] LX. MBIASTOMACE^, (0. B. Clarke.) 527 



distiehons; at the summits spreading pendent with leaves on all sides. Leaves 1-2 in.^ 

 narro-wed at the base, minutely furfuraeeous or nearly glabrous, 3-nerved from the- 

 base with two additional nerves from the midrib much higher up ; pejiiole \ in. Fetals= 

 J in. — " One of the most beautiful of Ceylon plants " (Thwaites). 



6. AI.X.OIIXORPKXA, Blume. 



Shrubs, tall or short. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, large, lanceolate ovate- 

 or orhicvdar, 16-nerved, glabrous or nearly so. Panicles terminal, compound^ 

 ■vfith small flowers in clustered -vs-horls. Calyx-tvhe funnel-shaped or campan- 

 ulate, limb of 4 very short lobes. Petals 4, rose or -white, small. Stamem 8,. 

 nearljr equal ; anthers attenuated at the top -with one pore, cells long-produced 

 and diverging at their bases ; connective -without appendage. Ovary 3- (rarely 

 4-)«!elled enclosed by but nearly free from the calyx- tube; style filiform, 

 simple ; ovules very many, placentas axile, 2-fld. Capeule small, dry, -um-shapeA 

 or subcylindric, ribbed, opening at the top by 3-4 valves. Seeds very many, 

 narro-wly obtrapezoidal. — toisiEiB. Species 6: -whereof 4 are from the Malay 

 Peninsula and its attached islands ; 1 from Canton. 



1. A. exig'ua, Blume in Flora, 1831, p. 523 ; leaves lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate not cordate at the very base, pedicels in fruit not more than | in., 

 fruit ovoid 3-celled prominently O-ribbed contracted at the top below the- 

 permanent calyx-rim. Navd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 310 ; Triana in Trans, 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. 74. Melastoma exigua. Jack in Trans. Linn. iSoc. xiv. 10 1 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 149 ; Wall. Cat. 4048. 



Penang and Maiacca ; WalUoh, Griffith, &e. — Disteib. Philippines. 



A tall shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves often 9-10 in. ; petiole 1-3 in. Panicle 

 minutely rusty-pubescent ; bracts J-J in., lanceolate or narrow-spathulate. Gdlyx-tvhe 

 most minutely hairy. Eipe/rMJi ^ in. broad. 



2. A. umbellulata, Sook.f. ms.; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 74; leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate often cordate at the very base, pedi- 

 cels umbeUulate in bud | in. and more. Kurz For. Fl. i. 606. 



Tenasseeim or Andamans ; Heifer (Kew DiStrib. No. 2260). 



Shrub 10 ft. (HeKer) ; nearly glabrous except the panicle which is minutely pu- 

 bescent and much more lax than liat of A. exigua. Flowers larger than those of A,- 

 exigiia. Calyx-inbe in the young flowers funnel-shaped rather than campanulate f 

 teeth more prominent. Fruit unknown. 



3. A. Griffithtl, Sooh. f. MS. ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 74) 

 leaves round obtuse cordate at the base, panicle elongate -with small distant 

 whorls which are shortly corymbose rather than umbelled or clustered. 



Malacca, Griffith, Walker, Maimtgay No. 775. 



Almost stemless ; rootstock woody. Leaves 6-6 in. long and more broad, glabrous 

 OT slightly puberulous beneath. Panicle about 12 in., rusty-pubescent. Calyx-tmbe 

 campanulate, minutely hairy. Fruit unknown. 



4. A. hlspida, Kurz in Flora, 1871, 290; petioles thick 6 in. hispid 

 bristly, leaves 8-9 in, ovate 9-ribbed sparsely bristly above more densely beneath 

 especially on the nerves, panicles glabrous or with bristles at the divisions, pedi- 

 cels slender about \ in. so that the flowers are in subseasile clusters, calyx-tube 

 4^ribbed carrying some long bristles short campanulate -with minute teeth, ovary 

 adnate to the calyx near the base only. 



BnBMA, Martaban ; Dr. Brandis (Kurz). 

 Not seen : the above is copied from Kurz. 



