SiS 
LIX. MELASTOMACE/E. 
Memecylon. 
under *i in. long. Calyx-tube very short, cup-shaped, limb broad, 
undulate. Petals ovate blunt. Fruit globular *25 in. through. 
Hab. Forests up to 3000 ft. altitude. Johor, Tana Runto; Kwala 
Tebing Tinggi. Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Bukit Kutu at 
3000 ft. altitude. Sempang Mines, Semangkok. Perak (Kunstler). 
Native name: Mangas. 
(26) M. minutiflorum Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 323; King, 
l.c. 81. M. acuminatum var. flavescens Clarke, l.c. h. 562. 
A tree 30 to 70 ft. tall. Stem 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, elliptic caudate-acuminate, base sharply narrowed 
acute; nerves very faint, 3*25 to 3*5 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 
2 in. long. Cymes several branched on a peduncle, - i in. long, 
whole inflorescence *4 in. long. Flowers numerous, crowded, very 
small. Calyx very short wide campanulate, glandular hairy when 
young. Petals blunt, dark blue. Fruit globose, 35 in. long, 
yellow. Hob. Dense, rocky jungle. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, 
Larut 2500 to 3000 ft. altitude, and Goping 300 to 800 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler). Penang at 1000 ft, altitude on the hill (Curtis); 
Lankawi, Sungei Batu Asap (Haniff). 
(27) M. garcinioides Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 358; King, 
l.c. 85. 
Small tree up to about 40 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
oblong-ovate or elliptic acuminate or cuspidate, blunt, base 
cuneate; nerves invisible, 3 to 5 - 5 in. long, 1*2 to 2‘2 in. wide; 
petioles *05 to *i in. long. Cymes short; peduncle thick, *2 in. 
long. Cymules umbelled at top. Flowers small, greenish white. 
Calyx campanulate, mouth truncate, teeth short or none, ’05 in. 
across. Petals small ovate. Fruit globular, smooth '2 in. long, 
dark blue. Hab. Not rare in lowland woods. Singapore, Selitar, 
Bukit Timah. Johor, Tebrau River; Kukub. Malacca (Main- 
gay) ; Selangor, Rawang. Perak, base of Gunong Malacca 
(Kunstler). Pulau Adang. Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native 
names : Bangas; Jenitan; Bangas Merah. 
(28) M. Cantleyi Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 72. 
Large shrub. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic acuminate to 
both ends; nerves 5 pairs, very faint, 3*5 to 4^5 in. long, ‘2 in. 
wide; petioles *4 in. long. Flowers few in simple cymes *5 in. 
long; peduncles '15 in. long, rather thick. Calyx wide-cupped, 
narrowed at base truncate, 'i in. long and *2 in. wide, white, tinted 
violet. Petals sub-quadrate apiculate, pale blue. Stamens deep 
violet. Hab. Forests, rare. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca 
(Maingay). 
(29) M. campanulatum Clarke, l.c. ii. 563; King, l.c. 80. 
Tree. Leaves coriaceous elliptic acuminate, often caudate- 
acuminate, base narrowed to base of petiole; nerves invisible, 
3 to 4-5 in. Jong, 1*25 to 2*2 in. wide; petioles winged, *i in. long. 
Flowers on very short branched peduncles, -i in. long; pedicels 
