Memecylon.] MelastomctcecE. 22 E 



A small tree, twigs cylindrical ; 1. 2^-5 in., sub-sessile, 

 broadly oval or ovate-oval, tapering to base, rather abruptly 

 acuminate, obtuse at apex, shining on both sides, pale be- 

 neath, coriaceous, veins inconspicuous ; fl. large (for genus), 

 on very short thick ped. or nearly sessile, cymes small, crowded 

 in axils of fallen 1., peduncles usually very short, buds 

 large, pointed; cal.-limb cup-shaped, truncate, mealy-pubes- 

 cent outside, segm. obscure, disk-rays prominently winged; 

 pet. broader than long, very obtuse, recurved; fruit about \ in., 

 often somewhat ovoid, crowned with truncate cal.-limb, dark 

 purple. 



Forests from 2000-4000 ft. or higher ; common. Fl. Jan.-April ; deep 

 violet-blue, cal. white or pink. 



Also in Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



Known from M. grande by its larger, nearly sessile flowers. Cogniaux 

 (1. c. 1 1 50) keeps up Thwaites' M. sylvaticutn as distinct from M. Iceviga- 

 tum. At the higher elevations the leaves are smaller (\\-i\ in.) and 

 more coriaceous. 



26. XtX. grande, Rets. Obs. Bot. iv. 26 (1786). Dodan-wenna, 

 Dedi-kaha, 5. 



M. edule, var. j3, Thw. Enum. no. Cogn. 1. c. 115^. C. P. 3442. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 557. 



A large shrub or small tree with smooth grey bark, twigs 

 cylindrical ; 1. large, 4-6 in., broadly oval or ovate-oval, acute 

 at base, caudate-acuminate, often twisted, obtuse at apex, 

 thick, dark green above, veins inconspicuous, petiole \~^ in.; 

 ped. about as long as cal.; cymes large, often 2 in., lax, 

 paniculate, spreading, from axils of present and fallen 1., 

 peduncles §— f in., flattened, buds globose; cal.-limb truncate, 

 segm. obscure ; disk-rays winged ; fruit § in., crowned with 

 small erect cal.-limb, dark purple, rather juicy. 



Var. ft, ovatum, Clarke (M. edule, var. 4). M. edttle, Roxb., Moon 

 Cat. 32 ; Thw. Enum. no (vars. a and y). C. P. 1563, 1566. 



L. smaller, 2^-4 in., often somewhat oblong, less acute at 

 base and less acuminate ; ped. a little longer, cymes smaller, 

 umbellate-corymbose, disk-rays usually winged (but some- 

 times not or even faintly marked), fruit smaller, \ in. 



Moist region in the low country, especially near the coast; rather 

 common. Fl. Sept.-April; pale purplish-blue; var. ft, darker. 



Also in India and Malaya. 



I follow Thwaites in combining these. The type of Retzius' species 

 Trorn Ko;ni^; in the British Museum is identical with C. P. 3442. As to 

 var. ft, it may be Roxburgh's M. edule ; but his figure (Cor. PI. t. 82) is 

 unsatisfactory, and the description insufficient, and the name appears 

 to be now very vaguely applied. In Fl. B. Ind., for instance, all the 

 'enormous mass' of specimens in Kew Herb, that 'appear difficult to 



