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9. DissoCH^TA. ANOMALA, King, D. sp. A Creeper 15 to 20 feefc 

 long ; young branches slender, slightly thickened at the nodes, at first 

 sparsely rusty stellate-hairy, afterwards glabrous and sub-glaucous. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong, the base broadly rounded, the apex shortly 

 abruptly and bluntly acuminate, 5-nerved (the two lateral nerves 

 faint) ; upper surface glabrous ; the lower sparsely stellate-hairy on 

 the midrib and nerves, otherwise glabrous ; length 3-5 to 6*5 in • 

 breadth 1-75 to 2*75 in.; petiole sparsely hispid, '2 in. long. Fanides 

 axillary and terminal, the former half ns long and the latter twice as 

 long as the leaves, stellate-pubescent especially at the thickened nodes • 

 the branches divaricate, trichotomous, lax, bracteate at the divisions • 

 the bracts '3 in. long, oblong, blunt, involute, stellate-tomentose, tlieir 

 edges ciliate. Floicevs "3 in. long, in cymes of three. Cahjx-tuhe shorter 

 than tlie pedicel, narrowly campanulate, densely stellate-tomentose • 

 the mouth without teeth, truncate, not everted. Petals glabrous, ovate' 

 acuminate, forming a pointed bud. Stamens 4, equal and all perfect' 

 subsessile, broad, blunt, the lateral basal appendages filamentous. Fruit 

 broadly campanulate, crowned by the narrow calyx-limb, glabrous '15 

 in. in diam. 



Pehak; King's Collector 2258, 10468. 



This plant forms a collecting link between the genera Anplectrum and Disso. 

 chaeta ng they are defined in this work. It agrees in externals with Anplectrum 

 pallens, and has the 4 stamens of that genus, but their anthers have the elongate 

 basal processes so well developed in Dissochasta and not at all represented in Anvl 



tnim. 



10. DrssocH^TA ScORTECHiNii, King, n. sp. Scandent; youno- 

 branches slender, the nodes swollen and transversely rido-ed thinlv 

 clothed with minute, pale, stellate hairs. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, slio-htlr 

 cordate at the broad base, the apex with a short, blunt point ; S-nerved 

 (the lateral pair small) ; upper surface glabrous ; lower rusty'in colour 

 and bearing sparse, white, stellate hairs longer than those on the stem • 

 length 2-5 to 375 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 2 in.; petiole densely rusty stellate- 

 tomentose, -l in. long. PrtnzcZa -solitary, narrow, terminal, shorter than 

 the leaves, densely rusty stellate-tomentose, the branches short and 

 few-flowered, bearing many oblong, blunt or spathulate, pale, 3-nerved 

 almost glabrous bracts longer than the flower-bud, the lower ones much 

 larger. Flowers '3 in. long, their pedicels short. Calyx-tuhe narrowly 

 campanulate, at first densely but afterwards sparsely stellate-tomentose • 

 the mouth truncate, without teeth, waved but not everted, o^Iabro 

 Petals 4, glabrous, orbicular-ovate, acuminate, forming a pointed bud* 

 Stamens 4, all equal and perfect, short, broadly ovate, the base with two 

 long, erect, filiform appendages, the broad apex with a small, pale 



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