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LIX. MELASTOMACE^E, 
[Memecylon. 
or acuminate, base narrowed, rounded; nerves 9 to 10 pairs 
invisible above, i*75 to 3 i n - 1 0T1 &> *b to 1 i n - ^^e; petioles *05 in. 
long. Cymes 3- to 4-flowered on pedicels *1 in. long. Calyx 
cupular, base round, mouth *05 in. across. Petals tinted blue. 
Fruit globular *25 in. long, green flushed red. Hab. Mountain 
forests. Perak, Larut Hills 800 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
Sungei Larut (Wray). 
(4) M. tenuifolium Ridl. n.sp. 
Branches slender, winged. Leaves thin, lanceolate-acuminate, 
base rounded, very shortly narrowed at the base; nerves 8 to 
10 pairs, very slender and faint, 3 i n - l° n fh 'b in. wide; petioles 
under 'i in. long. Flowers small in short axillary cymes of 6, 
pedicels slender longer than calyx. Calyx saucer-shaped, ribbed 
inside, lobes round. Petals short, lanceolate. Stamens 8; fila¬ 
ments long, slender; anthers semi-lunar. Style slender, nearly 
as long as filaments. Hab. Pahang, Telok Mengkuang, Temerloh 
(Fox worthy). 
(5) M. fruticosum King, l.c. 74. 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall. Branchlets winged and eared. Leaves 
chartaceous, ovate-lanceolate acuminate base round; nerves 
7 to 9 pairs inarching within margin, conspicuous beneath, 3 to 
4 in. long, 1-35 to 1*85 in. wide; petioles *05 in. long. Cymes 
paired, 8- to io-flowered, -5 in. long. Calyx hemispheric -i in. 
long, mouth *075 in. across. Petals bluish white. Fruit globose- 
ovoid, constricted below. Calyx-limb -35 in. long, -25 in. through. 
Hab. Open jungle, rare. Perak, Larut at 200 to 500 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler). 
(6) M. dichotomum Clarke, in King, l.c. 75. M. elegans var. 
dichotomum Clarke, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 554 - 
A slender shrub 6 to 10 ft. tall. Branchlets angled. Leaves 
thin coriaceous, nearly sessile, lanceolate or ovate-acuminate 
caudate, base round; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 
2 in. wide. Cymes 2- to 5“fl° we red, solitary, axillary; pedicels 
short. Calyx pyriform, narrowed to base; lobes 4, broad short 
when young, campanulate when adult, truncate, pink. Stamens 
white, spurs deep blue. Fruit globular, -5 in. through, yellow, 
flushed red. Hab. Hill forests, Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Maingay). 
Pahang, Tahan River woods. Selangor, Dusun Tua. Perak, Ulu 
Kal (Kunstler). 
var. eugeniiflorum Ridl. M. eugeniiflorum Ridl. Journ. Roy. 
As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 48. . , 
Leaves coriaceous lanceolate cuspidate. Flowers entirely deep 
rose. Hab. Selangor, Klang Gates; Sempang mines. Semangkok, 
Perak, Temengoh (Ridley). 
(7) M. caloneuron Miq. FI. hid. Bat. Supp. 321; King, l.c. 70. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. fall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
4 to 9 in. long, 1-5 to 3*5 in. wide; nerves 14 pairs, prominent, 
