Memecylon.'] LX. MELASTOMACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 555 



marginal obscure ; petiole sometimes manifest, attaining i i n< Flowers blue, some- 

 what large, buds obtuse. Calyx-tube truncate even in the bud. Disc depressed, 

 distinctly rayed. Berry \ in. diam., spherical, areola very small, about J- in! 

 wide. 



ft Leaves rarely attaining 4 in., usually opaque, nerves obscure. 



7. IK. amabile, Bedd. Ic. PL 2nd. Or. t. 163 ; leaves l-2 in. nearly 

 sessile oblong-lanceolate opaque, base cordate, peduncles -f in. 1-3 together 

 axillary and terminal, pedicels ^ in. 



SOUTH CANABA G-HATS, up to 2000 ft. ; Beddome. 



Cymes small, simple on each peduncle or compound but close. Calyx-tube funnel- 

 shaped at the time of flowering, limb truncate ; buds obtuse. Petals blue. Disc 

 plane (Beddome). Very probably a form of M. terminate No. 22 with quadrangular 

 branchlets ; but the peduncles are rather shorter, and the flowers smaller. 



VAR. malaccensis ; leaves l^-2 in. oblong acuminate base rounded very opaque 

 coriaceous, peduncles ^ in. clustered axillary and terminal, cymes simple, pedicels less 

 than | in. Malacca, Maingay No. 819. Branchlets quadrangular, 4-winged below 

 the nodes. Petiole ^ in. Buds acute, not large. Calyx-tube saucer-shaped at the 

 time of flowering ; limb in the bud nearly truncate. Disc depressed, obscurely rayed. 

 This is perhaps really allied to M. pauciflorum No. 10, but the leaves differ 

 materially in their rounded base and acuminate apex. 



8. XH. eleg-antulum, Thwaites Enum. 112 ; leaves 3 in. narrow-lanceo- 

 late long acuminate apex obtuse, panicles filiform somewhat elongate few- 

 flowered, pedicels subsolitary one naif longer than the calyx. Triana in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. 159. 



CEYLON ; Saffragam district at no great elevation ; Thwaites. 

 Leaves acute at the base, nerves obscure ; petiole in. Flowers white. Berry 

 spherical, the size of a pea. 



9. IH. gracile, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 164 ; leaves 1-1 in. elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate apex obtuse, peduncles solitary \ in. 8-flowered ; pedicels 



-fin. 



TEAVANCOEE and TINNEVELLY GHATS ; Col. Beddome. 



A small tree or large shrub ; branchlets slender, distinctly quadrangular. Leaves 

 opaque, nerves very obscure ; petiole i-i in. Petals pale blue. Disc distinctly 

 rayed. Beddome describes the pedicels as 2-3 in. long, probably a misprint for 2-3 

 lines. 



10. IH. pauciflorum, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 356 ; leaves -! in. subsessile 

 rhomboid oblong or elliptic obtuse or acute but not acuminate opaque acute at 

 the base, peduncles scarcely any, pedicels less than \ in. Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. 

 pt. i. 578 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 158 ; Kurz For. FL i. 514. M. 

 australe, F. Muell. ex Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviiL 159. M. umbellatum, 

 Benth. FL Austral, iii. 293, not of others. 



CHITTAGONG ; H. f. $ T. MERGUI ; Griffith ; TENASSERIM, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 

 No. 2332). ANDAMANS ; Kurz. SINGAPORE ; Lobb. DISTRIB. Through Malaya to 

 North Australia. 



A tree 20-25 ft. high. Flowers minute, whitish (Kurz). Calyx at the time of 

 flowering saucer-shaped. Disc distinctly rayed. Buds very acute or rostrate. 

 Berry \ in. diam., spherical, areola scarcely T a g in. wide; pedicel -f in. Miquel 

 (Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt, i. p. 578) says that M. pauciflorum is hardly more than a form 

 of M. myrsinoides Blume ; and Blume's authentic specimens hardly differ except 



