8 i6 lix. melastomace . [. Memecylon. 
long, numerous, pure white in dense glomeruli 75 in. across. Calyx 
funnel-shaped, narrowed below the wide margin. Petals short 
ovate. Fruit globular, ‘6 in. through. Hab. In dense forests up 
to 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca (Griffith). 
Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Penang Hill to 2000 ft. altitude 
(Curtis). 
(18) M. coeruleum Jack, Mai. Misc. i. 26; King, l.c. 80. 
Shrub 4 to 15 ft. tall. Leaves sessile stiff coriaceous dark 
green, ovate to oblong sub-acute, base round cordate, 4 to 5 in. 
long, 175 to 2 ‘5 in. wide. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, 
rather numerous. Calyx campanulate, pink. Petals ovate acute, 
blue. Stamens lavender colour. Fruit ellipsoid narrow, - 4 in. 
long, *25 in. wide, black. Hab. Sandy open spots, edges of woods. 
Common. Johor, Hulu Sedili (Kelsall). Malacca, Bukit China 
(Derry); Tanjong Kling; Nyalas (Holmberg). Negri SembUan, 
Bukit Danan (Cantley). Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Penang, 
Pulau Jerajah (Kunstler) ; Tanjong Bunga (Curtis). Kedah, Alor 
Sta; Yan. Adang islands, Pulau Rawei. Singora. Distrib. Philip¬ 
pines. Native names: Api-Api hutan; Dalek jambu; Pantat 
ulat ; Sinonia. Use : Fruit eaten. 
(19) M. malaccense Clarke, MSS. Ridl. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 
79, p. 73. M. amabile Bedd. var. malaccense, Clarke, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 555. 
Probably a shrub. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, base rounded, tip 
acuminate blunt, fleshy coriaceous, opaque; nerves invisible, 2 to 
275 in. long, 1 to 1*25 in. wide, sessile or minutely petioled. Cymes 
very short, *3 in. long. Flowers 4 to 5 umbelled on the top of the 
peduncle. Calyx cup-shaped truncate, fleshy, base broad. Petals 
forming a blunt cone in bud, ovate. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 
Never collected again and very little known. 
(20) M. pauciflorum Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 356; King, 
l.c. 83. M. pulchellum Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 52. 
A bush 3 to 10 ft. tall, very floriferous. Leaves coriaceous 
rhomboid, tip blunt, base acute; nerves nearly invisible 6 to 7 
pairs, 1 to 1-5 in. long, *35 to 1 in. wide; petioles under 'i in long. 
Cymes of several bright azure flowers on a very short peduncle and 
longer pedicels, axillary. Calyx wide campanulate with 4 distinct 
short teeth. Petals ovate cuspidate, larger than calyx. Fruit 
globular, *2 in. long, crowned with the calyx-limb. Hab. Sea 
coasts in open ground. Penang (Kunstler). Kedah, Lankawi 
islands. Pulau Adang group, Rawei; Sarang. Terutau (Haniff). 
Distrib. Andamans, Tenasserim, Chittagong. 
(21) M. floridum Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 73. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 
acuminate nearly equally at both ends; nerves very faint about 7, 
with a faint intramarginal one on each side close to edge, 3 to 4 in. 
long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles *3 in. long. Cymes 1 to 3 in each 
