564 LX. MELASTOMACEJ:. (C.B.Clarke.) [Memecylon. 



Prodr. 319. M. sessile, Wall. Cat. 4112 ex W. $ A. Prodr. 320. Not M. ramiflorum, 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 673. 



VAE. 3. capitellata ; peSuncle more elongated sometimes 1 inch. M. capitel- 

 latum, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 6 ; Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 28. ? Lamk. III. t. 284. 



VAR. 4. ovata ; leaves often 4 in. more rounded at the base more acute sometimes 

 subacuminate at the apex. M. ovatum, Sm. ex Kurz For. Fl. i. 512. M. edule, 

 var. 7, Thwaites Enum. 110. M. umbellatum, Hb. Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4109. M. 

 tinctorium, var. ft, W. $ A. Prodr. 319. M. prasinum, Naud. in. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 3. xviii. p. 275. M. grande, Wall. Cat. 4103, partly. M. lucidum and pyri- 

 folium, Pre&l Epim. Bot. 209, 210. 



VAR. 5. l(Bta ; nerves distinct, peduncles elongate often l-l in., pedicels 0, calyx 

 prominently 4-toothed. M. capitellatum, Thwaites Enum. 110 (not of Linnceus). 

 Ceylon ; Thwaites No. 1564, 1565 ; Walker Moon ; Major Champion. Called Samara 

 leeta by Moon in Herb, by which he understood Burmann's Fl. Zeyl. t. 30 : also 

 M. Walkeri, Hook, in Herb. : also marked nov. sp. by Triana in Herb. Hook. 



VAR. 6. rubro-carulea, Thwaites Enum. 415 (sp.) ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 159. Ceylon; EastMatelle; Thwaites. Mr. Thwaites says this differs from 

 M. edule by the leaves more acuminated with the base more rounded. But the 

 specimen (No. 3809) sent to Kew has the leaves very obtuse not at all acuminated, 

 and narrowed into the petiole at the base : in short it is a typical example of M. 

 edule var. 1 typica. 



VAR. 7. cuneata, Thwaites Enum. 112 (sp.); Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 159. Ceylon ; alt. 3000 ft. ; Thwaites No. 2538. The leaves are cuneate attenuate at 

 the base, so that in some there is hardly any petiole ; otherwise the same as M. 

 edule. 



VAR. 8. leucantha, Thwaites Enum. 110 (sp.\; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 159. Ceylon; alt. 3000-5000 ft.; Thwaites; Gardner. This differs from M. edule 

 by its white flowers and its leaves more distinctly nerved. 



VAR. 9. scutellata, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 157. M. myrtifolium, 

 Wall. Cat. 4111. M.obtusum, Wall. Cat. 4110. M. punctatum, Presl, and scutella- 

 tum, Naud. ex Kurz For. Fl. i. 513. Transgangetic Peninsula from Chittagong to 

 Singapore. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago. Leaves very thick, opaque, obscurely 

 punctulate on both surfaces, narrowed much at the base, subepetiolate ; otherwise 

 much like M. edule type. Kurz separates specifically M. punctatum, Presl, having 

 the calyx with a tubercled base, from M. scutellatum, Naud. having the calyx with a 

 smooth base. But both these descriptions of calyx may be seen on one brauchlet, as 

 in Heifer No. 2330 Kew Distrib. : the tuberculation is caused by an insect. 



VAR. 10. Thwaitesii; calyx-tube in the bud distinctly campanulate, teeth after 

 flowering triangular. M. umbellatum, Thwaites No. 387, not of Burmann. Ceylon, 

 alt. 3000 ft. Burmann states that his umbellatum, Fl. Zeyl. t. 31 is called Wary- 

 kaha by the (Singhalese, a name attributed by Thwaites to M. capitellatum, Linn. It 

 appears closely allied to M. capitellatum, Linn, but the very broad base of the calyx 

 in bud is unlike M. edule. 



VAR. 11. Rottleriana ; inflorescence lax extending 2-2 in. Deccan Peninsula ? 

 Called M. capitellatum by Heyne in Herb. Rottler and probably the extreme form 

 of that variety. 



VAR. 12. molesta; branchlets distinctly quadrangular. Anamallay Mts. ; Wight 

 No. 1072. Wight's specimens are ample and beautifully preserved : they are exactly 

 M. edule var. 2. ramiflorum, except that the branchlets (and even the branches) are 

 quadrangular. They are sufficient to shake the faith of any botanist in the whole 

 existing arrangement of the species of Memecylon. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



M. SUBQUADRANGULARE, DC. Prodr. iii. 6 ; no example known, and not recog- 

 nisable from description. 



M. ROYENII, Blume Mus. Bot. \. 360, is probably some form of M. edule, Eoxb., 

 for Blume states that it is the Wellie Kala of Burmann's herbarium. 



M. FLORIBUNDUM, Wall. Cat. 4113 is a Eugenia. 



