512 ; MELASTOMACER. [ Memecylon. 
by 3-4 in. long, 4-cornered secondary peduncles and forming a rather 
ample cyme on the compressed 4-cornered 4-1 in. long peduncles 
arising by 3 or 4 from above the scars of the fallen leaves ; bracts 
distinct, ovate-lanceolate, acute; calyx bell-shaped, about a line 
long and wide, smooth, the limb truncate, radiately folded within. 
Has.—Tropical forests of the Andaman islands.—F. Begin, of May.—s. 
HaB.—Tenasserim ; not unfrequent in the tropical forests of South Anda- 
man.—Fl. Apr.-May; Fr. June.—s. 
ae or by 2-3 from above 
Bee the scars of the fallen leaves or from id shies branches ; peduncles 
t, ne, 4 ; caly 
0 ae ed lamellate-nerved within, the limb truncate and 
ticulate ; petals obovate, acute, about a line long; 
sxserted ; berries globular, the size of a pea, when 
