88 DR. J. TRIANA ON THE MELASTOMACE.E. 
. M. arrEsrRIS, Blume in Flora, 1831, 514. 
los: alpestre, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc 
xw. 20,t.1.£.8a,d; DC. Lc. 146. 
Crescit in montibus excelsis Sumatre (fide 
Blume). 
eer M. HIMALAYANA, Hook. f.; glaberrima, 
phytica, ramis teretibus lignosis cortice crasso 
cts contrahente nitido, foliis 24 poll. longis 
sessilibus v. brevissime petiolatis glaucis siccitate 
minute reticulatis late elliptico-ovatis abrupte 
obtuse acuminatis fere e basi triplinerviis mar- 
ginibus integerrimis tenuiter cartilagineis rubris, 
nervis primariis conspicuis transversis indistinctis, 
cymis terminalibus paucifloris trichotome ramosis, 
pedunculis 1-14 poll. longis pedicellisque patenti- 
us ilibus strictis, bracteis minutis subulatis, 
culato, pur 4 late ovatis acutis, antheris lineari- 
subulatis incurvis ecalcaratis loculis basi 2-tuber- 
culatis mere filiformi, bacca + poll. diam. sphærica 
apice truncato rubra. 
In Himalaya orientali, Sikkim, alt. 3000-6000 
ped. (J. Hook.) ; montibus iain alt. 4000-6000 
Q5 (J. Hook. et T. Thomson) ; fl. June-Aug. 
. M. ASTRONIOIDES, sp. n. ; glaberrima, ramis 
cortice pallido, foliis 
longis elliptico-ovatis ob- 
| cutis rotun- 
datisve sextuplinerviis nervis transversis distinctis 
marginibus obscure sinuatis petiolo gracili 2-1 poll. 
longo, cymis terminalibus trichotome ramosis 
ramis patentibus robustis 13 poll. acr? en 
tubo urceolato-campanulato 1 poll. longo in pedi- 
cellum non contracto, limbo truncato inde 5- 
ul 
2-tuberculatis et dorso valide calcaratis, ovario 
glaberrimo profunde 10-lobo, lobis ore lamellis, 
calycis tubo convexis, stylo filiformi, bacca coriacea 
3 4 poll. diam. 
In ins. Phillippinis (Cuming n. 758). 
5. M. PAUCIFLORA, Hook. f. ; dame imo xp 
teretibus lignosis cortice pallido, ramulis s 
f cortice crasso siccitate contrahente, "foliis 
sessilibus 14 poll. longis crassiusculis late elliptico- 
ovatis abrupte et sspe eae acuminatis e basi 
— nervis primariis distinctis, tranversis 
uris, cymis PAE brevissimis pauci- 
toris, floribus brevissime pedicellatis 3 po am., 
calycis tubo campanulato basi intus disco 8-glan- 
duloso ann et ibidem contracto, limbo ma- 
jusculo sinuato obscure 4-denticulato, petalis 3 
poll. longis oblongo-lanceolatis longe acuminatis, 
filamentis elongatis, antheris earibus 
ecalcaratis loculis basi 2-tuberculatis, ovario in- 
fero vertice parvo infra discum calycinum immerso, 
stvlo filiformi. 
In Himalaya orientali ad Sikkim (herb. Griffith 
n. 2283). 
[ Dissochetee. 
+t Frutices pilis simplicibus v. stellato-tomentosis 
conspersi. 
* Floribus ebracteatis (Hypenanthe). 
46. M. Bornensis, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. 20.— 
M. piti Korthals in herb., non Blume. 
In montibus Jacumbong insule Borneo (fide 
Blume). 
47. M. MACROPHYLLA, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. 19. 
In sylvis montosis Sumatrze (fide Blume). 
48. M. venosa, Blume in Flora, 1831, 518.— 
eM ek Mets venosum, Blume, Bijdr. 1075; DC. le 
150. Hypenanihe venosum, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. 21. 
Medinilla farinosa, Hort. 
In Moluccis (fide Blume); in insula Luzonia 
(Lobb, Cuming). 
** Floribus bracteis foliaceis stipatis (Dacty- 
liota). 
49. M. sracteata, Blume in Flora, 1831,519.— 
Axinæa bracteata, Zippel, ined. (monente Blume). 
Dactyliota bracteata, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. 22 
In Moluccis et in sylvis Nove Guineæ (fide 
ve Cuming nis 1335 et 1487). 
. M. RHODOCHLANA, A. Gray, Bot. U. S. 
Expl. Exped. 600; Seem. Fl. Vit. 88. 
In insulis Viti (Seemann, Storck). 
51. M. seriGera, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 550.— 
Dactyliota setigera, er Mus. Bot. i. 22. Kein 
stoma setigerum, n herb., non Blum 
In sylvis Sumatræ (fide MN 
52. M. LuzoNENsIs, Hook. Fi ; ramis teretibus 
ramulis et inflorescentia eo-pubescentibus, 
foliis 2-3$ poll. longis elliptico-lanceolatis longe 
acuminatis in petiolum brevem 
septuplinerviis, supra opa 
In Pd (coll. T. Lobb). 
9. M. TERNIFOLIA, sp. n.; radicans, setis 
elongatis patentibus subflexuosis hirsuta, ramulis 
gracilibus lignosis nodis subincrassatis, foliis 2-4 
poll. longis ternatim verticillatis breviter petiolatis 
coriaceis oblongo- v.elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis 
integerrimis quintuplicostatis, supra pallidis opacis 
siccitate minute reticulatis flavidis costis impressis 
subtus sparse hirsutis iain p, petiolis 
longis, spicis racemisve axillaribus nu- 
tantibus pres brevioribus deir. bracteis setis 
pallidis nitidis cinctis spathulatis TASER 
flores superantibus, floribus subsessilibu 
latis, oles tubo 3 poll. longo niet limbo 
br evi ter 4-lobo, antheris oblongo-subulatis, con- 
alearato, 
