Medinilla.'] ix. MELASTOMACEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 64,7 



* Flowers in axillary cymes (see also 10. M. Hmalayana). 

 . t Leaves whorled. 



1. m. rosea, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Sot. 484, t. 106; branches round, 

 leaves oljovate-oblong 3-nerved the two lateral nerves near the margin, flowers 

 4-merou3. N'aud. in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 286 ; TriaTia in Trans. Idna. Soc. 

 xxviii. 85. 



Malacca, Mount Ophir ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2282), Maingay No. 796. — 

 DiSTHiB. Marianne Islands. 



Learns 1^ in.; petiole \ in. Cymes S-lO-flowered. Flowers large. Anthers 

 shortly produced at the base, connective having a short spur. Berry nearly i in. 

 broad, ovoid. Seeds falcate-ellipsoid, raphe not excurrent. 



2. M. macrocarpa, Blume Rumph. i. 14, t. 2 ; branches round, leaves 

 obovate-oblong acute 3-nerved, flowers 5-merous. Naud. in Ann. So. Nat. 

 ser. 3. XV. 293 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 544 ; Triana in Trans. lAnn. Soe. 

 xrviii. 86. 



Malacca ; Maingay No. 799. — Disteib. Malay Archipelago. 



Leaves 2^4 in. ; petiole ^-f in. Cyme 3-10-flowered. Flowers large. Calyx- 

 limb even in the bud truncate entire in Maingay's examples. Anthers long, pro- 

 duced at the base, spur of the connective long. Berry | in. wide, hardly narrowed 

 upward. Seeds falcate-ellipsoid, smooth, raphe not excurrent. 



tt Leaves opposite, 



3. M. XZasseltll, Blume in Flora 1831, p. 613 ; branches round verru- 

 cose, leaves lanceolate, flowers 4-merou8, fruit ovoid, calyx-rim not produced far 

 above the fruit, seeds obovoid smooth slightly flattened on the side of the raphe 

 which is not produced. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 542. M. crassifolia, Triana 

 in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxviii. 86, partly. Melastoma laurifolium, Wall. Cat. 4084. 



Sotgapoeb; Wallich. Malacca; llaingay 'So. 797. — ^Disteib. Java, Sumatra. 



Leaves 4-7 in., 3-nerved, an obscure pair of nerves very near the margin some- 

 times added, very acuminate, narrowed at the base in the Indian examples (less so in 

 Blume's authentic specimen) ; petiole ^-J in. Anthers at the base distinctly but 

 shortly produced, spur of the connective short. Fruit ^ in. diam. — Eeduced to M. 

 crassifolia by Triana ; but, as Blume observes, the leaves are much longer, with 

 shorter petioles, and the flowers 4-merous. The true M. crassifolia, Blume, has not 

 been found in British India. 



Vae. Griffithii ; cymes lateral on short peduncles but greatly developed repeat- 

 edly divided with opposite branches at right angles and sometimes 40 flowers on one 

 cyme.— Mount Ophir, Malacca; Gri^iA (Kew Distrib. No. 2282). 



4. nx, rublcunda, Blume in Flora, 1831, 613 ; branches round some- 

 what striated, leaves elliptic or lanceolate, flowers 4-merous, fruit ovoid, calyx- 

 rim very short, seed obovoid smooth slightly flattened on the side of the raphe 

 which is not produced. Naud. in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 288, t. 13, fig. 1 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 539 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 86. 

 M. erythrophylla, Imdl. in Paxt. Mag. Bat. x. 79 ; Naud. I. c. 289 ; Miq. I c. 

 540. Melastoma rubicunda, Ja/ih in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 18; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 148 ; Wall. Cat. 4086. M. erythrophyllum, Wall. Cat. 4085. 



I 

 SuBTEOPioAL Himalaya from Sikkim eastward. Khasia Mts., alt. 2000-5000 ft., 

 common. Pinang ; WalUch. — Disteib. Sumatra. 



Leaves 2-6 in., narrowed at both ends, 3-5-nerved, one pair of nerves often 

 starting \ in. above 'the base of the leaf; petiole 0-j in. Peduncles rarely 1 in. 



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