126 Melastomacee. [ Memecylon. 
Leaves strongly acuminate : 
Leaves drying dark green or 
brown, elliptic : 
Twigs cylindrical : . 23. M. FUSCESCENS. 
Twigs 4-angled ; . 24. M. ELLIPTICUM. 
Leaves drying light green; 
twigs 4-angled; leaves 
lanceolate : 
Leaves thin; cymes few- 
flowered . ; 3 . 25. M. ELEGANTULUM. 
Leaves thick; cymes dense. 26. M. VARIANS. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate : 
Leaves 2-3 in. long : ‘ . 27. M. ANGUSTIFOLIUM. 
Leaves under 3 in. long, not acuminate 28. M. PHYLLANTHIFOLIUM. 
Leaves prominently 3-nerved : 
Twigs cylindrical . . : } . 29. M. ARNOTTIANUM. 
Twigs quadrangular : : ; . 30. M. GaRDNERI. 
2. M. giganteum sp. nov.* 
Tree ?; twigs cylindrical; leaves very large, elliptic-lanceo- 
late, 6-8 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, cuneate at the base, acumin- 
ate; petiole about 0.4 in. long; fls. pedicellate, pedicels } in. 
long; fruit 0-4 in. 
Moist low country, rare. Hiniduma Pattu; Kukul Korale. F's. 
June, August. 
Endemic. 
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5. M. macrophyllum Thw. 
Kottawa Forest Reserve. 
Page 217.— 
6. M. Clarkeanum Cogn. 
Karavita Kande. 
8. M. petiolatum Trim. m.s.t 
A tree with a simple trunk; leaves 2-24 in. long, ovate- 
lanceolate rounded or cuneate at the base, acuminate; apex 
obtuse; petiole 4 in., long; infl. a large compound cyme; 
pedicels nearly twice as long as the calyx; disk rays distinct 
but not winged; fruit small, under $ in. 
Dry low country; rare. Kantelai; Batticaloa. Fl. August, Sept. 
Endemic. 
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12. M. leucanthum Thw. 
Kalupahana, Lagalla. 
* M. proceri affinis, sed floribus pedicellatis differt.—Typus : Hini- 
duma Pattu, Thwaites. 
t+ M. leucanthi distante affinis, sed foliis longe petiolatis differt.—- 
Typus: Kantelai, Trimen. 
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