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919. Sonerila pulneyensis, Gamble [Melastomaceae- 



Sonerileae] ; nulli aliae perattinis, ramulis repentibus radicanti- 

 bus, foliis carnosis ovatis, calycis tubo fructifero canipanulato 



laevi insignis. 



Frritex carnosus, huinilis, ramulis repentibus radicantibus 

 glabris. Folia caruosa, ovata, lnueronato-serrata, glabra, apice 

 acuta, basi in petiolum attenuata, 2-5 cm. longa, 1-3 cm. lata, 

 nervis circa 5 gracilibus ex apice petioli ortis, aliis utrinque 

 circa 5-6 obscuris, omnibus apicem versus curvatis ; petiolus 5-15 

 mm. longus. Cym-ae axillares 2-5-fl.orae, pedunculo communi 

 3-4 cm. longo; pedicelli 1 cm. longi. Flores adhuc ignoti. 

 Capsula campanulata, 7-10 mm. longa, pallida, laevis et lucens. 

 Semtna 1 mm. longa, laevia, raphe conspicua circumdata. 



South India, Pulney bills ; in the Panibar ravine, June, 1899, 

 Sir A. and Lady Bourne 1341. 



Although the flowers have not yet been collected, I have thought 

 it right to describe this plant from the excellent fruiting speci- 

 mens in Herb. Kew, so as to include it in the " Madras Flora. 



920. Memecylon flavescens, Gamble [Melastomaceae- 

 Memecyleae] ; species insignis foliis parvis oblanceolatis 

 flavescentibus, M. Luslringtonii, Gamble, plus minus aftinis, 

 floribus in cyniis parvis in tuberculis parvis et bracteolis ovato- 

 lanceolatis differt. 



Arbor parva, ramulis nodosis griseis gracilibus, ultimis tetra- 

 gon is. Folia coriaeea, oblanceolata vel spathulata, apice 

 rotundata vel raro subacuta, basi cuneata, 3-5 cm. longa, 



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1-2*5 cm. lata, marginibua recurvis, nervis perob>*uris, sioci te 

 flava; petiolus circiter 5 mm. longus, laminae marginibus 

 decurrentibus alatus. Flores in tuberculis parvis axillaribus 

 vel lateralibus fasciculati: bracteolae ovato-lanceolatae: pedicelli 

 1-2 mm. longi. Calycis tubus supra ovarium campanulatus, 

 lobis 4 rotundatis, disci radiis obscuris. Petala pallide caerulea. 

 Antherae breves, curvatae. Styli filiformes. Bacca globosa, 

 Bubcarnosa, caerulea, 7 mm. diametro. 



South India. Kundahs country of Nilgiri hills, about 

 Avalanche and Sispara, 2300-3460 m., in evergreen Shola forest, 



Gamble 14268, 16161, 16168, 20581. 



921. Memecylon Lawsoni, Gamble [Melastomaceae- 

 Memecyleae] : M. Heyneano, Benth., affine, foliis multo minori- 

 bus, nervis obscuris, florum fasciculis paucifloris, bracteolis 

 ovatis nee lanceolatis differt. 



Frutex erectus, ramulis teretibus griseis. Folia lanceolata, 

 acuminata, basi attenuata, 6-10 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, glabra; 

 nervi obscuri, utrinque 6-10 in nervum intramargiiialem arcua- 

 tum desinentes; petiolus ad 5 mm. longus. Flores sessiles, circa; 

 6-10, in tuberculis axillaribus fasciculati; bracteolae ovatae, 

 minimae. Calycis tubus campanulatus, vix 2 mm. longus, lobis 

 4 brevibus obtusis. Petala matura desunt, verisimiliter caerulea. 

 Stamina brevia, connectivo producto obtuso. Bacca immatura^. 

 2-3 mm. diametro. 



S. India. South-east Wynaad, M. A. Lawson (Nov. 1884)- 



