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(05 in. long), on pedicels about *1 in. long, densely crowded in clusters 

 on small tubercles in the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves. Calyx-tube 

 cupular, but little contracted at the base, the mouth wide with four 

 broad shallow teeth. Fruit unknown. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 1, 

 574 ; Oogn. in DO. Mon. Phan. VII, 1132. M. trinerve, Hassk. Cat. Hort. 

 Bog. 259 (not of DC). Myrlus oligoneura, Korth. ex Blume I.e. 354. 



Perak:; Scortechini 1309 ; King's Collector 2513, 10280. Penang ; 

 Curtis 1065, 1446, 2220, 10920. . Distrib. Java, Borneo. 

 A species easily recognised by its 3-nerved leaves. 



2. Memecylon epiphyticum, King, n. sp. An epiphytic shrub; 

 branches rather stout, strongly angled and with short ear-like projec- 

 tions just below the nodes. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, somewhat narrowed to the rounded 

 sub-cordate base ; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, indistinct on the lower 

 surface, invisible on the upper; length 1*75-3 in.; breadth 6-1 in.; 

 petiole *05 in. Cymes in pairs, axillary, 3-4-flowered, on slender pedicels 

 •1--15 in. long, bracteate at the apex ; pedicels half as long as the 

 peduncle. Calyx-tube cnpular, rounded at the base; the mouth deep 

 and wide ('05 in. across), undulate, truncate. Fruit globular, smooth, 

 •25 in. in diam. 



Perak ; on trees, King's Collector 5184 ; Wray 2727. 

 A species allied to M. dichotomum, Clarke, bat with smaller leaves, more boldly 

 angled branches, smaller, less numerous flowers, and cymes on more slender 

 pednncles. 



3. Memecylon fruticosum, King, n. sp. A shrub, 6-8 feet high ; 

 young branches boldly 4-winged especially near the slightly thickened 

 nodes, the bark pale-brown. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, chartaceous, shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded 

 base; main nerves 7-9 pairs, interarching *15 in. from the margin, 

 somewhat conspicuous on the lower but indistinct on the upper surface ; 

 length 3-4 in. ; breadth 1'35-1'85 in. ; petiole '05 in. Cymes usually 

 in pairs, axillary, on short peduncles, 8-10-flowered. Floivers on 

 pedicels with acute bracteoles at their bases. Cahjx-tube shortly campa- 

 nulate, tapering much to the base (obconic), the mouth '075 in. wide, 

 with 4 shallow obscure teeth, or truncate; the buds not very conical. 

 Fruit globose-ovoid, constricted below the thick persistent calyx-limb, 

 "35 in. long and '25 in. in diam. (unripe). 



Perak; King's Collector 2971, 3265, 3425. 



Approaching M. dichotomum and M. sub-dichotomum but with differently shaped 

 fruit. 



4. Memecylon pubescens, King. A tree, 30-70 feet high ; young 

 branches somewhat slender, pale-brown, 4-angled. Leaves coriaceous, 



