base narrowed or round (var. ovata) ; nerves 

 very faint, 5 to 8 pairs, 2 to 4 in. long, i to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 

 •I to '35 in. long. Panicles sub-globose i or more in axils below 

 leaves, i in. long and as wide or less. Flowers numerous, bright 

 blue or lilac; peduncles stout. Calyx cupular, narrowed to base, 

 limb truncate. Petals triangular, ovate broad. Style long exsert. 

 Fruit olivaceous globose, '25 in. through. Hah. Near the sea, 

 rather dry spots, in thickets and on sandy open heaths. A very 

 handsome shrub. Singapore, Pulau Ubin (Hullett) ; Changi ; 

 Pulau Brani. Johor, near Pinerong; Minyak Buku, Batu Pahat. 

 Pahang, Pekan heaths, abundant ; Gunong Tahan at 3300 ft. 

 altitude (Robinson). Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry). Bindings, 

 Pangkor (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut near the sea (Kunstler). 

 Penang, Batu Feringhi; Muka Head (Curtis). Lankawi, Kesap 

 (Curtis) ; Terutau (Haniff) ; Pulau Adang. Disirih. Indo-Malaya. 

 The form ovata of Clarke with rounded ovate leaves occurs with 

 the narrow elliptic lanceolate form. Native names : Dalek Ayer ; 

 Dalek putih. 



Order LX. LYTHRACEiE. 



Trees, shrubs and herbs. Leaves entire opposite (or alternate). 

 Flowers bisexual (except Crypleyonia). Calyx-tube free, per- 

 sistent ; lobes 3 to 6. Petals as many or absent, insert near mouth 

 of the calyx-tube. Stamens numerous or definite, insert on tube. 

 Ovary free in tube, rarely inferior, 2- to 6-celled ; ovules numerous ; 

 style long. Stigma capitate. Fruit capsular (baccate in Sonner- 

 atia), free or adnate to calyx-tube at base, 2- to 6-celled. Seeds 



