DissochcBia.l lix. melastomace^. 797 



(Murton) ; Bukit Timah. Johor, Pinerong (Cantley) ; Tana 

 Runto ; Gunong Pulai. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry) ; Bukit 

 Bruang. Selangor, Sempang. Penang, Balik Pulau (Foxworthy). 

 Native name : Akar Meroyan Busuk. 



(3) D. hirsuta Hook. fil. Triana I.e. ; King, I.e. 51. 



Plant covered except upper surface of leaves and petals with 

 stellate hairs mixed with long stiff hairs. Leaves lanceolate or 

 ovate lanceolate cordate acuminate 3 to 4-5 in. long, i to 1-75 in. 

 wide; petioles -15 in. long. Panicles 5 to 6 in. long and as wide 

 on peduncles 3 in. long. Flowers bright pink. Calyx -3 in. long, 

 funnel-shaped on a pedicel as long. Petals lanceolate. Stamens 8. 

 Fruit ovoid-globose. Hah. Thickets in lowlands, very local. 

 Johor, open country towards Gunong Pantai (Kunstler, Ridley). 

 Disirih. Borneo. 



(4) D. bracteata Bl. Flora 1831, p. 495 ; Clarke, I.e. ii. 543 ; 

 King, I.e. 52. 



Stem, leaves beneath, petioles and panicles sprinkled with 

 rusty scurf. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, base round, acute, glabrous 

 above, sparsely scurfy beneath, 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; 

 petioles -2 in. long. Panicles lax, 12 in. long. Flowers -75 in. 

 long; pedicels short, clustered at ends of branches with broad 

 oblong obovate bracts. Calyx funnel-shaped. Petals elliptic. 

 Stamens 8. Fruit ellipsoid, -6 in. long. Hah. Penang Hill (all 

 collectors). Native name : Akar Meroyan Sejuk. 



(5) D. pallida Bl. Flora 1831, p. 500 ; Clarke, I.e. ii. 544. 

 Climber. Branches, underside of leaves and panicles very 



sparsely hairy. Leaves elliptic-ovate or ovate acuminate, base 

 round, 2-5 to 5 in. long, 1-2 to 2-2 in. wide; petioles -3 to -5 in. 

 long. Panicles axillary and terminal ; branches divaricate. Bracts 

 linear deciduous. Flowers nearly i in. long. Calyx funnel- 

 .shaped, densely scaly. Petals obovate-oblong lilac. Stamens 8 

 (4 sometimes shorter or absent), large ones pink, shorter ones 

 pale. Fruit cylindric-campanulate, sub-glabrous, -25 in. long. 

 Hah. Woods; not rare. Singapore, Reservoir Woods. Malacca, 

 Tebong (Griffith). Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Batu Caves; Kwala 

 Lumpur. Bindings, Gunong Tungul, Perak, Ulu Batang Padang 

 up to Telom ; Maxwell's Hill. Province Wellesley, Ara Kudah. 

 Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrih. Malay islands. 



(6) D. gracilis Bl. Flora 1831, 498 ; King, I.e. 53. 



A slender climber. Branches very slender, ringed at nodes, 

 almost completely glabrous all over. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, 

 base rounded, 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to i-8 in. wide; petioles -2 in. 

 long. Panicles axillary and terminal, latter over a foot long, 

 lax, slender, spreading. Flowers many, white, -25 in. long. Calyx 

 campanulate, -i in. long. Petals ovate to orbicular. Stamens 8, 

 pink, 4 large and 4 small, imperfect. Fruit sub-globular, -15 in. 

 long. Hah. Common on the edges of woods. Singapore, Bukit 



