74 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan FeninsiilcX, 



("05 in. long), oq pedicels about 'l iu. long, densely crowded in clusters 

 on small tubercles in the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves. Calyx-tuhe 

 cupular, but little contracted at the base, the mouth wide With four 

 broad shallow teeth. Fruit unknown. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. T, pt. 1, 

 574 ; Cogn. in DO. Mon. Phan. VII, 1132. M. trinerve, Hassk. Cat. Hoit. 

 Bog. 259 (not of DC). Myrtus oligoneura^ Koith. ex Blume I.e. 354. 



Perak; Scortechini I'iO^ ', King's Collector 2513, 10280. Penang ; 

 Curtis 1065, 1446, 2220, 10920. Distrib. Java, Borneo. 

 A species easily recognised by its S-nerved leaves. 



2. Memecylon epiphyticujj, King, n. sp. An epiphytic shrub ; 

 branches rather stout, strongly angled and with short ear-like projec- 

 tions just below the nodes. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, somewhat narrowed to the rounded 

 sub-cordate base ; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, indistinct on the lower 

 surface, invisible on the upper; length l'75-3 in.; breadth "6-1 in.; 

 petiole '05 in. Cymes in pairs, axillary, 3-4-flowered, on slender pedicels 

 •1-*15 in. long, bracteate at the apex; pedicels half as long as the 

 peduncle. Calyx-tuhe cupular, rounded at the base; the mouth deep 

 and wide ("05 in. across), undulate, truncate. Fruit globular, smooth, 

 •25 in. in diam. 



Perak ; on trees, Kings Collector 5184 ; Wray 2727. 

 A- species allied to M. dichotomum, Clarke, bat with smaller leaves, more boldly 

 angled branches, smaller, less numerous flowers, and cjmes on more slender 

 peduncles. 



3. Memecylon fruticosum, King, n. sp. A shrub, 6-8 feet high ; 

 young branches boldly 4- winged especially near the slightly thickened 

 nodes, the bark pale-brown. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, chartaceous, shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded 

 base; main nerves 7-9 pairs, interarching -15 in. from the margin, 

 somewhat conspicuous on the lower but indistinct on the upper surface ; 

 leno-th 3-4 iu. ; breadth 1'35-185 in. ; petiole '05 in» Cymes usually 

 in pairs, axillary, on short peduncles, 8-10-flowered. Flowers on 

 pedicels with acute bracteoles at their bases. Calyx-tuhe shortly campa- 

 nulate, tapering much to the base (obconic), th6 mouth '075 in. wide, 

 with 4 shallow obscure teeth, or truncate; the buds not very conical. 

 Fruit globose-ovoid, constricted below the thick persistent calyx-limb, 

 •35 in. long and "25 in. in diam. (unripe). 



Perak; King's Collector 2971, 3265, 3425. 



Approaching M. dichotomum and J)/, sub -dichotomum but with differently shaped 

 frtiifc. 



4. Memecylon pubescens, King. A tree, 30-70 feet high ; young 

 branches somewhat slender, pale- brown, 4-angled. Leaves coriaceous, 



