Memecylon.] ux. melastomace^e. 819 
slender, longer. Calyx sub-globose campanulate, narrowed at 
top, limb rather large. Petals ovate acute, short and broad. Hab. 
Rare in hill forests. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Rawang, forest 
reserve (Kloss); Ginting Bidai (Ridley). 
(30) M. intermedium Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 358; 
King, l.c. 86. 
Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate to 
elliptic cuspidate (ovate fide King), base cuneate, 1*5 to 3*5 in. 
long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 to 35 in. long. Cymes com¬ 
pound; peduncles slender, 1*5 in. long, secondary peduncles urn- 
belled 1 in. long. Flowers numerous *1 in. long. Calyx broad, 
campanulate with minute teeth. Petals ovate, nearly blunt. 
Fruit globose. Hab. Perak. No locality (Scortechini). Very 
rare. I have seen no specimen from the Malay Peninsula, and 
have had to describe it from a Javanese specimen. Distrib. Java. 
(31) M. edule Roxb. Corom. PL i. t. 82; King, l.c . 86. 
Large shrub or small tree. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or ovate, 
blunt acuminate, base narrowed or round (var. ovata); nerves 
very faint, 5 to 8 pairs, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 
■i to 35 in. long. Panicles sub-globose 1 or more in axils below 
leaves, 1 in. long and as wide or less. Flowers numerous, bright 
blue or lilac; peduncles stout. Calyx cupular, narrowed to base, 
limb truncate. Petals triangular, ovate broad. Style long exsert. 
Fruit olivaceous globose, *25 in. through. Hab. Near the sea, 
rather dry spots, in thickets and on sandy open heaths. A very 
handsome shrub. Singapore, Pulau Ubin (Hullett); Changi ; 
Pulau Brani. Johor, near Pinerong; Minyak Buku, Batu Pahat. 
Pahang, Pekan heaths, abundant ; Gunong Tahan at 3300 ft. 
altitude (Robinson). Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry). Dindings, 
Pangkor (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut near the sea (Kunstler). 
Penang, Batu Feringhi; Muka Head (Curtis). Lankawi, Kesap 
(Curtis); Terutau (Haniff); Pulau Adang. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
The form ovata of Clarke with rounded ovate leaves occurs with 
the narrow elliptic lanceolate form. Native names : Dalek Ayer; 
Dalek putih. 
Order LX. LYTHRACE/E. 
Trees, shrubs and herbs. Leaves entire opposite (or alternate). 
Flowers bisexual (except Crypteronia). Calyx-tube free, per¬ 
sistent ; lobes 3 to 6. Petals as many or absent, insert near mouth 
of the calyx-tube. Stamens numerous or definite, insert on tube. 
Ovary free in tube, rarely inferior, 2- to 6-celled; ovules numerous ; 
style long. Stigma capitate. Fruit capsular (baccate in Sonner- 
atia), free or adnate to calyx- tube at base, 2- to 6-celled. Seeds 
