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MELASTOMACE-S:. LXIII. Dissochjeta, 



LXIIL DISSOCH^TA (from Staaoc, dissos, double, and 

 Xairry, chailey a bristle ; in reference to the connectives of the 

 anthers being furnished with 2 bristles on their back, near the 

 base). Blume, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 28. p. 492. 



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Flowers octandrous, with the alternate anthers sterile. 



5 D. bractea'ta (Blum. 1. c. p. 495.) leaves 5-nerved, ovate, 

 acuminated, cordate at the base, clothed with stellate down be- 



LiN. SYST. Octdndrtay Monogynia. Tube of calyx oblong, neath ; panicles terminal ; bracteas petiolate, ovate, mem- 



obscurely tetragonal, adhering to the ovarium ; limb drawn out branous ; calyx almost quite entire ; connectives of anthers 



beyond the ovarium, for the most part obsoletely 4-toothed, furnished with 2 bristles each. T? • S. Native of PuloPenang. 



permanent. Petals 4. Stamens 4, but sometimes 8 ; when this Melastoma bracteatum, Jacq. in Lin- trans. 14. p. 9. Flowers 



last is the case, the alternate ones are sterile. Anthers ob- pale rose-coloured. 



long-linear, opening by 1 pore, usually beaked and arched, 

 rarely blunt and straight, furnished each with a lamellate, 

 2-awned, rarely undivided connective on the back, near the 

 base. Style filiform, clavate. Stigma a pruinose dot. Berry 



Bracteate Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. 



6 D. vaVillans (Blum. 1. c.) leaves 3-nerved, as well as with 

 2 marginal nervules, ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at the 

 base, cordate, of the same colour on both surfaces, smoothish 



elliptic -globose, nearly dry, crowned by the calyx, 4-celled, above, but with a little scattered, scurfy down beneath ; pani- 



indehiscent. Seeds cuneated, angular. — Sarmentose shrubs, cles terminal ; calyxes quite entire ; anthers straight, with their 



with the branches, peduncles, and under side of leaves clothed connectives furnished with 2 bristles. Tj . S. Native of Java, 



witli starry down, sometimes thickly and sometimes thinly, ac- in woods on the mountains of Seribu, in the province of Buiten- 



cording to the species. Leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong, quite 

 entire, somewhat 5-nerved, glabrous above, for the most part of 

 a different colour beneath. Inflorescence panicled, terminal, or 



zorg. Flowers rose-coloured, middle-sized. 



Var. /3 ; leaves narrower, and with longer taper points ; 

 flowers smaller and white. "^ . S. In woods, at the base of 



axillary. Flowers pale red, blue, or white. Habit of the genus Mount Salak. 



Oxysporum. Facillating-anthereA Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. 



7 D. Fu'scA (Blum, in bot zeit. 1831. no. 29. p. 49701eaves 

 3 nerved, as well as with 2 marginal nervules, long-acumin- 

 Sect. I. Dissoch^e't^ (see genus for derivation). Blum, in ated, rounded at the base, clothed with greenish brown, stel- 

 bot. zeit. 1831. no, 28. p. 493. Limb of calyx cup-shaped, late, rather silky down beneath ; panicles terminal ; calyx nearly 

 somewhat 4-toothed. Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse, or bluntish. quite entire ; anthers falcate, having their connectives furnished 

 Anthers fixed by the base or by the back. Connectives bifid or with 2 bristles each. Pj • S. Native of Java, in woods on moun- 

 tains of Salak and Gede. Melastoma fuscum var. Blum, bijdr. 



entire. Ovarium rather silky irom stellate down at the apex. 



Flowers tetrandrous. 



1074. var, y, D. C. prod. 3. p. 150. Flowers small, rose-coloured, 

 Var. /3, ferruginea (Blum. 1. c.) leaves clothed with pale 



rusty stellate down beneath ; panicles axillary and terminal. 



^ . S. Native of Java, in the province of Bamtam. 

 Var. y, ohtuso-acuminata (Blum. 1. c.) leaves terminated by 



a blunt acumen, clothed with stellate down beneath. \ . b» 



Native of Java, in the province of Buitenzorg, about Tjampia. 



1 D. fa'llax (Blurae, 1. c.) leaves 5-nerved, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, rather cordate, clothed with rusty, scurfy tomen- 

 tum beneath ; panicles terminal ; calyx nearly quite entire ; 

 anthers fixed beneath the middle, having their connectives un- 

 divided. T2 • S. Native of Sumatra and Java, in woods, and 



among bushes. Melastoma fallax, Jack, in Lin. trans. 11. p. 8 D. velutina (Blum. 1. c.) leaves 3-nerved, as well as 



13. Melast. Reinwardtianum, Blume, bijdr. p. 1069. Malast. 2 marginal nervules, elliptic-oblong, cuspidate, usually ^^"^"^ ^ 

 difi^usa, Reinwardt, ined. Flowers white. 



Fallacious Dissochaeta. Sh. sarmentose. 



Fuscous Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. 



with 



rounded at the base, clothed with stellate and simple ochraceous 

 rather silky down beneath ; panicles axillary and terminal, rather 



2 p. interme'dia (Blum. 1. c.) leaves 5-nerved, ovate-oblong, corymbose; calyx almost quite entire; connectives ^^ ^P^^^/^f 

 aminated, somewhat cordate at the base, clothed with pale furnished with 2 bristles each. ^ . S. Native of Java, m t 



scurfy ochraceous tomentum beneath ; panicles 

 axillary, much branched ; calyx almost quite entire 

 fixed by the base, having their connectives ending in 2 bristles. 

 S. Native of Jr 



terminal and province of Bamtam. Panicle more contracted than in 



anthers vdcillans. 



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in woods, on the chains of mountains 



Velvety Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. ... . 



9 D. GRA^ciLis (Blum. 1. c p. 498.) leaves S-nerved. elliptjc- 



called Pangaranghu and Gegerbinting. Flowers white ? Melas- oblong, acuminated, rounded at 



nicies 



toma fallax, Blum, bijdr. p. 1068. 



Var. ft ; leaves clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; pani- 

 cles loose. ^ . S. Native of Java, on the mountains of Mega- 

 mendong and Puluh-sarie. - 



Intermediate Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. 



8 D. MONTi'coLA (Blum. 1. c. p. 494.) leaves like those of the 

 preceding species ; panicles terminal, simple, hardly branched. 



^2.8. Native of Java, on the calcareous mountains of Kuripan 

 and Seribu. 



Mountain-born Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. 



4 p. LEPRosA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves 5-nerved, ovate-oblong, minated, rounded at the 



the base, glabrous ; pan -- 

 terminal, axillary, loose; bracteas linear, caducous, ^^^ 

 obsoletely 4-toothed ; anthers straight, blunt at the ^P^*/, g 

 tenuated at the base, having their connectives furnished wi 

 bristles each, h • S. Native of Sumatra and of Java, m ^^ 

 lowlands. Melastoma gracilis. Jack, in Lin, trans. ^*' P'l ' 

 Melast. vdcillans, var. S, pollens, Blum, bijdr. p. 1074. W^ia^ . 

 alba, Reinw. ined. Flowers pale blue. 



Slender Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. /^s 5- 



10 D. iNAPPENDjcuLA^XA (Blum. 1. c p. 499.) p^^^^^^„. 

 nerved, besides 2 marginal nervules, ovate-oblong, ^ou - ^^ 



acuminated, somewhat cordate at the base, clothed with scurfy 

 rusty tomentum beneath ; panicles loose, axillary, and terminal ; 

 calyx 4-toothed; connectives of anthers furnished with 2 

 bristles each. T^. S. Native of Java, on mounts Salak and 

 Gede. Melastoma leprbsum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1068. Flowers 

 larger than those of the preceding species, 

 eprou* Dissochaeta. Shrub sarmentose. 



clothed with stellate scur 



e base, brownish-green ^^"^^^": ^^t 



....fy pili ; panicles terminal ; calyx ^mos^ 



quite entire: anthers fixed by the base, each *^^ . ^^^^ 



trianerular. inannpndinilate connective, b • S. ^^ bildr 



loured, raid 



triangular, inappendiculate connective. T2 . &• «i |jijdr. 



in the western part. Melastoma vdcillans, var. a, Bi" ^* jj.^^^ 



p. 1074. D. C. prod. 3. p. 150 

 die-sized. 



Flowers rose-co 



ith 



Var. ft, purpurdscens (Blum. 1. c.) leaves densely beset WJ , 



