MELASTOMACEyE (E. G. Baker) 37 



Oban; n. 591. 



Apparently an undershrub with ascending branches. Leaves 7-11 

 cm. long, 23-27 mm. broad, covered with hairs on both sides ; petioles 

 15-17 nnn. long. Flowers in dense pedunculate capitula. Calyx- 

 tuhe with 2 rings of bristles towards the apex — the upper ring 

 complete, the lower more or less incomplete. 



This species is allied to Dissotis caintata Hook. fil. The dis- 

 tinguishing features ai-e the erect branching stem ; the ovate-lanceo- 

 late, petiolate, 5-nerved leaves ; the pentamerous flowers in dense 

 generally 5-7-flowered pedunculate heads ; the calyx-tube surrounded 

 near the apex with two rings of bristles, the upper a complete ring, 

 the lower incomplete. 



Memeeylon applaiiatum Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramis 

 teretiusculis cortice cinereo tectis ; foliis breviter petiolatis 

 oblongis vel ellipticis coi'iaceo-papyraceis utrinque opacis apice 

 longissime acuminatis basi cuneatis 1-nerviis nervis transver- 

 salibus subtus non vel vix conspicuis venis omnino inconspicuis ; 

 Jloribus in foliorum axillis in cymas subumbelliformes breviter 

 pedunculatas dispositis peduneulis applanatis cymis paucifloris 

 pedicellis mediocribus ; rece^jtacuU parte superiore pateriformi ; 

 sepalis triangularifoi'mibus ; petalis late ovatis latioribus quam 

 longis staminibus aequalibus filamentis filiformibus ; antheris 

 brevibus loculis rima antice dehiscentibus ; ovario omnino adhae- 

 rente ; stylo filiformi staminibus aequilongo vel paullo longiori. 



Oban ; n. 1606. 



Shrub about 3 or 4 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 

 18-20 cm. long, 5* 5-7*0 cm. broad; petioles 5-7 mm. long, 1-nerved; 

 lateral nerves inconspicuous. Flowers in the axils of the leaves in 

 3-5-flowered pedunculate subumbelliform cymes. Peduncles flattened, 

 5-8 mm. long. Pedicels slender terete, 5-8 mm. long. 



The noticeable features of this species are the coriaceo- 

 pap3'raceous, oblong or elliptical, 1-nerved leaves, generally 18-20 cm. 

 long ; the flowers in the axils of the leaves in subumbelliform 

 3-5-flowered pedunculate cymes ; and the flattened peduncles 5-8 mm. 

 long. 



[Calyx palest green, petals thin cobalt-blue, filaments thin blue, 

 anthers pale yellow. — P. A. T.] 



Memeeylon obanense Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 

 subteretibus brunneis ; foliis crassiusculis ellipticis vel oblongis 

 apice acuminatis basi acutis subtus jugo laterali tenui prope 

 marginem percurrente in nervulos utrinque 9-10 tranversales 

 curvato at illis aequivalido venis supra inconspicuis ; florihus 

 paniculato-cymosis cymis in axillis foliorum dispositis laxe multi- 

 floris pedicellis tenuibus ; hracteolis ad pedicellorum basin brevi- 

 bus ; receptaculi parte superiore pateriformi vix dentato ; petalis 

 •concavis latioribus quam longis margine hyalinis ; staminibus 

 stylo subaequilongis ; stylo tereti ; fructu ignoto. 



