MELASTOMACE^E. LIV. MEDINILLA. 



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and terminal, cymose, few or many flowered ; pedicels bibrac- 

 teate in the middle. 



* Flowers fens, cymose or subcorymbose. 



7 M. LAURIFOLIA (Blum. 1. c. p. 511.) brancblets terete, 

 warted ; leaves opposite, rarely in threes, ovate, attenuated at 

 both ends, triple-nerved, rather fleshy ; peduncles axillary, ex- 

 ceeding the length of the petioles, usually 3-flowered ; flowers 

 decandrous or dodecandrous. f? . S. Native of Java, on trees. 

 Melastoma laurifolium, Blum, bijdr. p. 1069. M. crassifolium, 

 Reinwdt. ined. M. carneum, Zippel. ined. 



Laurel-leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



8 M. CRASSIFOLIA (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets terete, warted ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the base and emargi- 

 nate, obsoletely 3, rarely 5-nerved ; umbels axillary, in simple or 

 trifid corymbs ; flowers decandrous. Tj . S. Native of Java, 

 on Mount Salak on trees. Melastoma crassifolium, Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 1075. 



Far. j3, diaphana (Blum. 1. c.) leaves larger, thinner, and 

 somewhat 5-nerved. fj . S. Native along with the species. 

 Melastoma diaphanum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1075. 



Thick-leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



9 M. RUBICU'NDA (Blum.l. c. p. 512.) branchlets? leaves op- 

 posite, on short petioles, oblong-ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the 

 base, triple-nerved ; cymes dichotomous, axillary ; flowers oc- 

 tandrous. Jj . S. Native of Sumatra. Melastoma rubicunda, 

 Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 18. Pedicels and calyxes red. Co- 

 rolla white. 



Reddish-ca]yx.eA Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



10 M. HASSE'LTJI (Blum, in hot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 513.) 

 branchlets terete, warted ; leaves opposite, en short petioles, 

 lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat cordate at the base, 3- 

 nerved, fleshy ; cymes branched, axillary ; flowers octandrous. 



Pj . S. Native of Java, in the province of Bamtam, about Har- 

 riang and Levebonger. 



Hasselfs Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



1 1 M. SUCCULE'NTA (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets terete, warted ; 

 leaves opposite, sessile, ovate- oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the 

 base, triple-nerved, fleshy ; cymes branched, axillary ; flowers 

 octandrous. Pj . S. Native of Java, on trees, in humid woods. 

 Melastoma succulenta, Blum, bijdr. p. 1070. 



Succulent-lew eA. Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



12 M. HYPERICIFOLIA (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets terete; leaves 

 opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, rather cordate at 

 the base ; cymes a little branched ; flowers decandrous, rarely 

 octandrous. Tj . S. Native of Java, on trees on Mount Salak. 

 Melastoma hypericifolium, Blum, bijdr. p. 1070. Flowers 

 small. 



St. John's-wort-leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



* * Flowers in terminal and axillary elongated panicles. 



13 M. VERRUCOSA (Blum. 1. c. p. 514.) branches warted, 

 when young tetragonal, when old terete ; leaves opposite, sessile, 

 oblong, subcordate, acuminated, finely denticulated towards the 

 apex, quintuple-nerved ; panicles terminal or axillary, droop- 

 ing ; flowers decandrous ; calyx somewhat truncate. 17 . S. 

 Native of Java, in shady places on Mount Salak. Melastoma 

 verrucosum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1078. 



Parted-branched Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



14 M. ALPE'STRIS (Blum. I.e.) branchlets? leaves opposite, 

 sessile, half stem-clasping, ovate-oblong, crenated, quintuple- 

 nerved, purplish beneath ; panicles terminal ; flowers decan- 

 drous ; calyx 5-toothed. Tj . S. Native of Sumatra, on high 

 mountains. Melastoma alpestris, Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 

 20. t. 1. f. 3. a. d. Corolla flesh-coloured. Anthers purple. 



Alp Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



15 M. KU'HLII (Blum. 1. c.) branchlets when young 4-sided ; 



VOL. II. 



leaves opposite, on short petioles, elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 

 bluntish at the base, triple-nerved, as well as with 2 marginal 

 obsolete nervules ; panicles axillary or terminal, elongated ; 

 flowers decandrous ; calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. T? . S. Na- 

 tive of Java, on Mount Pangaranghu. 

 Kuhl's Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



16 M. JAVANE'NSIS (Blum. I.e. p. 515.) branches all 4-sided; 

 leaves opposite, sessile, somewhat cordate, elliptic, rather acu- 

 minated, quintuple-nerved, quite entire ; panicles terminal or 

 axillary, divaricate, straight ; flowers decandrous. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Java, in marshes and woods on the higher mountains. 

 Melastoma Javanensis, Blum, bijdr. p. 1078. M. Epidendra, 

 Reinwdt. ined. 



Java Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



17 M. EXI'MIA (Blum. 1. c.) branches irregularly 4- sided ; 

 leaves opposite, on short petioles, elliptic-ovate, acute at both 

 ends, quintuple-nerved, quite entire ; panicles terminal ; flowers 

 octandrous. Pj . S. Native of Sumatra, on the banks of rivers. 

 Melastoma eximia, Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 17. Leaves large. 

 Flowers flesh-coloured, very beautiful ; anthers purple, with the 

 appendages yellow. 



Choice Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



18 M. SPECIOSA (Blum. 1. c.) branches 4-sided; angles 

 winged ; leaves almost sessile, 4 in a whorl, rarely opposite, 

 ovate-oblong, attenuated at both ends, or obtuse at the base, 

 7-9-nerved, rarely quintuple-nerved ; panicles terminal and 

 axillary, nodding ; flowers octandrous or decandrous. Tj . S. 

 Native of the interior of Java, in humid woods, rarely parasitical 

 on trunks of old trees ; and of the Moluccas. Melastoma ex- 

 imium, Blum, bijdr. p. 1072. but not of Jack. 



Shewy Medinilla. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



19 M. INTERMEDIA (Blum. 1. c. p. 516.) branchlets obso- 

 letely tetragonal ; leaves almost sessile, opposite, elliptic-oblong, 

 acute or acuminated, obtuse at the base, quintuple-nerved ; 

 panicles elongated, terminal ; flowers octandrous. fy . S. Na- 

 tive of Java, on Mount Gede, near Tjichanjavar. 



Intermediate Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



20 M. CRISPA'TA (Blum. 1. c. p. 517.) branches 4-sided; 

 angles winged ; leaves sessile, 4 in a whorl, oblong, narrow at 

 the base, quintuple-nerved ; cymes subcorymbose, axillary, and 

 lateral from the falling of the leaves ; flowers decandrous, rarely 

 dodecandrous. Jj . S. Native of the Moluccas, in valleys and 

 on the banks of rivers. Melastoma crispatum, Lin. spec. p. 

 560. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 66. t. 35. f. 1. Flowers rather large. 

 Fruit round, red. 



Curled Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



SECT. III. HYPENA'NTHE (from virrjvr], hypene, a beard, and 

 avSos, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the flower-buds, which 

 are bearded with stellate down on the outside). Blum. bot. zeit. 

 1831. no. 30. p. 517. Tube of calyx obovate-oblong ; limb 

 short, 4-lobed. Petals trapeziform, alternate ones narrower than 

 the others. Free part of the ovarium clothed with stellate down. 

 Seeds roughish. A shrub, having its branchlets, peduncles, and 

 leaves clothed with stellate tomentum, and with a different habit 

 from the other species. 



21 M. VENOSA (Blum. 1. c. p. 518.) branchlets terete ; leaves 

 opposite, oval-oblong, those opposite each other usually of a dif- 

 ferent size, veiny, clothed with furfuraceous tomentum beneath, 

 as well as on the branches ; cymes pedunculate, terminal or lateral, 

 involucrated by fugaceous bracteas. tj . S. Native of Java, on 

 trees on Mount Ternate. Melastoma venosum, Blume, bijdr. p. 

 1C75. Flowers middle-sized, octandrous, flesh-coloured ; pedi- 

 cels red. 



Feiny-leaved Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



SECT. IV. DACTYLIOTA (apparently derived from 

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