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LIX. MELASTOMACEiE. 



[Dissochceta. 



16. DISSOCHiETA, Bl. 



Slender, twining tall shrubs. Leaves elliptic or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, base round, 5-nerved from base. Panicles terminal. Flowers 

 rather small, rosy or white. Bracts sometimes large. Calyx, 

 campanulate or funnel-shaped, tomentose, pubescent or glabrous, 

 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8, 4 of which are sometimes 

 imperfect, shorter or suppressed, the four longer ones have 2 long 

 bristles in front from the base. Ovary 4-celled. Berry ovoid or 

 elliptic. Species 25, Malayan. 



Stamens 8 (4 sometimes imperfect). 



Young parts and underside of leaf persistently 

 tomentose. 

 Plants not bristly. 



Flowers large, 1-5 in. long . . . . (i) D. annulata 



Flowers smaller, -75 in. long . . . (2) D. punctulata 



Plants covered with long bristles . . • (3) C hirsuta 



Young parts deciduously tomentose. 



Bracts large, ovate . . . . . (4) D. bracteata 



Bracts small, linear . . . . . (5) D, pallida 



Young parts scaly, not tomentose . . . (6) D. gracilis 



Stamens 4 only. 



Bracts caducous or o. 



Leaves rufous beneath ; petals oblong blunt . (7) D. celebica 

 Leaves hardly rufous ; petals ovate acute . (8) D. intermedia 



Bracts oblong persistent. 



Panicle spreading . . . . . . (9) D. anomala 



Panicle dense . . . . . . (10) D. Scortechinii 



(i) D. annulata Hook. fil. Triana. Trans. Linjt. Soc. xxviii. 

 83 ; King, I.e. 50. 



Young branches. Underside of leaves and inflorescence 

 tomentose, nodes thickened annulate. Leaves ovate-oblong 

 cordate acuminate, above glabrous; nerves and nervules pro- 

 minent, 2-5 to 3'5 in. long, i to i-8 in. wide; petioles -2 to -5 in. 

 long. Panicles 6 in. long. Bracts small. Flowers 1-5 in. long. 

 Calyx narrow, campanulate, -5 in. long. Petals obovate rose pink. 

 Stamens 8. Hab. Edges of forests, climbing high on trees. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca, 

 Mt. Ophir (with white flowers). Perak, Maxwell's Hill at 2500 ft. 

 altitude. Penang Hill at 3000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrih. 

 Borneo. 



(2) D. punctulata Hook. fil. Triana I.e. ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 543; King, I.e. 51. 



Branchlets, nodes thickened, not annulate, with petioles, 

 under-surface of leaves and inflorescence covered with rusty scales. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate, base round, entire, acute, above glabrous, 

 3 to 4-5 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide ; petioles -25 to -4 in. long. 

 Panicles 4 to 6 in. long; branches short. Flowers -75 in. long. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped. Petals ovate ; stamens 8. Fruit urceolate, 

 sub-glabrous. Hab. Forest edges. Singapore, Pungul Road 



