Memeoylm.] Lx. melastomaceje. (C. B, Clarke.) 561 



ttttt £erri/ less than ^ in. diam. Infloresoenee less than 2 in. Leaves 

 usually less than 4 in., distinctly acuminate, often rostrate, base not cordate, 

 petiole short. (See also M. grande above). N.B. This series only differs 

 from the M. edule series l>y tlie more distinct acumination of the leaves. 



30. 9X. laevigratum, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 358 ; leaves 2-3 in. hroad- 

 elliptic suddenly shortly acuminate at hoth ends, petiole ^-^ in., peduncles clus- 

 tered O-J in., inflorescence not f in., huds large very acute. Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. 576 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soo. xxviii. 157 ; Kwz For. Fl. i. 513. 

 M. Myrtilli, Blume I. e. 357 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 578. M. pachyderma, Wall. 

 Cat. 4104. M. Vosmaerianum, Scheffer in Flora 1870, 249. 



Tavot ; Wallich. Tenasseeim and Andamans ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2328). 

 Malacca; MaingaylSo. 817 ^Distbie. Java, Sumatra, Bocnea. 



Branchlets round (Blume says subquadrangular in M. Imvigatum, terete in M. Myr- 

 tillus; but they seem all the same and never distinctly quadrangular). Leaves some- 

 •what thin but opaque, nerves obscure but can be seen. Peduncles occasionally terminal 

 as well as axillary. Galyx-tvhe at the time of flowering more than \ in., wide, saucer- 

 shaped. Vim on the apex of the ovary obscurely rayed. Berry \ in. diam., globose, 

 subsessile, mouth small. 



Tab. sj^i?;ai«f!«»8, Thwaites Enum. 110 (sp.); petiole somewhat shorter, leaf long 

 decurrent (but in Thwaites' example No. 1567 the leaves are petioled exactly as in 

 M. sylvaticimi). — Ceylon ; alt. 2000-4000 ft. ; common, Thwaites. As Mr. Thwaites 

 remarks, some of his examples of M. sylvatictim are very near M. edule ; they differ 

 by the more acuminate leaves and the larger, sharply acute buds. Triana in Herbi 

 inquires how the two differ. 



31. IKE. intermedium, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 358 ; leaves 2-4 in> oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate at each end somewhat rostrate with the apex obtuse, 

 petiole |— J in,, peduncles solitary axillary j-f in., pedicels few ^-\ in., buda 

 somewhat large acute. M. umbellatum, Blume Bijd. 1094 ; Naud. in Ann. &;. 

 Nat. ser. 3. xviii. 273 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvHi. 157. M. garci- 

 nioides j3. elongatum, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 358. 



Tekasseeim or Andamans ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2335).— Disteib. Sumatra, 

 Java. 



Leaves somewhat thin, nerves all slender but visible. Calyx-tuhe at the time of 

 flowering saucer-shaped. Disc on the apex of the ovary obscurely rayed.; — This 

 species is exceedingly near M. Imvigatum ; the leaves are narrower with a longer 

 acumination ; the simple umbels at the summit of manifest peduncles give a slightly 

 different look to the inflorescence. 



32. ■OL. plebejum, Kurz For. Fl. i. 513 ; leaves 2J-3J in. eUiptic-lan- 

 ceolate acuminate acute at the base, petiole |-| in., cymes lateral short, other- 

 wise like M. edule. 



Pegu; Kurz. 



Leaves opaque, nerves scarcely visible, marginal quite obscure — Kurz' example 

 communicated exhibits neither flower nor fruit, so there must be doubt whether the 

 subjoined var. belongs. 



Vab. silhetense : peduncles 0-J in. clustered, inflorescence extending hardly J in., 

 calyx-tube at the time of flowering saucer-shaped or somewhat funnel-shaped small, 

 disc on the apex of the ovary prominently rayed. Chattuck, in the plain of Sylhet. 

 H.f. ^ r.— Leaves exactly those of M. plebejum Kurz. Marked M. lavigatum 

 Blume ? by Triana, but the inflorescence as well as the leaves must be nearer M. ple- 

 i^itm, unless all are referable to one species. 



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