Memecylon.] lix. melastomaceas, 813 
inarching into a nearly straight intramarginal line; petioles *i in. 
long. Flowers pale yellow, crowded in heads on the tips of the 
branches of the cyme, which is peduncled and 1 to 2 in. long; 
branches several angled. Calyx short, cup-shaped. Fruit *5 in. 
through, globular, deep blue, on a stout panicle 3 in. long with 
a winged peduncle. Hab. Not common. Rocky woods to 35 °° ft. 
altitude, Johor, Kota Tinggi. Dindings, Bruas (Burn-Murdoch). 
Perak, Thaiping 800 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Lankawi, 
Gunong Raya (Curtis). Disirib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. Native 
names : Kayu Kapas; Api-Api Bukit. 
(8) M. Hullettii King, l.c. 76. 
Shrub about 10 ft. tall. Leaves sessile chartaceous oblong, 
narrowed to tip, base broad cordate; nerves 15 pairs, horizontal, 
6 to 8 in. long, 2-25 to 3 in. wide. Peduncle solitary, 2 in. long, 
slender, pendulous ending in a compound or simple umbel of few 
white flowers. Calyx campanulate, mouth truncate. Fruit 
globular, *25 in. through. Hab. Local in woods in the south. 
Johor, Gunong Pulai; Sedenah (Hullett, Kelsall). Native name: 
Jambu Kalada. 
(9) M. Maingayi Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 557. 
A tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous nearly sessile elliptic- 
oblong sub-acute or obtuse, base rounded, 6 to 9 in. long, 2-5 to 
4*25 in. wide; nerves strong elevate beneath, 10 to 15 pairs 
inarching within margin. Flowers in short fascicles below the 
leaves; peduncles *2 in. long, 3-flowered. Calyx wide, cupular, 
•15 in. long, truncate, white. Petals broad, blunt, -2 in. long, 
bright blue. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
This has the largest and most coriaceous flowers in the genus here. 
(10) M. WaUichii Ridl. Journ. Roy. , 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 74. 
Small tree or shrub about 12 ft. tall. Branchlets angled. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate rather narrow, acuminate, 
base minutely cordate, or ovate acuminate, nearly sessile; petioles 
minute; nerves 14 to 15 pairs, prominent, inarching -x in. from 
edge, 7 to 8 in. long, 275 to 3 in. wide. Cymes globose, or dense 
of numerous flowers. Peduncle very short. Calyx cup-shaped, 
base blunt, truncate, -i in. long. Petals short, broad, ovate, 
blunt, pinkish white. Fruit globose, black ■ 2 in. through. Hab. 
Forests, usually at about 1000 ft. altitude in the north, Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler); Waterloo (Curtis). Penang Hill (Wallich 4101 c). 
Experimental Nursery (Curtis) ; Moniot’s Road. 
(11) M. heteropleurum Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat. i. 362. 
Shrub or small tree, about 12 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous oblong 
or elliptic, short blunt acuminate, base narrowed blunt; nerves 
18 to 20 pairs, 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3*5 in. wide ; petioles *x in. long. 
Flowers *25 in. across in dense cymes about half an inch across. 
Calyx wide, short, cupular, truncate, base narrowed. Petals acute 
