524 IX. MBLASTOMACBa!. (0. B. Clarke.) [Melastoma. 



subpatent^ with short often soft hairs hetween the nerves beneath, bracts lanceo- 

 late or lanceolate-obovate much smaller than the buds and early deciduous, 

 scaly hairs on the calyx-tube flat lanceolate, calyx-teeth triangular acute gla- 

 brous ■within shorter than the tube and often (O. hrachyodan, Naud.) very short. 

 Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xiii. 287 ; Mig. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. i. 602. 

 M. maJabathricum, Jack in Trans. lAnn. Soe. xix. b, 4, with Jig. ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austral, iii. 292, partly. M. brachyodon, Naud. I. c. 292. 



Sotqapoee; Sir B. Schomimrgk, T. Anderson. — Bistbib. Throughout Malaya 

 abundant to North Australia. 



Only differs from M. malahathricvm, in the smaller bracts and shorter calyx-teeth ; 

 and is united with it by Mr. Bentham. 



3. nX. nonnale, Ban Prodr. 220 ; branches densely shaggy, leaves with 

 short patent hairs above and pubescent or villous beneath, calyx-teeth long lan- 

 ceolate hairy within nearly to their base. DC. Prodr. iii. 145 ; Naud. in Ami. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xiii. 289; Kurz Far. Fl. i. 504. M. Wallichii, DC. Prodr. iii. 

 146 ; WcOl. Cat. 4039, partly. M. napalensis, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 707. 



NiPAL to Bhotan, alt. 2000-6000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft., frequent.— 

 DiSTEiB. Ava, Kwz. 



A large shrub, reaching 20 ft. in the interior Himalaya. Leaves 3-5 in., lanceo- 

 late ; petiole |— | in. flowers 3-10, clustered ; bracts not large nor enclosing the 

 buds ; petals a brighter more rosy mauve than in M. malahathricwm. Frait as in 

 M. maiabathricmn or rather larger. — M. velutirmm Seem, of Polynesia does not belong 

 here. 



4. Z)K. Imbricatnm, Wall. Cat. 4047 ; stem densely clothed with ad- 

 pressed ovate obtuse scales, leaves beneath wil^ very small scabrous hairs, scales 

 on the calyx-tube flat ovate acute, calyx-teeth ovate acuminate hairy within 

 half-way down, fruit ovoid the margin at the top somewhat dilated. Triana in 

 Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxviii. 60, but the syn. M. fasdcvZare Naud. is doubtful. 



• East Bengal; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2242). Penang, WaMich; Tenasse- 

 EDi, Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2243). 



Apparently very large. Leaves 8 in., broad-elliptic, acute ; petiole 2 in. Mowers 

 in terminal clusters of about 12 ; bracts not large. Fruit ^-f in., ovoid. 



** Sairs on the calyx-tube long, at their base spreading, then ascending or 

 patent. 



5. IMC. sang'ttineum, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2241 ; stem with scaittered 

 long harsh patent hairs, leaves glabrous above scabrous beneath on the nerves and 

 minutely hairy between them or nearly glabrous, calvx-teeth linear-lanceolate. 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 145 ; Don, in Mem. Wem. Soc. iv. 289 ; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 pt. i. 604 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xiii. 281. M. decemfidum. Jack in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 6 ; Bo-vb. Fl. Ind. ii. 406 ; Wall. Cat. 4042 ; DO. Prodr. 

 iii. 146 ; Naud. I. c. 282 ; JKiwa in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 75. 



Pbnang, Singapoee and Malacca ; Wallieh, Cuming, Griffith, Maingay. — Distbib. 

 Malaya and South China. 



Leaves 4-5 in., narrowly lanceolate ; petiole J-J in. Mowers 1-4, clustered, often 

 very large, rose-purple. Bristles on the calyx-tube often |-^ in., hair-pointed. Fruii 

 I in. wide and upwards. 



Vae. moUe, Wall. Cat. 4046 ; leaves 6 by 2^ in. with scattered villous hairs on 

 both surfaces. M. crinitum, Naud. l.e. 280. 



6. UK, Boutteanum, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 8. xiii. 291 ; branches 

 with dense adpressed or ascending villous hairs, leaves with scattered hairs above 

 shortly villous beneath, calyx-teeth linear-lanceolate. Kurz Far. Fl. i. 504. 



