798 LIX. MELASTOMACE^. [Dissochtrta. 



Timah; Bukit Mandai. Pahang, Kwala Tahan. Selangor, Batu 

 Caves ; Rawang. Perak, Thaiping Waterfall. Kelantan, Chaning. 

 Distrih. Java, Borneo. 



(7) D. celebica Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 36; Clarke, I.e. 

 ii. 544 ; King, I.e. 54. 



Slender climber. Branchlets, petioles, leaves beneath, panicles 

 densely red-tomentose. Leaves membranous lanceolate, base 

 round, acuminate, glabrous (except midrib above), 2-5 to 5 in. 

 long, I to 2 in. wide ; petioles -25 in. long. Panicles lateral and 

 terminal 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, spreading. Flowers -3 in. long. 

 Calyx campanulate. Petals oblong blunt, pale pink. Stamens 4. 

 Fruit sub-globular, -15 in. long, purple. Hah. Common on edges 

 of woods. Singapore, Bukit Mandai ; Chua Chu Kang. Johor, 

 Castlewood ; Gunong Pantai ; Gunong Banang, Batu Pahat, 

 Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado) ; Kwantan (Foxworthy) ; Malacca, 

 Meriimau, Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Petahng. Negri Sembilan, 

 Seremban (Cantley). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Tringganu, 

 Bundi (Rostado). Penang, Batu Feringhi and the hill (Curtis). 

 Distrih. Malay isles. Native names : Akar Meroyan jantan; Akar 

 Meroyan Paya ; Akar Berbuah. 



(8) D. intermedia Bl. Flora 1831, p. 493; King, I.e. 54. 

 Slender cHmber. Branches red-scurfy. Leaves lanceolate 



blunt acuminate, base round, 3-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide ; petioles 

 •2 in. long. Panicles lax, 8 in. long. Flowers -4 to -5 in. long. 

 Calyx-tube truncate, entire. Petals ovate, acute. Stamens 4, 

 narrowed to apex and appendiculate. Hah. Edges of forests, 

 Singapore, Bukit Mandai. Johor, Bukit Patani, Batu Pahat, 

 Pahang, near Raub (Machado). Selangor, Rawang; Sepang. 

 Penang Hill (Ridley). Distrih. Java; but the Javanese form has 

 much larger leaves and panicles. 



(9) D. anomala King, I.e. 55. 



A rather slender, woody climber. Young branches sparsely 

 hairy becoming glabrous. Leaves oblong-ovate, bluntly cuspidate, 

 base round, broad, above glabrous, beneath sparsely stellate-hairy 

 on the nerves, 3-5 to 6-5 in. long, 1-75 to 275 in. wide : petioles 

 short, thick, bristly. Panicles numerous axillary, terminal, wide 

 spreading 3 to 4 in. long, the branchlets ending in cymes of 3 small 

 white flowers. Bracts to branches and cymes oblong blunt hairy, 

 •2 in. long. Calyx campanulate, tomentose, truncate. Petals 

 ovate acuminate. Stamens 4, with filamentous appendages. 

 Fruit campanulate, -15 in. through, bluish black or purple. Hah. 

 Forests, not common, Perak, Larut 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunst- 

 ler). Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley). 



(10) D. Scortechinii King, I.e. 55. 



Branches thinly clothed with pale stellate hairs. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, base broad cordate, tip blunt acuminate, glabrous 

 above, rusty and stellate hairy beneath, 2 to 3-75 in. long, 1-5 to 



