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mens), the intramarginal ones joining the midrib at base and 

 giving a slightly 3-nerved appearance, petiole under ^in.; fl. 

 small, numerous, on slender ped. as long as or longer than 

 cal., cymes umbellate, sessile or on a very short peduncle, 

 copious, closely placed in axils of fallen 1. on the old wood, 

 buds pyriform-globular, blunt ; cal. rather shallowly campanu- 

 late, puberulous, segm. broadly triangular, acute, a little shorter 

 than tube ; disk quite without or with very faint rays ; pet. 

 small, distant, reflexed; fruit \ in., with inconspicuous cal.-limb. 



Var. j3, Thwaitesii, Clarke, I. c. (M. edule, var. 10). M. urceolatum, 

 Cogn. 1. c. 1 1 56. C. P. 387. 



L. 3-4 in., acuminate, obtuse; cal. large, glabrous, tube 

 deeply campanulate, segm. very acute, not half as long as 

 tube. 



Var. 7, rubro-cseruleum, Clarke, I. c. {M. edule, var. 6). M.rubro- 

 cceruleum, Thw. Enum. 415. C. P. 3809. 



A small tree of 30 ft; 1. tapering to base, lat. veins quite 

 invisible; peduncle about \ in.; cal.-limb longer, nearly trun- 

 cate. 



Low country in both moist and dry regions ; common. Var. (3 only 

 at Haldummulla. Fl. March-September; brilliant blue (cal. red in 

 var. y). 



Also in S. India. 



A very attractive shrub when in flower, from the quantity of brilliant 

 bosses of flowers along the whole length of the branches. Var. (3 looks 

 distinct, but I suspect the enlarged cal. is really due to hypertrophy from 

 the attacks of some insect. 



There is no specimen or drawing in Hermann's Herb., so that Linnaeus 

 had only Burman's figure to go upon. This is excellent; but in the 

 separate flower only 4 stamens are shown. Hence Linnaeus's genus, 

 Samara, based wholly on that figure. Burm. f.'s name was published 

 without description ; if it be set aside on that account, M. ramiflorum, 

 Lam. (1796) takes its place. I do not know what relation M. edule, Roxb. 

 ( J 795)> bears to it, though Roxburgh quotes Burman's figure, and both 

 Clarke and Cogniaux make it the same (see under No. 26). 



Wood whitish, smooth, rather light. The leaves and young shoots 

 afford a yellow dye, chiefly used for colouring mats. 



16. M. Clarkeanum, Cogn. Mon. Melast. 1141 (1891). 



M. jambosoides, Thw. Enum. 112 (non Wight) part. C. P. 2468. 



FL B. Ind. ii. 560 (M. Hey7ieanicm, var. latifolia). 



A small tree, twigs elongated, cylindrical ; 1. large, 4-7 in., 

 long-lanceolate, much tapering at base, acuminate, acute at 

 apex, thin, veins fine, inconspicuous, petiole very short or 

 none ; fl. sessile or nearly so, cymes sessile, small, buds 

 pointed ; cal. shallow, truncate, disk not rayed, fruit \ in., 

 yellow. 



