Memecylon.'] LX. MELASTOMACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 561 



ttttt Berry less than % in. diam. Inflorescence less than 2 in. Leaves 

 usually less than 4 in., distinctly acuminate, often rostrate, base not cordate, 

 petiole short. (See also M. grande above). N.B. This series only differs 

 from the M. edule series by the more distinct acuinination of the leaves. 



30. 1H. leevig-atum, Blume Mus. Sot. i. 358; leaves 2-3 in. broad- 

 elliptic suddenly shortly acuminate at both ends, petiole - in., peduncles clus- 

 tered j in., inflorescence not f in., buds large very acute. Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. 576 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 157 ; Kurz For. Fl. i. 513. 

 M. Myrtilli, Blume I. c. 357 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 578. M. pachyderma, Wall. 

 Cat. 4104. M. Vosmaerianum, Sctteffer in Flora 1870, 249. 



TAVOY; Wallich. TENASSEBIM and ANDAMANS; Heifer (KewDistrib. No. 2328). 

 MALACCA; Maingay No. 817. DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



Branchlets round (Blume says subquadrangular in M. l&vigatum, terete in M. Myr- 

 tillus; but they seem all the same and never distinctly quadrangular). Leaves some- 

 what thin but opaque, nerves obscure but can be seen. Peduncles occasionally terminal 

 as well as axillary. Calyx-tube at the time of flowering more than in., wide, saucer- 

 shaped. Disc on the apex of the ovary obscurely rayed. Berry \ in. diam., globose, 

 subsessile, mouth small. 



VAK. sylvaticum, Thwaites Enum. 110(sp.); petiole somewhat shorter, leaf long 

 decurrent (but in Thwaites' example No. 1567 the leaves are petioled exactly as in 

 M. sylvaticum). Ceylon ; alt. 2000-4000 ft. ; common, Thwaites. As Mr. Thwaites 

 remarks, some of his examples of M. sylvaticum are very near M. edule ; they differ 

 by the more acuminate leaves and the larger, sharply acute buds. Triana in Herb. 

 inquires how the two differ. 



31. M. intermedium, Blume Mus. Bot. L 358 ; leaves 2-4 in. oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate at each end somewhat rostrate with the apex obtuse r 

 petiole - in., peduncles solitary axillary -f in., pedicels few - in., buds 

 somewhat large acute. M. umbellatum, Blume Bijd. 1094 ; Naud. in Ann. & - 

 Nat. ser. 3. xviii. 273; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 157. M. garcih 

 nioides |8. elongatum, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 358. 



TENASSERIM or ANDAMANS; Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2335). DISTRIB. Sumatra, 

 Java. 



Leaves somewhat thin, nerves all slender but visible. Calyx-tube at the time of 

 flowering saucer-shaped. Disc on the apex of the ovary obscurely rayed. This 

 species is exceedingly near M. lavigatum ; the leaves are narrower with a longer 

 acumination ; the simple umbels at the summit of manifest peduncles give a slightly 

 different look to the inflorescence. 



32. TO. plebejum, Kurz For. Fl. i. 513 ; leaves 2-3 in. elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate acuminate acute at the base, petiole - in., cymes lateral short, other- 

 wise like M. edule. 



PEGU; Kurz. 



Leaves opaque, nerves scarcely visible, marginal quite obscure. Kurz' example 

 communicated exhibits neither flower nor fruit, so there must be doubt whether the 

 subjoined var. belongs. - 



VAB. silhetense : peduncles 0-| in. clustered, inflorescence extending hardly in., 

 calyx-tube at the time of flowering saucer-shaped or somewhat funnel-shaped small, 

 disc on the apex of the ovary prominently rayed. Chattuck, in the plain of Sylhet. 

 H.f. $ T. Leaves exactly those of M. plebejum Kurz. Marked M. lavigatum 

 Blume ? by Triana, but the inflorescence as well as the leaves must be nearer M. ple- 

 bejum, unless all are referable to one species. 



VOL. II. 



