8o2 lix. melastomacezE . [. Medinilla. 
6 to 12 in. long, 2*75 to 5 in. wide. Panicles lateral and terminal, 
pendulous 4 to 14 in. long, many-flowered, entirely pale rose, on 
peduncles as long. Bracts whorled, pink. Calyx cupular red, 
•25 in. long. Petals sub-acute pale rose. Stamens 8, dark red. 
Fruit ovoid, pulpy, black. Hab. Rocks in hill forests. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills at 3000 ft. altitude 
(Derry); Bujong Malacca. Penang Hill, Moniot's Road (Maingay, 
Curtis, etc.). Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes. 
(3) M. heteranthera King , l.c. 61. 
Shrubby epiphyte 3 to 6 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or 
lanceolate to elliptic cuspidate acuminate, base shortly narrowed, 
2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles 3 to ‘8 in. long. Compound 
cymes terminal, 1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers few, about 9, white 
tinted pink. Calyx cylindric, *2 in. long; teeth broad. Petals 4, 
ovate, lanceolate, acute. Stamens 8; anthers 4 large, 4 small, 
curved acuminate, base 2-tubercled. Fruit globular-ovoid, *35 in. 
long. Hab . Mountain forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills, 3500 to 
4800 ft. altitude (Kunstler, Curtis); Batang Padang (Kunstler); 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
var. latifolia King. 
A form or state with leaves rather larger than in some specimens 
occurs in the same area. 
(4) M. venusta King, l.c. 61. 
A shrubby epiphyte 2 to 4 ft. long. Stems pale, tubercled. 
Leaves fleshy, coriaceous, sessile or very shortly petioled, elliptic 
acuminate, base narrowed; nerves one pair ascending to the leaf 
tip from the midrib 1 in. from the base, 6 to 9 in. long, 275 to 4 in. 
wide. Cymes axillary, 6-flowered, 1*5 in. long; pedicels slender. 
Flowers nearly 1 in. across, white. Calyx campanulate, hardly 
toothed, 35 in. long. Petals broad, ovate, blunt. Stamens 8, 
equal, white, connective and appendages yellow. Hab. Mountain 
forests, 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). 
Pahang, Telom (-Ridley). 
var. chionantha Ridl. M. chionantha Stapf, Kew Bulletin 1906, 
p. 733 . is a variety with 10 stamens sent home alive from Perak 
by Curtis and cultivated by Veitch. 
(5) M. Hasseltii Bl. Flora 1831, p. 513; Clarke , in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 62; King, l.c. 62 and var. Griffithii Clarke , l.c.c. 
An epiphyte. Stems few, slender, 2 to 3 ft. tall, warted. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, rounded, 
4‘5 to 53 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. 
Cymes axillary, below leaves, 1*3 to 2 in. long, 1 to 3 in. wide. 
Flowers 8 to 12, pinkish white, *35 in. long. Calyx cylindric, 
campanulate, 4-toothed. Petals 4, obovate. Stamens 8 equal, 
linear oblong, 2 short conic processes in front and one behind at 
base. Fruit *25 in. through, orange scarlet, as is the whole infrutes- 
cence. Hab. Low country in wet woods up to 4500 ft. altitude, 
