Dissoclueta.] Lix. melastomace^. 799 



2 in. wide; petioles tomentose, -i in. long. Panicles terminal, 

 2 in. long, dense, tomentose ; bracts many, oblong or spathulate. 

 Flowers -3 in. long, short pedicelled. Calyx narrow campanulate 

 truncate tomentose. Petals orbicular-ovate acuminate. Stamens 4, 

 ovate with 2 long filiform appendages. Hab. Rare and seldom 

 collected. Perak (Scortechini). Penang (Curtis). 



17. ANPLECTRUM, A. Gray. 



Slender twining shrubs. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 3- to 5-nerved from base. Flowers white or pink in terminal 

 panicles. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped or ovoid, limb shortly 4-lobed 

 or truncate. Petals 4. Stamens 4 or 8, four perfect ; anthers 

 acuminate, opening by one pore ; connective shortly appendaged, 

 rarely with a long appendage, never with 2 long bristles in front. 

 Ovary 4-celled. Berry ovoid or globose. Species about 18, 

 Malayan. 



Stamens 4, perfect. 



Nodes of branches and panicle bristly 

 Nodes hairless, ringed; stamens 4, perfect 

 Calyx funnel-shaped ; stamens 4 only 

 Calyx ovoid ; stamens 8, 4 imperfect 

 Stamens 8, 4 smaller 

 Stamens 8, all perfect 



(i) A. lepido-setosum 



{2) A. glaucum 



(3) A. pallens 



(4) A. divaricatum 



(5) A. anomalum 



(i) A. lepido-setosum King, I.e. 56. 



Branches strongly ringed at nodes, stiff, bristly. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, caudate acuminate, base cordate, glabrous 

 except a few hairs at base, 4-5 to 6 in. long, i-i to i-8 in. wide; 

 petioles -i in. long or more, very bristly. Panicles terminal, 3 to 

 4 in. long, bristly. Calyx-tube cylindric scaly, mouth bristly. 

 Petals ovate. Stamens 4 large broad, 4 small linear. Capsule 

 ovoid, globular, -15 in. long. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Penang 

 Hill (Curtis). Disirib. Borneo. 



(2) A. glaucum Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 84 ; Clarke, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 545 ; King, I.e. 57. 



Sparingly pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate acute, base round ; nerves 3, elevate, 3 to 5 in. long, 

 I to 2 in. wide ; petioles -05 to -2 in. long. Panicles 4-5 in. long, 

 3-5 in. wide, many-flowered. Flowers -5 in. long. Calyx funnel- 

 shaped truncate. Petals ovate-lanceolate acute, pale purple or 

 white. Stamens 4. Fruit sub-globular, purple -2 in. long. Hab. 

 Fairly common to 2500 ft. altitude. In forest. Singapore, Garden 

 Jungle. Johor, Castlewood. Malacca, Batang Malaka (Derry) ; 

 Selandor (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kupayang (Cantley). 

 Perak, Thaiping (Wray) ; Gunong Keledang. Penang Hill (Main- 

 gay). Disirib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. Native names : Akar 

 Dumah Bukit ; Akar Sendudok Rimbah. 



