120 MELASTOMACEiE. 



Tena marginali connectis), supra parce subtus dense sub lente punctata, 

 petiolis 1 cm. longis. GjmsB dense floratse 4 cm. longaa 6 cm. latse, ramis 

 ■oppositis angulo obtuso divaricatis, floribus ad apicem ramulorum 3-4r-natim 

 sessile vel pedicellatim dispositis, pedicellis ultimis 2 mm. longis. Calyx- tubus 

 late campanulatus 3 mm. longus 5 mm. latus ore suberoso. Petala connata 

 non distincte visa. Stamina oo, filamentis filiformibus 1 mm. longis, antheris 

 oblongis late globosis ^ mm. longis subcordatis apice intus connectivis globvili- 

 formibus terminatis. Ovarium inferius ad basin tubi calycis situm 1 mm. 

 longum. 



Hab. Kusukusu, leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki, Juni. 9, 1912. 



Near Ettgenm MiHettiana Hemsl. but differs from it by the densely 

 flowered cymes and leaves. 



Melastomaeeae. 



Melastoma Burm. 



Melastoma sangviineum Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2241 ; Foebes et Hemsl. 

 Lid. Fl. Sin. I. p. 300. 



Hab. Hainan, leg. N. Konishi, 1909, Juni. 



Melastoma tetramerum Hayata, sp. nov. Kami et ramuli tereto- 

 tetragoni piHs adpressis strigosis obtecti, cortice fusco-rubescenti demum 

 gradatim soluto. FoHa opposita ovato-eUiptica vel oblonga 4 cm. longa 1 J cm. 

 lata chartacea apice acuta basi obtusa margine Integra supra adpresse 

 regulariter pilosa subtus dense adpresse pilosa distincte 3-nervia, prsetera 

 2-marginalibus teniubus instructa, nervis omnibus subparaUelibus deorsum 

 ± divergentibus sursum convergentibus ad apicem foliorum attingentibus 

 supra subimpressis subtus elevatis dense adpresse pilosis, petiolis 7 mm. 

 longis supra sulcatis subteretibus. Flores ad apicem ramulorum axiUarium 

 solitarii vel terminales, peduncuHs 1-2 cm. longis. Calyx- tubus globoso- 

 urceolatus 7 mm. longus latior quam longior extus adpresse pilosus basi ro- 

 timdatus, ore plus minus contracto, limbo 4-lobato, lobis ti-iangulari-lanceolatis 



