l&OO.] G. Kitig — Materials for a Flora of the Maluyan Peninsula. 5 
adpres^ed bairs, the lower glabrona, glandular-punctate j length 2*5 
to 5 in., breadth '6 to 1*8 in. ; petiole *25 to '5 in. long. Flowers no\ito,ry 
or two or three together, bright purple, 2 to 3 in. in diam., the bracta 
few, eliort, acaminate ; pedicels under "5 in, Calyx-tuhe densely covered 
Tvith long, BexuoBej shining, coloared, bristly liaira ; "25 to *5 in. long, 
the teeth rattier shorter than the tube, ovate-lanceolate^ aoDminnte, 
glabrous inaide, deciduous. Frtdt "75 in. in diam., truncate at the apex» 
ovoid to ovoid-globular, '5 in. in diam. Jack in Trans, Linn. Soc- XIY, 
(1822) 6 • DC, Frodr. Ill, 146 ; Naud., Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, XIII, 282 ; 
Bl. Muh. Bot. I, 55 ; Gogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. VII, il45. 3/. mngnin&iiniy 
Sims in Bot. Mag.*t. 2241 ; DC. Prodr, III, 145 ; Don in Mem. Weru. 
Sac. IV, 289 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I, pt. T, 504 ; Naud. I.e. 281 j Tiiana 
in Trans. Liuu. Soo. 60; C- B. Clarke it. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Tnd. II, 524; 
Hemsl. in Jonr. Linn. Soc. XXIII, 300. malahathrica^ Sims in Bot. 
Mag. (not of Linn ) 529. M, Qavdichaudianuvi^ Naud. I.e. 278, 
M, macrocarpum^ Naud. I.e. 2H1 (not of Don). M. por-phyreiwij Bipp. et 
Bl. in Fiora 1831, II, 487. M. pedicellatum, Naud. I.e. 280 ; Cogn. in 
DC. Mon. Phan. VII, 346, 
Pekang ; Wallich 4042 ! Ehig, Gurtis 683. Malacca ; GrtfUh 
(K.D. ) 2245/1 ! Maiugay 773, 774 > Eidhi/ 3228. Pahang ; Bidley 2667. 
Kedah ; Ridley 5211. Pebak ; Scortechini 2123 ! King's Collector 1540, 
1853, 8754. DiSTRfR, Bnrma, China, Hongkong, Tonkin. 
Var. mollis^ Clarke in Hook, fil FL Br. Ind. II, 524 Young branches 
very hispid throughout theii- whole length ; leaves with nnmeroos anb- 
adpressed and spreading stifE hairs on both surfaces, especially on the 
nei-vea, Vidal Syn. PI. Filip. t. 51 ; fig, D. M. molle. Wall. Cat, 4046 ; 
Tnann in Linn. Trans. XXVIII, 60; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. 
VII, 346. M, crinitum, Naud. l,c, 624. M. malahathricum Blanco, ¥1, 
Filip, Ed. Ill, tab, 152 (not of Linn.). 
Singapore ; WalHch. Djsthib. Luzon ; Ouming 853. 
2. Melastoma iMBRtCATDM, Wall. Cat. 4047. A spreading shrub, 
5 to 15 feet high ; young branches (especially at the nodes and tips), 
petioles, pedicels and calyx covered with adpressed, lanceolate acuminate, 
serrulate scales. Leaves ellipfcic-oblong to ovate-oblonj?, rather abmptly 
narrowed at the base, the apex acute or acuminate ; main nerves 5 
( the two lateral slender) ; both surfaces strigose, the main nerves on 
the lower with adpressed scales ; length 3"5 to 8 5 in., breadth 1*5 
to 4 5 iu.» petiole -35 to 1'35 in. Cymes solitary, terminal, condensed, 
1'5 to 2 in. in diam., enclosed in bud by deciduous, lanceolate bracts 
and bracteoles. Flowers! to 15, 125 in. in diam.; the pedicels -15 in, 
long. Calyx-tube urceohite, the teeth shorter than the tube, lanceolate- 
acuminate, deeiduoua. Petals oblong. Anthers short. Fruit ovoid- 
globose or sub-globose, truncate and shortly toothed at the mouth. 
