Memecylon,'] ix. MelasiomAcEjE. (0. B. Clarke.) 655 



marginal obscure ; petiole sometimes manifest, attaining ^ in. Flowers blue, some- 

 wliat- large, buds obtuse. CaZyx-tvbe truncate even in the bud. Disc depressed, 

 distinctly rayed. Serry \ in. diam., spherical, areola very small, about ^L jn| 

 wide. 



■f-f Leaves rarely attaining 4 iji., ttsually opaque, nerves obscure. 



7. M. amabile, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 163 ; leaves 1^-2^ in. nearly- 

 sessile oblong-lanceolate opaque, base cordate, peduncles ^-f in. 1-3 together 

 axiUary and terminal, pedicels | in. 



South Canaha Ghats, up to 2000 ft. ; Beddome. 



Cymes small, simple on each peduncle or compound but close. Calyx-tube funnel- 

 shaped at the time of flowering, limb truncate ; buds obtuse. Petals blue. Disc 

 plane (Beddome). — Very probably a form of J)f. terminale No. 22 with quadrangular 

 liranchlets ; but the peduncles are rather shorter, and the flowers smaller. 



Var. malaccensis ; leaves 1^2^ in. oblong acuminate base rounded very opaque 

 coriaceous, peduncles J in. clustered axillary and terminal, cymes simple, pedicels less 

 than I in. — Malacca, Maingay No. 819. — ^Branchlets quadrangular, 4-winged below 

 the nodes. Petiole ^L in. Buds acute, not large. Calyx-tube saucer-shaped at the 

 time of flowering ; limb in the bud nearly truncate. Disc depressed, obscurely rayed. 

 — This is perhaps really allied to M. faudjlorum No. 10, but the leaves differ 

 materially in their rounded base and acuminate apex. 



8. nx. ele^antulum, Thioaites Enum. 112 ; leaves 3 in. narrow-lanceo- 

 late long acuminate apex obtuse, panicles filiform somewhat elongate few- 

 flowered, pedicels subsolitary one half longer than the calyx. Triana in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. 169. 



Ceylon ; Saffragam district at no great elevation ; Thwaites. 

 Leaves acute at the base, nerves obscure ; petiole ^ in. Flowers white. Berry 

 spherical, the size of a pea. 



9. ItZ. graclle, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 164 ; leaves 1-1 J in." elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate apex obtuse, peduncles solitary j in. 8-flowered, pedicels 

 ^in. 



Teavancohe and TiinravBiLT Ghats ; Col. Beddome. 



A small tree or large shrub; branchlets slender, distinctly quadrangular. Leaves 

 opaque, nerves very obscure; petiole ^-| in. Petals pale blue. Disc distinctly 

 rayed. — Beddome describes the pedicels as 2-3 in. long, probably a misprint for 2-3 

 hues. 



10. IMC. pauciflorum, Blume Mus. Bat. i. 356 ; leaves ^-1^ in. subsessile 

 rhomboid oblong or elliptic obtuse or acute but not acuminate opaque acute at 

 the base, peduncles scarcely any, pedicels less than \ in. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 pt. i. 678 ; Triana in Tram. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 158 ; JSurz For. Fl. i. 614. M. 

 australe, F. Mtiell. ex Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 169. M. umbellatum, 

 Benth. Fl. Austral, iii. 293, not of others. 



Chittagong ; H. f. 4^ T. Meegui ; Griffith ; Tbnasserim, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 

 No. 2332). AxDAMANS ; Kure. Sinbapoee ; ioiJ.— Disteib. Through Malaya to 

 North Australia. 



A tree 20-25 ft. high. Flowers minute, whitish (Kurz). Calyx at the time of 

 flowering saucer-shaped. Disc distinctly rayed. Buds very acute or rostrate. 

 Berry l in. diam., spherical, areola scarcely Jg in. wide; pedicel J-| in. — Miquel 

 (Fl. Ind: Bat. i. pt. i. p. 578) says that M. paumflorvM is hardly more than a form 

 of M. myrsinoides Blume ; and Blume's authentic specimens hardly differ except 



