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922. Memecylon Lushingtonii, Gamble [Melastoniaeeae- 

 Memecyleae] ; species distineta ramulis gracilibus pallidis altimis 

 subtetragonis, foliis parvis siccitate non flavescentibus et florum 

 fasciculis perbrevibus paucifloris distineta. 



Arbor parva, ramulis nodosis griseis gracilibus, ultimis sub- 



tetragonis. Folia cliartacea elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 

 apice obtusa vel interdum emarginata, basi subcuneata 3-5 cm. 

 longa, 1-2 cm. lata, nervis perobscuris, siccitate viridia; petiolus 

 2 mm. longus. Flores in tuberculis axillaribus vel lateralibus 

 (folioruin delapsorum) fasciculati, fasciculis circiter 5 mm. latis; 

 bracteolae minimae; pedicelli perbreves. Calycis tubus supra 

 ovarium patelliformis vix 1 mm. longus, , lobis 4 brevibus 

 triangularibus, disci radiis obscuris. Petala pallide caerulea. 

 Antherae breves, curvatae, filament is filiformibus. Styli 

 filiformes, conspieui. Dacca globosa, sicca, flavescens, 5-6 mm. 

 dia metro. 



South India. Cuddapah District, on Horsleykonda, 1300 m., 

 Gamble 15110; Coimbatore District, at Osaliatti, A. W. 



Lushing ton; Nilgiri hills at Coonvor and elsewhere, at 1300- 



1900 m., Gamble, Bourne. 



923. Memecylon madgolense, Gamble [Melastomaceae- 

 Memecyleae] ; species M. marginato, Bhime [M. intermedio, 

 C. B. Clarke in PI. Br. Ind. ii. 561) affinis, foliis niinoribus et 

 praecipue p« dunculis et pedicellis brevioribus differt. 



Frutcx erectus, ramulis teretibus brunneis scabris. Folia 

 coriacea, lanceolata, apice obtusa caudato-acuniinata, basi acuta, 

 5-9 em. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, nervis utrinque circa 8 obscuris in 

 nervum obseurum intramarginalem desinentia, siccitate viridia; 

 petiolus 3-5 mm. longus. Flores in cymis parvis paucifloris 

 lateralibus; pedunculi 3-4 mm. longi; pedicelli graciles, breves, 

 fructiferi longiores. Calycis tubus patelliformis, 3 mm. 

 diametro, lobis obscuris, disci radiis 16 manifestis. Petala 

 nondum visa. Bacca (immatura) sicca 4 mm. diametro. 



South India. 3Iadgol hills of Vizogapatam at 1000 m., Jan., 

 1914, A. W. Lushing ton. 



The material of this species is Very poor, but it seems quite 

 distinct from any other of the South Indian species. It may. 

 however, prove eventually to be the same as the plant mentioned 

 by H. H. Haines in his List of the Trees, etc., of the Southern 

 Circle, Central Provinces," p. 32, as Me-mecylon cclule var. 

 contracture, but the specimen of that plant at Kevr has much 

 more yellow and shining leaves and almost no peduncles. 



924. Memecylon sisparense, Gamble [Melastomaceae- 



Momecyleae] ; M. malaharico, Cogn., affinis seel major, foliis 

 petiolaiis supra non lucidis basi minus cordatis, fioribus per- 

 multis aggregatis lateralibus vel aliquando axilla ribus differt. _ 



Arbor parva vel frutex elatus ramis crassis griseis subseabris. 

 ramulis teretibus. Folia coriacea, ovato-oblonga, apice obtusa 

 vel acuta, basi rotundata vel paullo cordata, 6-10 cm. longa, 

 2'5-4-5 cm. lata, marginibus saepe recurvis, nervis utrinque 



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