524 LX. MELASTOMACE^!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Melastoma, 



subpatent, with short often soft hairs between the nerves beneath, bracts lanceo- 

 late or lanceolate-obovate much smaller than the buds and early deciduous, 

 scaly hairs on the calyx-tube flat lanceolate, calyx-teeth triangular acute gla- 

 brous within shorter than the tube and often (O. brachyodon, Naud.} very short. 

 Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xiii. 287 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 502, 

 M. malabathricum, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. p. 4, with Jig. ; Benth. FL 

 Austral, iii. 292, partly. M. brachyodon, Naud. I. c. 292. 



SINGAPORE; Sir R. Schomburgk, T. Anderson. DISTRIB. Throughout Malaya 

 abundant to North Australia. 



Only differs from M. malabathricum in the smaller bracts and shorter calyx-teeth ; 

 and is united with it by Mr. Bentham. 



3. ZH. normale, Don Prodr. 220 ; branches densely shaggy, leaves with 

 short patent hairs above and pubescent or villous beneath, calyx-teeth long lan- 

 ceolate hairy within nearly to their base. DC. Prodr. iii. 145 ; Naud. in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xiii. 289; Kurz For. FL i. 504. M. Wallichii, DC. Prodr. iii. 

 146 ; Watt. Cat. 4039, ^ar%. M. napalensis, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 707. 



NIPAL to BHOTAN, alt. 2000-6000 ft. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft., frequent. 

 DISTRIB. Ava, Kurz. 



A large shrub, reaching 20 ft. in the interior Himalaya. Leaves 3-5 in., lanceo- 

 late ; petiole ^-f in. Flowers 3-10, clustered ; bracts not large nor enclosing the 

 buds ; petals a brighter more rosy mauve than in M. malabathricum. Fruit as in 

 M. malabathricum or rather larger. M. velutimim Seem, of Polynesia does not belong 

 here. 



4. IK. imbricatum, Watt. Cat. 4047 ; stem densely clothed with ad- 

 pressed ovate obtuse scales, leaves beneath with very small scabrous hairs, scales 

 on the calyx-tube flat ovate acute, calyx-teeth ovate acuminate hairy within 

 half-way down, fruit ovoid the margin at the top somewhat dilated, friana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 60, but the syn. M. fasciculare Naud. is doubtful. 



EAST BENGAL ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2242). PENANG, Wallich ; TENASSE- 

 BIM, Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2243). 



Apparently very large. Leaves 8 in., broad-elliptic, acute; petiole 2 in. Flowers 

 in terminal clusters of about 12 ; bracts not large. Fruit ^-f in., ovoid. 



'* Hairs on the calyx-tube lonff, at their base spreading, then ascending or 

 patent. 



5. IKE. sang uineum, Sitns in Bot. Mag. t. 2241 ; stem with scattered 

 long harsh patent hairs, leaves glabrous above scabrous beneath on the nerves and 

 minutely hairy between them or nearly glabrous, calyx-teeth linear-lanceolate. 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 145 ; Don in Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. 289 j Miq. FL Ind: Sat. i. 

 pt. i. 504 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xiii. 281. M. decemfidum, Jack in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 6 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 406 ; Wall. Cat. 4042 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 146 ; Naud. I. c. 282 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 75. 



PENANG, SINGAPORE and MALACCA ; Wallich, Cuming, Griffith, Maingay. DISTEIB. 

 Malaya and South China. 



Leaves 4-5 in., narrowly lanceolate ; petiole |-f in. Flowers 1-4, clustered, often 

 very large, rose-purple. Bristles on the calyx-tube often 5 in., hair-pointed. Fruit 

 % in. wide and upwards. 



VAR. molle, Wall. Cat. 4046 ; leaves 6 by 2^ in. with scattered villous hairs on 

 both surfaces. M. crinitum, Naud. I.e. 280. 



6. 1*1. Koutteanum, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xiii. 291 ; branches 

 with dense adpressed or ascending villous hairs, leaves with scattered hairs above 

 shortly villous beneath, calyx-teeth linear-lanceolate. Kurz For. Fl. i. 504. 



