— MEDINILLA , ` MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 585 
Tt Folia distincte petiolata. — Spec. 41-60. 
x. Folha Í-nervia. — Spec. 41-42. 
41. M. lanceolata (Baker ! in Journ. Lin. Soc. XXI, 344); ramis 
tetragonis; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, obtusiuscule acuminatis, basi 
rotundatis; calyce brevissime obtuseque lobato. 
mi gracillimi, nodosi. Petiolus 2-3 mm. longus. Folia carnosula 
rigidaque, pallida, 3-4 cm. longa, 4-7 mm. lata. Calyx late campanu- 
latus, 2 '/, mm. longus. Petala triangulari-ovata, obtusiuscula, 3 mm. 
longa. 
In Madagascaria (Baron). 
42. M.? salicifolia (Blume! Mus. Bot. I, 21); ramis teretibus, 
radicantibus ; foliis elongato-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, basi longe 
cuneatis. — Miq. l. c. 343 
Frutex scandens, ramis gracilibus. Petiolus 1-1'/, em. longus. 
Folia opposita vel interdum verticillato-quaterna, subcarnosa siccitate 
mollia, subtus pallida, 1-1'/, dm. longa, 18-28 mm. lata. Flores 
ignoti. 
In ins. Java (Blume). 
B. Folia J-nervia. — Spec. 43-45. 
43. M. inzequalis (Miq.! l. c. 542); foliis oblongis vel ovato- 
oblongis, abrupte obtusiuscule breviterque acuminatis, basi in:zequali- 
bus obtusis vel subrotundatis; cymis circiter 12-foris; calyce minute 
4-dentieulato; petalis obtusis. 
Rami satis graciles, teretiusculi, nodosi, sparse verrueulosi. Petio- 
lus '/,-1'/, em. longus. Folia suceulento-membranacea, pallida, 8- 
15 em. longa, 3-4 '/, em. lata. Cymæ 3-5 cm. longse, pedicelli filifor- 
mes, 1-2 em. longi. Calyx eampanulatus, 2 mm. longus. Petala ovata, 
5-6 mm. longa. 
In ins. Java (Horsfield). 
44. M. Malabariea (Beddome! lc. Pl. Ind. or. tab. 157); foliis 
obovato-oblongis, basi apiceque obtusis; pedunculis 1-3-foris; calyce 
truncato; petalis acutis. — C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 548. 
Rami teretiusculi, striati, interdum verruculosi. Petiolus 2-6 mm. 
longus. Folia coriacea, supra punctato-rugulosa, 4 */,-7 em. longa, 2- 
