2 1 8 Melastomacece. \Memecylon. 



Moist country; rare. Deltota; Ambagamuwa; Maskeliya. Fl. 

 Sept.; white. 



Endemic. 



Cogniaux keeps M. Heyneanum, Benth. (M. jambosoides, Wight, Ic. t. 

 277), of S. India, as a distinct species from our Ceylon one. 



17. OX. discolor, Cogn. Mon. Melast. 1149 (1891). 



M. jambosoides, Thw. Enum. 112 (non Wight) part. C. P. 1555. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 560 (M. Heyneanum, var. angtistifolid). 



A small tree, branch] ets elongated, thickened at nodes, 

 twigs cylindrical ; 1. large, 5-7 in., narrowly linear-lanceolate, 

 tapering to base, very long-acuminate, acute at apex, thick, 

 midrib very prominent beneath, lat. veins almost invisible 

 (when dried, upper surface rich brown, under surface light 

 golden greenish-yellow), petiole very short, stout ; fl. on very 

 short ped., cymes sessile, buds pointed ; cal. nearly truncate ; 

 pet. reflexed ; fruit nearly \ in., yellow. 



Moist low country; very rare. Ambagamuwa; Palabadala, Kuru- 

 wita Korale. Fl. Sept.; white with pink calyx. 



Also in S. India. 



I have seen only leaves of this, but there are good drawings of the 

 flowers and fruit. It is, though very different in appearance when dry, 

 probably not distinct from M. Clarkeanum j but I have seen no fresh 

 specimens. 



18. IIX. fuscescens. Thw. Enum. in (1859). 

 Cogn. 1. c. 1 140. C. P. 287. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 262. 



A bush, branchlets slender, twigs cylindrical or sub- 

 quadrangular ; 1. i\-2\ in., nearly sessile, ovate, acute at base, 

 suddenly caudate-acuminate with a tail \-\ in. long, sub- 

 acute at apex, membranous, shining above, veins inconspicu- 

 ous ; fl. few, ped. short, slender, with two bractlets at summit, 

 cymes sessile, very small ; cal.-segm. acute, disk not rayed ; 

 fruit large, over § in. 



Moist low country; rare. Kukul Korale, abundant; Lihinigalla, 

 Pasdun Korale. Fl. Aug., Sept. 

 Endemic. 

 Clarke and Cogniaux give C. P. 2926 for this, which I have not seen. 



19. IK. rostratum, Thw. Enum. 111 (1859). K-uretiya, Hin- 

 kuretiya, S. 



Cogn. 1. c. 1 160. C. P. 1560. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 262. 



A small tree, branchlets very numerous, ascending, twigs 

 compressed or sub-quadrangular, very slender ; 1. small, 

 \.\- 2\ in., lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, tapering to base, cau- 

 date-acuminate, with a tail \-\ in. long, obtuse at apex, veins 

 faintly marked, petiole §-- ^-in.; fl. very small, ped. at least 3 



