Memeeylon.'] lx. melastomacej!. (G. B. Clarke.) 657 



15. BE. heteropleuruxn, Slume Mus. Sot. i. 362 ; leaves 4r-6 in. nearly 

 sessile narrowly elliptic acuminate nerves distinct, inflorescence close axillary, 

 tuds ottuse, flowers large. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 679 ; Triana in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. 167. 



Edema and Maiat Peninsula ; Griffith (No. 2337 Kew Bistrib.). Maiacca ; 

 Jlfai»yay No. 816. Sinoapore; Maimffat/ TSo. 815. — Distbib. Sumatra and Java. 



Leaves acute, but not at all acuminate at the base ; both the secondary and marginal 

 nerves prominent. Calyx-tvhe saucer-shaped at the time of flowering, limb truncate 

 even in the bud. IHsc flat, prominently rayed, Berry J in. diam. or more, areola 

 J in. ivide, somewhat prominent, disc much depressed. 



16. nx. cerasiforme, Kurz, For. Fl. i. 616; leaves 3-4 in. elliptic 

 acuminate at both ends coriaoeous, 'berries in short cymes J in. diam. very 

 succulent. 



Chittagong ; Km-z. 



Leaves dried olive-yellow, lateral nerves obscure ; petiole J in. Flowers not seen. 

 Peduncles (of the fruits) ^ in., pedicels | in. Berries blue-black unusually succulent. 



17. nx. nXaln^ayl, C. B. Clarke ; leaves 8 in. subsessUe oblong-lanceo- 

 late rounded or subcordate at the base secondary and marginal nerves promi- 

 nent, cymes clustered axillary, peduncles and pedicels about ^ in. stout, flowers 

 very large, buds obtuse, calyx-tube at the time of flowering campanulate limb 

 truncate disc somewhat convex very prominently rayed. 



Malacca ; Maingay No, 814. 



The finest species of the genus, the flowers being far larger than in any other spe- 

 cies, the calyx-tube in bud nearly \ in. wide. Maingay's example does not show fruit, 

 but from the size of the flower it may be presumed that it would be large. 



18. Itl. microstoxnum, C. B. Clarke ; leaves 6 in. sessile ovate or ob- 

 long subobtuse cordate at the base opaque, flowers small densely clustered axil- 

 lary, berry nearly ^ in. diam., calyx-limb 0,, areola scarcely ^ in. diam. 



Malacca ; Keddah Peak, Maingay No. 821. ? Malay PENmsuLA, Col. Lorn. 



A small tree (Maingay). Leaves thick, snbamplexicaul, marginal nerves obscure, 

 secondary visible. Pedicels less than | in., slender. Buds obtuse ; calyx-tviha 

 funnel-shaped at the time of flowering, rays of the disc very obscure. 



tt Berry less than ^ in. diam. Irtfloreseenee 2 in. or more, except in M. 

 merguioum and M. grande. 



19. DC, Amberstlanuiu, C. B. Clarke; leaves 2-3 in. oblong acute 

 very thick nerveless, petiole ^ in., panicle large terminal. Wall. Cat. 9127. 



Amheest; WalUch. 



Howers in close umbels at the summits of the ultimate branches of the panicle. — 

 Differs from M. paniculatum, Jack, in the much smaller and thicker leaves. 



20. nx, g^rande, Betz Obs. iv. 26 ; leaves 3-5 in. elliptic or somewhat 

 ovate acuminate narrowed but not at all acuminate at the base, petiole | in., 

 peduncles ^-1 in. solitary or 2-3 together thick, berry nearly ^ in. wide areola 

 A in. wide. Wall. Cat. 4103 ; Triana in Trams. lArm. Soc. xxviii. 168. M, 

 laxiflorum. Wall. Cat. 4472. M. edule var. 0, Thwaites Fmm. 110. M. am- 

 biguum, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 369 ; Triana I.e. 



Ceylon ; Thwaites, No. 3442. Singapore ; Wallich — Disteib. Java. 



