LIX. MELASTOMACEAS. 
[Memecylon. 
814 
white. Fruit ellipsoid *5 in. through, deep purple. Hab. Common 
in woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Johor, 
Sedenah. Malacca (Griffith, Maingay). Pahang, Tahan River; 
Temerloh (Foxworthy). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Gunong 
Batu Putih (Wray) ; Larut. var. olivacea, a form with broad 
round-based leaves. Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native names: 
Jambu Baning; Kuku Baning. 
(12) M. longifolium Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, 
p. 72 - 
Tree. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, long, blunt, cuspidate base 
round, not cordate; nerves 20 pairs, slender, conspicuous, thinly 
coriaceous, light green, 7 to 8 in. long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 
very short, *05 in. long or less. Flowers in very short sessile 
fascicles, about 10 in a fascicle, pink and white. Calyx campanu- 
late, truncate 'i in. long, pink. Petals pink or white, ovate-triangular 
sub-obtuse. Hab. Dindings at Lumut (Ridley). 
(13) M. pubescens King, l.c . 74. 
Tree about 30 ft. tall. Branchlets nearly terete. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic, obtuse or acuminate, base round; nerves 7 
to 10 pairs distinct beneath, 4 to 4-5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long. Cymes branched, umbellate, rusty-pubescent, 1*5 
to 2’5 in. long; branches 4-angled. Flowers crowded at tips, 
cream colour. Calyx campanulate, base narrow, mouth *05 in. 
wide with 4 sharp teeth. Fruit globular, ’15 in. wide. Hab. 
Forests, rare in collections, Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca (Griffith). 
Perak, Coping (Kunstler). 
(14) M. Kunstleri King, l.c. 76. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 6 to 18 in. through. Leaves chartaceous 
elliptic-oblong blunt or acute acuminate, base round; nerves 7 
to 8 pairs with secondary nerves visible as many, 275 to 4*5 in. 
long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -05 to 1 in. long. Cymes from axils 
of fallen leaves, -35 to -6 in. long, umbellately panicled, 4 to 6 
flowers in umbel, white; stamens brown. Calyx cup-shaped, 
shallow, -05 in. long. Fruit ellipsoid, -3 in. long. Hab. Not com¬ 
mon. Dense jungle. Selangor, Labu woods. Perak, Ulu Bubong 
and on limestone hills, Gunong Dipang (Kunstler); Changkat 
Serdang (Wray). 
(15) M. olesefolium Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat. i. 359; King, 
l.c. 82. 
Slender tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic blunt 
caudate-acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 8 to 10 very faint, 2 ’5 to 
475 in. long, 1 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles '15 to *3 in. long. Cymes 
1 to 3 in each axil, 1 in. long, compound with many cymules umbel¬ 
late at the branch ends. Flowers numerous, blue. Calyx-tube 
small hemispheric, limb broad, longer, truncate. Petals ovate, 
small, sub-acute. Fruit ovoid-elliptic -4 in. long. Hab. In woods 
up to 1000 ft. altitude. A beautiful plant. Singapore, Garden 
