MELASTOMATACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehdee and E. H. Wilson. 



MELASTOMA 



Melastoma nonnale D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal 220 (1825). — 

 De Candolle, Prodr. III. 145 (1828). — Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 ser. 3, XIII. 289 (1849). — C. B. Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 II. 524 (1879). — Cogniaux in De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. VII. 352 

 (1891). — Guillaumin in Le Comte, Not. Syst. II. 319, fig. 7, 6 

 (1913). — Leveille, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 277 (1914). 



Melastoma napalensis Loddiges, Bot. Cab. VIII. t. 707 (1823). 

 Melastoma Wallichii De Candolle, Prodr. III. 146 (1828). 

 Melastoma pelagicum Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat. s6r. 3, XIII. 279 (1849). 

 Melastoma longiflorum Naudin, 1. c. 290 (1849). 



Melastoma Cavaleriei L^veill^ in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. III. 21 (1906). 

 Melastoma Esquirolii L6veill6, 1. c. VIII. 61 (1910). 



Melastoma malabathricum Dunn in Jour. Linn. Sac. XXXIX. 467 (non Lin- 

 naeus, nee Desrousseaux, Sims, Ker, Jack, Blanco) (1911). 



Szech'uan: banks of Yangtsze River, May 1903 (Veitch Exped.No 

 3648). Western Szech'uan: Omei Hsien, roadside thickets, alt. 

 300-800 m., July and October 1908 (No. 3259; bush 1-2 m., flowers 

 rose to rose-purple) ; Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4907) ; 

 same general locality, A. Henry (No. 8976); E. Faber (No. 495). 

 Yunnan: Mengtsze, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 10954). 



This is a common shrub on the red sandstone hills in the neighborhood of the 

 city of Kiating Fu and in Omei Hsien from river-level up to 800 m. altitude. 



OSBECKIA L. 



Osbeckia crinita Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 517 (non 

 Naudin) (1879). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 299 (1887). — 

 Cogniaux in De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. VII. 323 (1891). — Pritzel 

 in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 484 (1900). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. 

 Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 106 {Fl. Kwangtung & Hojigk.) (1912).— 

 Guillaumin in Lecomte, Not. Syst. II. 308 (1913). 



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