Memecylon.l MELASTOMACEAE. 505 



12. MEMECYLON MOLESTUM, Cogn. M. edule var. molesta, C. B. 

 Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 564. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri and Anamalai Hills at about 

 6,000 ft. 



A tree reaching 30-40 ft. in height, with bright blue 

 conspicuous flowers, the berries *2 in. in diam. 



13. MEMECYLON SISPARENSE, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1919, 227. 



W. Ghats, on Sispara Ghat in W. Nilgiris, at 5,000 ft. 



(Gamble). 



A large shrub or small tree with flower clusters about 1 in. 



in diam., the petak blue, calyx red. 



14. MEMECYLON MALABARICUM, Cogn. M. amplexicaule var. 

 malabarica, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 559 in part. 



W. Ghats, in moist sholas of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills 

 at 4,000-6,000 ft, 



A small tree with bright blue flowers in clusters about 

 '5 in. in diam., the calyx red. Wood greyish-brown, very 

 hard and close-grained, a good fuel. 



15. MEMECYLON DECCANENSE, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 560. 

 M. Heyneinum, W. & A. 319, not o/Beiith. 



W. Coast, in Malabar and Travancore at low levels. 



A shrub, apparently scarce, the flowers blue with red calyx, 



the berries black, '15 in. in diam., the flowers sometimes 



axillary. 



16. MEMECYLON SUBCORDATTJM, Cogn. M. amplexicaule var. 

 cordata, Wight ; F. B. I. ii. 559. 



S. India, precise locality not known. 



17. MEMECYLON DEPRESSTJM, Benth. M. amplexicaule var. 

 malabarica, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 559 in part. 



W. Coast and lower slopes of W. Ghats in Malabar and 

 Travancore, up to 1,200 ft. 



A shrub, rather variable in leaves, the branchlets sometimes 

 terete, sometimes tetragonous ; berries black, '3 in. in diam. 



18. MEMECYLON TERMINALE, Dalz. ; F. B.I. ii. 558. M. amabile t 

 Bedd. Ic. t. 163 ; F. B. I. ii. 555. 



W. Ghats, in the bills of S. Canara up to 2,000 ft. (Beddome). 

 A slender, pretty shrub reaching about 10 ft. in height, 

 with pale blue flowers. 



