544 LX. MELASTOMACEa;. (C. B. Clarke.) [DissocluBta. 



PiNAifG; Wallich, Porter. Maiacca; Afatn^nyNo. 791, 793. 



Leaves 2^-3^ in., glabrous atove, with scattered stellate hairs beneath ; petiole 

 ^ in. Pedicels 0-| in. PetaU rose (Jack). F¥uit ellipsoid, month of the caljx en- 

 larged. — ^Maingay's example No. 791 has largerfiowers than the WaUichian types but 

 appears to agree otherwise : the &uits in M^ngay*s examples are more than ^ in. 

 long (though not ripe). 



4. J>. pallida, JBlume in Flora, 1831, 500; branches and panicle mi- 

 nutely pubenilous with microscopic stellate often evanescent hairs, panicle some- 

 what spreading not leafy with minute lanceolate caducous liracts, calyx-tul)e of 

 the buds ^-J in. minutely puberulous or glabrous, limb (ia the bud) nearly 

 entire or very obscurely 4-lobed. Naud. in Ann. 8c. Nia. ser. 3. xv. 77, t. xv. 

 f. 4 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 528 ; Triana in Tram. lAnn. Soe. xxviiL 83. 

 D. superlM,, Naud. I. e. ; Miq. I. c. D. ovalifolia, Ncmd. I. c. 76; Miq. I. e. 527. 

 D. astrosticta, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 318. Melastoma pallida, .TocA; in Tram. 

 Linn. Soc. siv. 12 ; BC. Prodr. iii. 150 ; WaU. Cat. 4049. 



PruANo; WaUich. Malay PEimfsniA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2292). Snt- 

 OAPOBB, PnfANO &c ; Walier, MaiTigay No. 792. — Disxbib. Malaya Archipelago. 



Leaves attaining 6 by 3^ in., glabrous above, dotted beneath with separate stellate 

 minute hairs ; petiole J in. Pedxcels less than \ in. IVuit ovoid, month of the calyx 

 much enlarged. — The 4 shorter stamens are sometimes obsolete, which accounts for 

 the multiplication of species here by authors. 



** Anthers short, oblong, truncate, not narrowed upwards. 



This section is much more distinct from section * than the latter is from Maru- 

 mia ; there is no case of intermediate anthers, they are either decidedly truncate or 

 very elongate. The three species of this section ** sire veiy closely allied ; the panicle 

 is large and lax, the ultimate pedicels short, the bracts caducous, the flowers small, 

 the calyx-Umb from the bud truncate or only very obscurely 4-lobed. 



5. D. intermedia, Blume ia Flora, 1831, 493; leaves beneath and 

 panicle stellately tomentose sometimes ferruginous, fruit ^ in. broad more or less 

 pubescent crowned by the enlarged calyx-mouth not distinctly ribbed. Naui. 

 tn Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 72 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. i. 524 ; Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. -xxviii. 83. Melastoma rubipnosum, WaU. Cat. 4052, partlij. 



PiNANGand Singapoke; Wallich. Malay Pbninscia, ffriJpA (Kew Distrib. No. 

 2287), Selfer (Kew Distrib. No. 2286).— Distbib. Malay Archipelago. 



Leaves 3 in. ; petiole 1 in. Nodes of paiiicle often much thickened. Flowers 

 rather larger than in the two following species. 



6. D. celebica, Blume Mus. Bat. i. 36; leaves beneath and panicle 

 rufous-stellate tomentose, fruit less than | in. broad minutely pubescent ribbed, 

 calyx-limb caducous leaving only a scar. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 580 ; 

 Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 83. D. microcarpa, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 3. XV. 72 ; Miq. I. c. 533. D. bancana, Miq. I c. 529. Melastoma Max, 

 Wall. Cat. 4050 ; ? Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 13. M. rubiginosum. Wall. 

 Cat. 4052, partlj/. 



PiNANG ; Wallich. Malay Peotnstjia ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2288). Ma- 

 IA.CCA ; Maiv^ay No. 790. Singapobb ; T. Anderson. — Distbib. Malay Archipelago. 



Leaves 3 in. : petiole | in. Nodes ot panicle often much thickened Not well dis- 

 tinct from the preceding species. 



7. ». gracilis, Blume in Flora, 1831, p. 498 ; leavesbeneath and panicle 

 glabrous or very neai-ly so, fruit less than | in. broad glabrous ovoid much nai- 



