VoL 3 MELASTOMATACEAE 187 



Melastoma fuscum Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ, (Philip.) 17 (1904) 39, 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 107. 

 Melastoma congestum Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1194. 



Luzon (Zambales, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bataan, Ca- 

 vite), Mindoro, Sibuyan, Negros. In thickets and secondary forests at low 

 and medium altitudes. Similar to M. polyanthum Blume but differing in 

 its very much larger bracts which usually exceed and inclose the calyx. 

 India to Indo-China through Malaya to New Guinea. 



Local names: Bubtoi (Sbl.) ; malatungau (Ibn.) ; yagomyum (C. Bis.). 



MELASTOMA MEMBRANACEUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 423.1 



Batan and Babuyan Islands (Batan, Camiguin), B. S. 3798, 4109 Fenix. 

 On slopes and along streams at low or medium altitudes. Endemic. 



MELASTOMA NORMALE D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. (1825) 220; Cogn. 

 in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 352; Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 2 

 (1913) 319. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), Busuanga, Panay, B. S. 30789, 31448, 31413, 31277, 

 31237 Ramos & Edano, 32879 Ramos, 32487 McGregor. In thickets and 

 forests at low or medium altitudes. India to southern China and Malaya. 



MELASTOMA PARVI FOLIUM Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 

 (1905) 32. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Elmer 5836, Merrill 9645, Phil. PL 890, Loher 

 3559, B. S. 2788 Mearns. In thickets, altitude 1,400 to 2,000 m; perhaps 

 best considered as a form of M- polyanthum Blume. Endemic. 



Local name: Takangan (Ig.). 



MELASTOMA PENSCILLATUM Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 13 



(1849) 280; Walp. Ann. 2 (1851) 565; Triana in Trans. Linn. 



Soc. 28 (1871) 60; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 88; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 1 1 (1855) 509; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 114, 



Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 134; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 



(1891) 346. 

 Melastoma crinitum Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 13 (1849) 280; 



Walp. Ann. 2 (1851) 565; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 504. 

 Melastoma molle Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 114; Cogn. in 



DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 346, quoad Philip, non ? Wall. 

 Melastoma sanguineum Sims var. molle Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 



27, t. 51, f. D, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 134, non ? Clarke. 

 Melastoma setosum Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2758. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Ifugao, Ilocos Norte, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, 

 Albay, Sorsogon), Alabat, Leyte, Negros, Panay, Mindanao, Cuming 853, 

 Elmer 733fi, U168, 164-79, Wenzel 871, 554, Merrill 1649, 10511, Phil. PI. 

 307, F. B. 3276 A hern's collector* 20176 A guitar, 6604 Kobbe, B. S. 1757, 

 13357, 20593, 23591 Ramos, 88 Foxworthy, 30671, 30729, 3V769 Ramos & 

 Edano, 28374 Fenix. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Gagnepain, Not. Syst. 2 (1913) 315, 316, reduces M. penicillatum Naud. 

 (as M. pedieellatum) to M. decemfidum Roxb., and M. crinitum Naud. to 



