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axillary spikes: was first noticed by Mr. Nimmo, in the south Concan in 
1824:—it grows in great abundance in the ravines atKandalla, and at Lan ow- 
lee, running over the highest trees:—the flowers of this species are rather 
pretty, and render it worthy of a place in gardens, 
ORDER 55. MEMECYLE. w. & A. prod. p. 818. 
265. MEMECYLON. L. Octandria Monogynia. : 
A name adopted from Dioscorides; probably it was applied by the Greeks 
to the Arbutus, to which this genus bears some resemblance. 
+ 562. M. Tinctorrum. w. & A. 984. M. edule. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 260. Rox. 
Cor. 1, ¢. 82. Rheed. Mal. 5. ¢. 19. ; 
Aujun, or Anjunee —-A highly ornamentaltree, with deep* green polished 
leaves. Flowers in February and March; in umbellets from the naked branch- 
es; small, of a pretty purple colour, with the calyx beautifully streaked on 
the inside. —Common at Mahableshwur, where it is called Iron wood tree. 
(Dr. Murray.) at Kandalla and along the Ghauts. Perhaps Lamarck’s M. 
ramiflorum, (Ww. & A. 983.) is identical; Roxburgh joins ;them. The Mala- 
poenna, Rheed. Mal. 5. t. 9. if a Memecylon, is evidently a distinct species. 
Very abundant in the forests to the north and east of Belgaum. (Mr. Law.) 
ORDER 56. MELASTOMACEZ. w. & A. prod. 1. p. 320. 
266. SONERILA. Rox. Triandria Monogynia. 
The Malabar name adopted. 
563. S.:RHEEDEI. w. & A. 990. Rheed.- Mal. 9. t.65, S. maculata. Rox. 
Flora. 1. p. 117. 
Herbaceous plant, with unequally cordate, rough spotted leaves.—Rheede 
compares it to a Pulmonaria, and says, it belongs to the Asperifolia.—S. Cone 
can. N. 
267. OSBECKIA.L. Octandria Monogynia. 
Osbeck---a Swedish naturalist. Gaert: ¢. 126. Lam. ¢t. 283. 
564. O. Zrytonica. w. & A. 994, Rox. Flora. 2. p. 223. 
Annual, erect plant, with 4 sided stems; bristly.---S, Concan. N.—The 
Ram. Ghaut. (Mr, Law.) 
565. O. VirGata. w. & a.998. Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 44. 
Shrubby, erect, with 4 sided, hispid branches—S. Concan, N. 
268. MELASTOMA., L. Decandria Monogynia. 
Melas—black, and stoma—the mouth; in allusion to the berries staining 
the mouth when eaten. Gaert., ¢. 126. Lam. ¢. 361, 
566. M. Maraparuricum. w. & a. 1001. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 406. Rheed. 
Mal. 4. t. 42. 
A shrub, with broad lanceolar leaves, and large red flowers;—grows about 
- Asunwaree, in S. M_ country. (Dr. Lush.) S. Concan. N. 
Dr. Jack in Linn. Trans. 14. p. 4. observes, that it grows abundantly 
throughout Sumatra and the Malay Islands. The genus is closely allied to 
Osbechia. 
ORDER 57. ALANGLA. w.& A. Prod. 1. p, 325. 
269. ALANGIUM, Lam. Icosandria Monogynia. 
The Malabar name latinized. 
