350 DICOTYLEDONEJE. MELASTOMA ,. 
Petiolus '/,-1 em. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, 5-12 cm. longa, 2-5 em. - : 
lata. Bractez ovato-oblongz, extus subsparse breviterque paleacez, 
7-17 mm. longz. Calycis tubus 8-9 mm. longus; lobi 7-10 mm. longi. 
Petala purpurea, 2-2 '/, cm. longa. ; 
— In India orientali vulgatissimum (Wallich n. 4040, Roxburgh, 
Wight n. 1105 et 1150, Griffith n. 2244, Hohenacker n. 16, Thwaites 
n. 1574, etc.); in ins. Seychellis (Pervillé, Bouton, Horne), Sumatra 
(Beccari n. 164 et 690), Java (Zollinger), Luzonia (Gaudichaud), Ti- 
mor (Forbes), Banda (Moteley), Nova Guinea (Forbes), Admiralty 
(Moseley), Viti (Seemann), Nova Caledonia (Eloin); in Australia bo- 
reali (R. Brown, Verreaux, F. v. Mueller, etc.). 
16. M. traehycaulon (Miq.! l. c. suppl. I, 316); ramis juniori- 
bus petiolisque brevissime sparseque strigosis; foliis ovato-oblongis, 
subacuminatis, supra brevissime subsparseque strigosis, subtus bre- 
vissime sparseque setulosis, obscure 5-nerviis ; floribus fasciculatis ; 
calyce paleis lanceolatis ciliolatis breviusculis dense strigoso, lobis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis. 
Rami obtuse tetragoni et distincte 4-sulcati. Petiolus */,-1 em. lon- 
gus. Folia submembranacea, '/,-1l dm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata. Braetes | 
late oblongz, acuminatze, margine late pellucidze, dorso brevissime 
leviterque paleaceæ, 7-11 mm. longæ. Calycis tubus 6-7 mm. longus; 
lobi margine pellucidi et ciliolati, 8-10 mm. longi. Petala apice cilio- 
lata, 2 '/, cm. longa. 
-In ins. Pulu-Pisang ad Sumatræ littus occidentale (Teysmann). 
17. M. Molkenboerii (Miq.! l. c. I, 513, tab. 8 B); ramis junio- 
ribus petiolis foliisque subtus ad nervos densiuscule breviterque pa- 
leaceo-strigosis; foliis oblongis, acutis, supra subsparse breviterque 
bullato-strigosis, subtus foveolatis et densiuscule breviterque hirtellis, 
distincte 5-nerviis; floribus ternis quinisve ; calyce paleis triangulari- 
lanceolatis brevibus densiuscule strigoso, lobis lanceolato-subulatis. 
Arbor 5-7 m. alta, ramis obtuse tetragonis. Petiolus 1-1;/, cm. lon- 
gus. Folia rigidiuscula, 8-13 cm. longa, 2 '/,-4 em. lata. Bractez ob- 
longo-lanceolatze, extus dense paleaceo-strigose, 10-12 mm. long. 
Calycis tubus ovoideus, 1 cm. longus; lobi basi valde remoti, 6-3 mm. 
ongi. 
In Java (Junghuhn, Belanger, de Vriese). 
