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vena marginali conuectis), supra parce subtus dense sub lente punctata, 

 petiolis 1 cm. longis. Cymaa dense floratse 4 cm. longae 6 cm. latse, ramis 

 oppositis angulo obtuso divaricatis, floribus ad apicem ramulorum 3-4-natim 

 sessile vel pedicellatim dispositis, pedicellis ultimis 2 mm. lougis. Calyx- tiibus 

 late campanulatus 3 mm. longus 5 mm. latus ore suberoso. Petala connata 

 non distincte visa. Stamina oo, filamentis filiformibus 1 mm. longis, antheris 

 oblongis late globosis -J mm. longis subcordatis apice intus connectivis globuli- 

 formibus terminatis. Ovarium inferius ad basin tubi calycis sitam 1 mm. 

 longum. 



HAB. Kusukusu, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, Juni. 9, 1912. 



Near Eugenia MUlettiana HEMSL. but differs from it by the densely 

 flowered cymes and leaves. 



Melastomaeeee. 



Melastoma BUKM. 



Melastoma sanguineum SIMS. Bot. Mag. t. 2241 ; FORBES et HEMSL. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 300. 



HAB. Hainan, leg. N. KONISHI, 1909, Juni. 



Melastoma tetramerum HAYATA, sp. nov. Kami et ramuli tereto- 

 tetragoni pilis adpressis strigosis obtecti, cortice fusco-rubescenti demum 

 gradatim soluto. Folia opposita ovato-elliptica vel oblonga 4 cm. longa l cm. 

 lata chartacea apice acuta basi obtusa inargine integra supra adpresse 

 regulariter pilosa subtus dense adpresse pilosa distincte 3-nervia, prsetera 

 2-marginalibus tenuibus iiistructa, uervis omnibus subparallelibus deorsum 

 divergentibus sursum convergentibus ad apicem foliorum attingentibus 

 supra subimpressis subtus elevatis dense adpresse pilosis, petiolis 7 mm. 

 longis supra sulcatis subteretibus. Flores ad apicem ramulorum axillarium 

 solitarii vel terminales, pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis. Calyx- tubus globoso- 

 urceolatus 7 mm. longus latior quam longior extus adpresse pilosus basi ro- 

 tundatus, ore plus minus contracto, limbo 4-lobato, lobis triangulari-lanceolatis 



