Medinilla.] lx. MELASTOMACBai. (0. B. Clarke.) 549 



9. M. speclosa, Blume in Flora 1831, 515 ; branches ^ick smootli 

 with numerous erect hristles at the nodeSj leaves 6-10 in. in whorls of 4 or 3 

 leas often in pairs subsessUe obovate-lanceolate 7-9-nerved one pair of nerves 

 starting 1-4 in. above the base of the leaf. Bot. Mag. t. 4321 ; Naud. in Ann. 

 So. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 291 ; Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 540 ; Triana in Trans. lArvn. 

 Soc. xxviii. 87. Melastoma eximium, Blume Bijd. 1072, not of Jack. 



Malata ; Maingay No. 798. — Distkib. Java, Moluccas. 



Panicle long, branches •vfhorled ; bracts J in., narrow obovate-lanceolate ; pedicels 

 calyx and petals rose. Anthers shortly produced at the base, spur of the connective 

 short. Fruit \-\ in. broad, ovoid, rim of the calyx shortly produced above the fruit. 



10. nX. blmalayana, Hook. f. ; Triana in Tram. Linm. Soc. xxviii. 

 88 ; branches round smooth striate, leaves nearly sessile broadly elliptic, cymes 

 terminal and quasi-lateral trichotomous, peduncles 1-1^ in., pedicels divaricate 

 in fruit. 



Snuuii ; alt. 3000-6000 ft. ; J. B. H. Khasia Mts. ; Surareem, alt. 5000 ft. ; 

 /. D. H., C. B. Clarice. 



Leaves 2J in., 3-5-nerved almost from the base, obtusely acuminate ; petiole not 

 I in. Flowers f in. diam., rose. Anthers 2-tubercled at the base, connective without 

 a spur. Berry | in. diam., spherical. — This species has been confounded in her- 

 baria with M. rubicunda, which is found over the same area. In M. himalayana 

 the terminal panicle is small and often only quasi-axillary panicles are seen : but the 

 peduncle is much longer than in M. rubicunda and the branches of the panicle in 

 fruit are divaricate, not ascending as in M. rubicmida. 



11. DX. pauciflora, Sook. f. ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 88 ; 

 ultimate branchlets subquadrangular, leaves seasUe elliptic, cymes terminal very 

 short few-flowered. 



SiKxiM at Darjeeling ; Herb. Griffith (Zew Distrib. No. 2283). 



Leaves IJ in,, 3-nerved from the base, abruptly acuminate. Mowers f in. diam., 

 very shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube campanulate, limb obscurely 4-toothed. Anthers 

 small, linear, with two tubercles at the base, connective without a spur. — Only one 

 example of this has been seen : the inflorescence is strictly terminal ; the locality is 

 not quite certain and may be " East Himalaya." 



mpBEFECTLY KNOWN AND DOTTBTFOI SPECIES. 



M. Maiksati, C. B. Clarke ; glabrous, branches round smooth, leaves 1-li in. 

 opposite sessile ouneate-obovate obtuse 3-nerved, flowers 4-fid, petals \ in., anthers 

 oblong narrowed upwards opening by a terminal pore with two tubercles at base and 

 no distinct spur on the connective, seeds oblong elliptic smooth larger than in the 

 other species of Medinilla. — Malacca ; Maingay No. 807, 806. 



There is nothing to show the nature of the inflorescence or the shape of the berry. 



M. Geipfithii, C. B. Clarice; glabrous, branches round remotely verrucose, 

 leaves 5-7 in. elliptic acuminate at both ends 3-nerved, petiole 4-| in., inflorescence 

 in weak axillary cymes, fruit small, seeds of the genus. — ^Mishmee ; Griffith (Kew 

 Distrib. No. 2281). 



This differs by its large long-petioled leaves from all the other species. 



M. MEEOTJIEN3IS, C. B. Clarke; glabrous, branches round smooth, leaves 2-3| 

 in. obovate-elliptic obtuse 3-nerved, petiole ^-| in., cyme compound, anthers ob- 

 long narrowed upwards with a terminal pore, a long spur to the connective near the 

 base but the tubercles at the apex of the filament very obscure. — Mbksui ; Griffith 

 (in Herb. Wight). 



Only a detached fragment of the panicle is preserved. This may be a Pachy- 

 centria. 



