4 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Mahiyan Fettutstda. [No. I, 
Andaman Islands j commoD, King's ColledorB. Distrib, Celebes. 
2. Otantuera kicobaseksis, Teysm. et Binn. PJ. Nov. Hoi fc. Bogor. 
29, LeavB6 lanceolate or oblong-ovate, acuminate, upper surface sparsely 
atrigose, the nerves glabrous \ lower glabrous except the strigose nerves ; 
length 3 to 4 5 in,, breadth 1'25 to 2 in., petioles "5 to 1 in. Calyx-tuhe 
qnite glabrous ; the teeth sub-ciliate. C. B. Clarke in Hook. fiL Fl. Br, 
Ind. II, 522 ; Km-z, Journ, As. Soo. Bengal, 1876, pt. II, 131 ; Cogn. in 
DC. Moti. Phan. VII, 342. 
N I COB A R I s L A N D s ; Novara FstpetUi ion. 
This has been collectod only by the botainstB of the AuBtrinn eiiwdititrti. 
It m the only epecioa of th& genus with a glnbrone cwljx. 
2. Melastoma, Linu. 
Scaly, strigose or vrllons slirnbB, Leaves petioled, oblong or- lanceo- 
late» entire, 3-7 -nerved. Flowers terminal, solitary, clustered or panicled, 
rose or purple^ 5- (rarely 6-7-) merone, Oalya:-tuh€ ovoid or campann- 
late, with simple (rarely with peniciUate) hairsj lobes deciduous. Peials 
equal in number to the calyx-lobes, Stam&ns twice as many as the 
petals, very unequal, alternate longer ones with purple anthers having 
the connective long-prodaced at the base and terminating in two lobes, the 
shorter ones having yellow antliers, the connective not produced but 
with two tubercles in front. Ovary ovoid, more or less united to the 
calyX'tnbe, 5- (rarely 6-7-) celled, apex beadng hmtles ; style filiform, 
simple; ov^nlee vei;y nuraeroas, pJacenias axile. Fmit berried, succalent 
or coriaceous j enveloped in the calyx-tube, bursting iii'egnlarl}^. Seeds 
minate, very many» curved through half a circle, minntely pauctate. — 
DiSTRiD. Species 40 ; Asia, North Australia and Polynesia. 
Col yx- tube densely covered with longj fleiiuoaej spreading, 
Bhining, coloured bristly hairs '25 to '5 in. long ; yoqng 
branches, petioles, and pedicolB with stiff apreading 
bristles f Hovrers 2 to 3 in, in diam. ... 1. M, decemfidum. 
Calyx. tnl>e, young branches, petioles and pedicels with 
adpresaed, lanceolate aotiminate, sei-rulate scales : cyirtea 
condensed, fiowera 1'2S in, ftct^asa ... 2 . M. itnhricatum* 
Calyx* tube densely clothed with linear aouminafce, entire 
or sen-ate acalea, those of the young bra nob es, petioles 
and pedicels ahorter and broader i corynaba with 
deoidnons (often ^argo) bruotB ; flower a 2 to 3 in. across 
(only 1'26 in var. pernhetisis) ... ... 3. M. nmlabathricum, 
1. Melastoma OECKMFmuM, Roxb. Hort. Beiig. 90; FL Ind. IT, 
406. A shrub, 5 to 10 feet high ; young branches at the nodes and 
near the tips, petioles and pedicels with nnnierooR stiff, spreading 
briatlee. Leaves narrowly -lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuininafe, 
3- to 5-nerved ; the upper surface smooth except for a few scattered 
