LIX. MELASTOMACEjE. 
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[Medinilla. 
anthers linear-lanceolate, 2 small tubercles in front, one small spur 
behind. Fruit globular truncate, *15 in. through. Hab Moun¬ 
tains from 3000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith). 
Pahang, Bukit Fraser (Foxworthy). Selangor, Gunong Semangkok ; 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss); Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson); Bukit 
Kutu. Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler); Gunong Inas (Wray); 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Dis- 
trib. Sumatra. 
The Selangor plants have larger, thinner leaves with conspicuous nerves 
and larger cymes, those of Mt. Ophir, Gunong Kerbau, etc., have small fleshy 
leaves with no visible nerves except the midrib, and with dense cymes. 
(10) M. pahangensis Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 310. 
Stems slender warted 1 ft. long. Leaves whorled, lanceolate 
or oblanceolate, base narrow, coriaceous, nerveless, 2 in. long, 
75 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Flowers white -5 in. long, in 
cymes 1 in. long. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5, obovate, 
round. Stamens 10. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan, 4000 to 5 00 ° 
ft. altitude (Robinson). 
(11) M. perakensis King, l.c. 64. 
A bushy epiphyte with tubercled branches. Leaves 3 or 4 m 
a whorl, coriaceous, elliptic round, base round sub-cordate, 2 to 
5 in. long, 175 to 375 in. wide; petioles *6 to i’2 in. long, red. 
Panicles axillary, cymose, 3 in. long, peduncled, 12- to 20-flowered. 
Flowers '5 in. long, pedicels 75 in. long, red in fruit. Calyx cupular, 
teeth 5, broad. Petals 5, oblong; anthers 10 with 2 yellow tubercles 
at base in front and a spur behind. Fruit 35 in. through, pink 
on dark pink stalks. Hab. Mountain forests. Selangor, Meng¬ 
kuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 6000 ft. 
altitude (Wray). 
(12) M. crassinervia Bl. Flora 1831, 5x0; King, l.c. 64. M. 
macrocarpa Clarke, l.c. ii. 547 {not of Blume). 
Tall epiphyte, not tubercled. Leaves in whorls of 3, coriaceous 
oblanceolate shortly and abruptly acuminate, base long narrowed, 
3-nerved, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *35 to 75 in. 
long. Cymes fascicled below the leaves, 1*25 to i*5 in. long. 
Flowers few, 1 in. across. Calyx ovoid-campanulate, pink. Petals 
ovate, blunt, white. Stamens 10, sub-equal with 2 tubercles at 
the base as long as the spur. Fruit oblong-cylindrit truncate, 
deep purple *5 in. long. Hab. Forests from sea-level to about 
3000 ft. altitude. Singapore. Pahang, Tahan River. Malacca 
(Maingay). Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Water¬ 
fall (Wray); Batang Padang valley. Penang Hill (Curtis). Dis- 
trib. Borneo. 
(13) M. penduliflora Ridl. Jonrn. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 19. 
Large shrub. Stems 4-angled, smooth. Leaves sessile, paired, 
fleshy ovate acuminate, 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide. Inflorescence 
