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tomentum, without bristles ; the branches tbickened and annulate at 

 the nodes. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, slightly 

 cordate at the base, the apex shortly acuminate or acute, 5-nerved (the 

 lateral pair of nerves faint) ; upper surface glabrous ; length 3 to 6 in. ; 

 breadth 1'35 to 2*75 in. ; petiole "2 to '4 in. long. Flowers about 1*75 

 in. lono- (including the stamens), solitary or in pedunculate cymes of 

 three from the axils of the leaves. Calyx-tube more or less narrowly 

 campanulate, somewhat constricted below the limb ; limb with 4 deep, 

 trianf^ular teeth. Petals broadly ovate, blunt, longer than the calyx- 

 tube rose-coloured. Stamens 8, unequal; the anthers of all linear, 

 curved • the longer with two narrow, curved filaments at the base in 

 front and several smaller behind ; the four smaller with two smaller, 

 equal filaments at the base iu front only. Fruit succulent, oblong-ovoid, 

 constricted below the permanent calyx-teeth, sometimes sub-tuberculate 

 and always stellato-tomentose, about 1 in. long. Blume Mus. Bot. I, 

 33; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, XV, 279; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 

 I '533- Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXYIII, 82; C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 542 ; Cogn. in DO. Mon. Phan. YII, 549. 

 M, affinis, Korth. in Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 241, t. 60; Miq. I.e. 533. 

 Melastoma nemorosum, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIY, 8 ; DO. Prodr. 

 Ill, 149 ; Wall. Cat. 4043. 



In all the provinces except the Nicobar and Andaman Islands. 

 DiSTRiB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



2. Marumu rhodocarpa, Cogn. in DO. Mon. Phan. VII, 550. 

 A powerful climber ; young branches, petioles, lower surfaces of 

 leaves and calyx densely clothed with minute, pale, stellate tomentum 

 intermixed with numerous stout, spreading, brown bristles, the nodes 

 somewhat swollen and with transverse lines. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 oblono- narrowed to the rounded, minutely cordate base, the apex 

 shortly acuminate, 5-nerved (the lateral pair slender) ; upper surface 

 elabrous ; length 3*5 to 5 in. ; breadth 1 to 2 in. ; petiole '15 to '2 in. 

 Flowers (including the stamens) nearly 1-5 in. long, in axillary, pedun- 

 culate cymes of three. Calyx-tuhe longer than the glabrous pedicel, 

 narrowly campanulate, constricted below the limb ; limb with 4 oblong, 

 acute teeth half as long as the tube and like the latter bearing 

 many long, curved bristles. Petals white, obovate. Stamens 8, un- 

 equal, all linear and acuminate: the four larger with two long, 

 filiform appendages in front and several smaller behind: the four 

 smaller with about 4 to 6 appendages. Fruit shortly ovoid, crowned 

 by the large calyx- teeth, bristly, '4 in. in diam. Melastoma rJiodo- 

 carpum, Wall. Cat., 4045. Marumia echinata, Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 Ser. 3, XV, 280 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. I, 534. M. zeylanica, Triana 



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