-348 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELASTOMA. 
145 ; Triana, l. c. 60; Hemsl. in Journ. Lin. Soc. XXIII, 299, — M. 
macrocarpum D. Don, l. c. 289; DC. l. e. 145. — ? M. Malabathricum 
Bot. Reg. VIII, tab. 672. — M. calycinum Benth.! in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. of Bot. I. 485. — ? M. Nobotan Blum. Mus. Bot. I, 54. 
Rami obtuse tetragoni, canescentes. Petiolus '/,-2 cm. longus. Fo- 
lia rigidiuscula, '/,-l '/, dm. longa, 3-9 em. lata. Bracteæ rigidius- 
culæ, adpressæ, ovato-oblongze, extus densiuscule breviterque pilosz, 
1 */,-2 em. longæ. Calyx canescens, tubo 12-15 mm. longo, lobis trian- 
gulari-lanceolatis, 1 '/, em. longis. Petala rosea, 3-4 em. longa. 
In China australi (Fortune n. 64, Park, Iwan, Krone), ad Macao 
(Gaudichaud, Calléry, ete.), Formosa (Oldham n. 117, etc.), Hong- 
kong (Wright, Seemann, Hance, etc.), ins. Loo Choo (Wright). 
B. Calyx paleaceus, lobis cum denticulis minutis acutisque alternantibus. — 
Spec. 12-31 
1. Flores juniores bracteis sepius 4 magnis subspathulatis involucrati. — Spec. 
a. Calycis lobi tubo breviores. 
12. M. Ceramense (Naud.! l. c. 276); ramis junioribus breviter 
denseque paleaceo-strigosis; foliis oblongis, acutis, supra brevis-  - 
sime sparseque strigosis, subtus brevissime sparseque setulosis ; flori- 
bus 6-meris; calyce paleis lanceolato-subulatis elongatis ciliolatis 
dense obteeto, lobis anguste ovatis, acutis. 
Petiolus 4-5 mm. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, 5-8 em. longa, 2-3 cm. 
lata. Flores sepius terni; bractes ovatæ, obtuse, extus breviter 
denseque strigose, 8-10 mm. longæ. Calycis tubus 6-7 mm. pec 
lobi 3-4 mm. longi. Petala 1 '/, em. longa. 
In ins. Ceram prope Waron (Jacquinot); in Borneo ad Bruni (Bec- 
cari). ; 
13. M. obvolutum (W. Jack! l. c. 3); ramis junioribus brevis- 
sime denseque paleaceo-strigosis ; foliis ovato-oblongis, acutis vel 
subacuminatis, supra brevissime subsparseque strigosis, subtus bre- 
vissime et densiuscule pilosis; floribus 5-meris; calyce paleis anguste 
lanceolatis elongatis glabris dense obtecto, lobis anguste triangulari- 
bus. — DC.l. e. 146; Bl. Mus. Bot. I, 53; Naud. l. e. 285; Miq. l. € 
508; Triana, l. c. 59. — M. Jackianum Korth. 1. e. 227. — M. ho- — 
mostegium Naud.!l. e. 286. — M. macrocarpum Hook. ex Triana, 3 
l. c. 
