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LIX. MEL AST O MACE .E. 
[Piernandra 
i. Eupternandra, Calyx tessellate; flowers blue, small axillary. 
Leaves 5 to 6 in. long, 4 in. wide , . . (1) P. capitellata 
Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, 2 in. wide. 
Flowers in axillary and terminal cymes 1 to 2 in. 
long . . (2) P. ccerulescens 
Flowers in axillary fascicles; leaves elliptic, 
thick . . . . . . (3) P. Jackiana 
Flowers in axillary fascicles; leaves ovate, 
thin . (4) P. galeata 
ii. Kibessia. Calyx covered with flat triangular processes. 
Flowers larger, bluish white axillary . . . (5) P. echinata 
Flowers in a terminal panicle small . . . (6) P. paniculata 
(1) P. capitellata Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. 61; King, l.c. 68. 
Bushy tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, dark shining 
green, ovate, elliptic or nearly lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 
glabrous, strongly 3-nerved, 5 to 6 in. long, 3*5 to 4 in. wide; 
petioles -2 in. long. Cymes sessile axillary of 8 to 10 flowers, 
•3 in. long. Calyx cylindric-campanulate, -i in. long, tessellate. 
Petals *05 in. long, blue, acute. Fruit dark blue. Hab. Woods, 
Perak (Scortechini) ; Gunong Keledang. Dindings, Lumut. 
Penang, foot of hill {Wallich, Curtis). Dislrib. Tenasserim. 
Native name : Kulit Nipis. 
(2) P. ccerulescens Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. 61; King, l.c. 68. 
A tree 15 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic shortly acuminate, 
base round, or narrowed, smooth dark green, coriaceous 2-5 to 
4 in. long, 1*25 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers 
•2 in. long in axillary cymes, 1-5 in. long and terminal ones 2*5 in. 
long. Calyx cup-shaped, tessellate. Petals oblong-ovate small, 
bright blue. Hab. Common in low country woods. Singapore, 
Changi ; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Kota Tinggi; road to Gunong 
Pulai. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Chabau (Cantley). Selangor, 
Batu Tiga ; Rawang, Perak, Blanda Mabok (Wray); Coping 
(Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Nibong Tebal (Curtis). Penang, 
Telok Bahang (Curtis). Lankawi islands (Haniff). Native names : 
Sial Munahon ; Benut Paya ; Bunyut Paya; Kelat Biru; Nipis Kulit. 
Ewyckia cyanea Bl. of Borneo and Amboina is very near this, but its 
calyx is not tessellate. 
(3) P. Jackiana Ridl. P. coerulescens var Jackiana Clarke, in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 551. 
Tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous elliptic 
acuminate blunt, base narrowed, 2 to 4 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. 
long; petioles *2 in. long. Flowers 4 to 7 in axillary fascicles; 
pedicels -05 in. long. Calyx tessellate, short, cup-shaped, -i in. 
long. Petals light blue. Hab. Woods apparently rather scarce. 
Singapore (Kunstler). Malacca, Bukit China (Maingay). 
(4) P. galeata Ridl. Kibessia galeata Cogn. Mon. Phan. l.c. 
no. Ewyckia galeata Korth. l.c. 254, t. 67. 
A tree about 25 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves ovate acuminate, base 
