2 1 4 Melastomacece. \Memecylon. 



cal.-limb shallow, truncate, disk-rays distinct ; fruit \ in., 

 capped with small cal.-rim. 



Var. (3, rotun datum, Thw. I. c. M. rotundatwn, Cogn. 1. c. 1164. 

 C. P. 2959. 



L. sma.ier, 1-2 in., obtuse at both ends, often revolute at 

 margin. 



Lower montane zone, and extending downwards to 2000 ft. ; apparently 

 rather common. Var. j3 at the higher elevations. Fl. April and Sep- 

 tember ; pale blue or white. 



Endemic (?). 



I do not well understand this species, and follow Thwaites in dividing 

 it into two varieties which seem distinct ; Cogniaux separates them 

 as species. Both often have the branchlets cylindrical, except at the 

 summit of the internodes. The leaves turn a pale bright greenish-orange 

 when dried. 



7. V/l. eleg-antulum, Thw. Enum. 112 (1859). 

 C. P. 2684. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 555. 



Branchlets very slender, elongated, quadrangular ; 1. on 

 very short petioles, 2-3 in., ovate-lanceolate, acute at base, 

 with a long caudate acute apex, \-\ in. long, thin, shining 

 above, the veins obscure ; fl. very few or solitary, small, sessile, 

 at end of filiform axillary peduncle ; fruit pendulous, some- 

 what ovoid, purple. 



Moist low country; very rare. Karawita Kande ; Gilimale. Fl. May; 

 white (?). 

 Endemic. 

 I have very scanty specimens of this plant. 



8. IMC. ellipticum, Thw. Enum. 112 (1859). 

 Cogn. 1. c. 1 166. C. P. 3479. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 556. 



A small tree, twigs slender, quadrangular ; 1. oval or 

 oblong-lanceolate, 2-^-3 in., slightly rounded at base, suddenly 

 caudate, with a narrow obtuse tail \ in. long, veins incon- 

 spicuous, petiole very short ; fl. on short ped., clusters small, 

 often in axils of fallen 1., sessile ; cal. nearly truncate, shallow ; 

 disk-rays very obscure ; fruit not seen. 



Moist low country; very rare. Singhe Raja Forest only. Fl. Sept.; 

 white. 



Endemic. 



I have seen none but the C. P. specimens. C. P. 1557 referred to 

 this by Clarke, and Cogniaux I have not seen. Thwaites considered it 

 the same as C. P. 1 561 (see M. umbellatum). 



9. TNI. macrophyllum, Thw. Enum. in (1859). 

 Cogn. 1. c. 1 140. C. P. 2865. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 559. 



