Memecylon.'] MELASTOMACEAE. 503 



pedicels '1 in. long; calyx above the ovary saucer-shaped, papillose 

 without, the disk rays faint; flowers lateral or axillary 



15. deccanense. 



Flowers fascicled on axillary or lateral small tubercles : 



Flower-clusters very small, few-flowered ; branchlets quadran- 

 gular ; leaves ovate, obtuse, up to 2 in. long-, 1 in. broad, cordate, 

 sessile ; calyx funnel-shaped, slightly papillose, the disk rays 



faint 16. subcordatum. 



Flower-clusters about '5 in. in diam., usually axillary; branchlets 

 terete ; leaves sessile, cordate, lanceolate, 3-6 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad ; calyx-tube above the ovary suddenly widened to saucer- 

 shape, disk rays prominent 17. depressum. 



Flowers in long (-5 -'7 in.) -peduncled, subterminal or axillary 



umbels; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, l'o-2'o in. long, '7-1 in. 



broad ; pedicels '2 in. long ; calyx- tube cup- shaped, lobes acute ; 



disk rays fairly prominent 18. terminate. 



1. MEMECYLON HEYNEANUM, Benth. ; F. B.I. ii. 560; W. A. 

 319. M. jambosoides, "VVt. Ic. t. 277. 



"VV. Ghats, in Wynaad, the Bolumpatti Yalley and Tinne- 



velly Hills up to 3,000 ft. 



A shrub with prominently nerved leaves and blue flowers. 



2. MEMECYLON LAWSONI, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1919, 226. 



W. Ghats, in S,E. Wynaad at about 3,000 ft. (Lawson). 



3. MEMECYLON TALBOTIANUM, Brandis in Talb. Bomb. List, 

 ed. 2, appendix. 



W. Ghats, Coorg or Nilgiris (G. Thomson) ; W. Coast, in 

 S. Canara (Hohenacker). 



A tree reaching 30-40 ft. in height with blue flowers and 

 yellow globose berry '25 in. in diam. 



4. MEMECYLON LUSHING TONII, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1919, 227, 



Deccan, Horsleykonda in Cuddapah at 4,000 ft. (Gamble), 

 Osahatti in Coimbatore (A. W. Lushington) ; W. Ghats, in 

 E. Nilgiris at 4,000-6,000 ft, 



A large shrub with small leaves, pale blue flowers in small 

 clusters and berry '2 in. in diam. 



5. MEMECYLON FLAVESCENS, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1919, 226. 



W. Ghats, in Nilgiri Sholas at and above 7,000 ft. (Gamble). 

 A large shrub with many branches, usually obovate 

 yellowish leaves, pale blue flowers and greyish berry '3 in. 

 in diam. 



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