760 lviii. myrtacE/E. [Planchonia. 
(1) P. valida Bl. FI. de Serves xiii. 24. PI. sundaica Miq. FI. 
Ind. Bot. i. 493 ; King, l.c. 142. 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 1-3 to 2 ft. through. Leaves obovate, 
apiculate crenulate, membranous; nerves 12 to 18 pairs, 3 to 
6-5 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles *3 to *6 in. long. Racemes 
2 in. long, about 10-flowered. Flowers large, white, sessile. Calyx 
campanulate. Stamens white, base pink. Fruit oblong-ovoid. 
Hab. Rare in forests. Perak, Gunong Malacca, Kinta (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
(2) P. grandis Ridl. Journ. Roy. / 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 9. 
Big tree 80 ft. tall and 3 ft. through. Leaves very coriaceous, 
obovate-oblong, short acuminate entire ; nerves prominent 15 pairs, 
6 in. long, 3*25 in. wide ; petioles *5 in. long. Spikes short, terminal, 
many-flowered. Calyx obconic, lobes orbicular, ovate. Petals 
green, 75 in. long. Staminal whorl 4 in. across, white, base crim¬ 
son. Fruit oblong globose green fleshy, white inside, 3 in. long, 
2 in. through. Seeds 3 or more, brown. Hab. Singapore; Garden 
Jungle, one tree. 
12 . CAREYA, Roxb. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate crowded at the branch 
ends, membranous, crenate. Flowers large, racemed or spicate. 
Calyx-tube campanulate; lobes 4 Petals 4. Stamens many in 
several series, connate at base ; filaments filiform, inner- and outer¬ 
most without anthers. Ovary 4- to 5-celled with an annular disc ; 
ovules numerous on axile placentas in 2 rows in a cell. Fruit 
globose. Seeds numerous in pulp. Species 3, India. 
(1) C. arborea Roxb. Cor, PL iii. 14, t. 218; Clarke, in Hook, 
fil, F.B.I. ii. 511. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves obovate 12 in. long, 6 in. wide ; 
petioles -2 to 1 in. long. Spikes 3-flowered, 3 to 8 in. long. Calyx 
1 in. long. Petals 175 in. long, white; filaments red, 2 in. long. 
Fruit globose, 2-5 in. long, 2 in. wide. Hab. Open sandy country 
in the north; Setul. Perlis, Ginting Kabok. Lankawi. Distrib. 
India, Siam. Native name : Putat Kedang. 
Order LIX. MELASTOMACE/E. 
Herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Leaves opposite 3- to 5- or 
7-nerved from base, except Memecylon. Stipules o. Flowers pink 
or white or blue, regular, cymose or panicled, rarely solitary. 
Calyx inferior adnate to ovary. Petals on margin of calyx-limb. 
Stamens 4, 8 or 10, all similar, or 4 smaller; anthers opening by 
1 or 2 terminal pores, connective often appendaged at base with 
bristles, tubercles or a spur. Ovary 4- to 6-celled (i-celled in 
