1900.] G. King — Alateriah for a Flora of the Malayan Penhisula. 61 
acute. M'ruii ovoid, *3 in, in diam. Bot Mag. t. 4321 ; Moireti in Anii. 
Soc. HoH. Gand. V, 261 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Wai Ser. 3, XY, 291 ; Miq. 
FL Ind. Bat. I, pt. T, p. 540; Trinna in Linn. Trana. XXVIII, 87 j 
C. B. Clarke in Hook, ifil FL Br. Ind, II, 549. MeIasto7na eximinm, 
Blnme Bijdr, (not of Jack). Melastoma speciosuinj lleinw, ex Blumej 
in Flora, 183 J, 610. 
Malacca; Maingmj (Kew Distrib.) 798. Pfxang ; HuUell 203; 
Curtu 874 ; King's CoUedor 1595, Perak ; Wray 3218 ; King's Colkdor 
2052. DiSTBiB, Moluccas, Java, Sumatra. 
3. Medinilla heteranthera, King, m sp, Epipytal and ten'es- 
trialj bitches slender^ smooib, reddisli when freak, drying dark 
pnrplieh-brown. Leaves of the pairs somewliat uneqnal, ovate-lanceolate 
to lanceolate, acuminate, the base slightly oarrowed, glabrous, 3-nerved ; 
length 2'5 to 5"25 in, ; brcarlth 1 t<? 18 in. ; petioles '3 to '8 in. Pajticles 
terminal on the branchei, half as long aa tbe leaves, corjmbosely 
cymose, 5- or G- flowered, minutely bracteolate. Flowers '75 in. long, 
their pedicels much shorter. Calyx- tube cylLudric, the mouth wide and 
with 4 bimd, shallow teeth. Fekds 4, ovate-lanceolate, shortly acumi- 
nate. 8tam&fis 8 ; antliers unequal, the larger four twice aa Jong as 
the shorter four, all curved, much acuminate and with two tnberclea 
at the base in fronts tbe shorter 4r with a sliort spur on the connective 
btdiiud, the larger with no spar. Fridt globular-ovoid, crowned by the 
wide calyx-limb, '35 in. in diam. 
PEBAKi Scoriechini 341; King's CoUedor, 3291,3644, 6304, 6904 1 
Wray 397 ; at elevations of from 3000 to 4500 feet. 
This resembles if, EorefieldU, Miq,,— a epeciea frtun Java aud Boi-noo— wLicli 
however Iielb B-meroaB flowers, obovats petals and leavea of tbiuner texture, 
AcoordJng to Soortecb.iiii tbe petali ate v.'SLXy vvblte tinged with red uad tbe atumeua 
we yellow. 
Var, latifolm. Leaves broadly elliptic, shortly acuminate, tbe base 
cuneatc, 2 5 to 3*75 iu. long and 1'5 to 2 in. broad. 
Peeak ; JTiwy's CoUedor 8017 ; Wmy 268. 
4. MEDiNrLLA visNDSTA, King, n. sp, Epiphytal, 2 to 4 feet longj 
glabrous; branches stout, fvith large, scattered tubercles, glabrous. 
Leaves large, opposite, thinly coriaceous, sesBiIe, elliptic, shortly acumi- 
nate, nan-owed to the base, boldly 3-nerved above the base with often 
a faint, small, basal, marginal pair ; length 6 to 9 in. ; breadth 2 75 to 
4 in. Cymes much shorter than the leaves, laxly nmbellate, axillary 
or from the axils of fallen leaves, about 6-flowered ; the pedicels 
slender, bibracteolate at the base. Fhimrs neai-ly I itj. loDg. Calyx* 
tube cam panu late, '35 in. long, with a nan-ow, obscurely 4- toot lied limb. 
