DISSOCH.ETA . MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX).  — 555 
Frutices sepius sarmentosi, glabri furfuracei vel rarissime setosi, 
Indi; orientalis et ins. Malayensium incolæ, ramis ssepius gracilibus 
teretibusque. Folia petiolata vel subsessilia, ovata oblonga vel lan- 
ceolata, integerrima, 3-7-nervia. Flores sæpius parvi, pedicellati, 
rosei violacei vel albi, in paniculas szepius amplas terminales dispositi, 
braeteis parvis rarius majusculis. 
Sect. I. DIPLOSTEMONES. — Calycis limbus persistens, truncatus 
vel sepius obscure lobatus. Stamina 8, aristis elongatis, sepius 
flexuosis. — Spec. 1-16. 
A. Anthere sepius longissimis, apice rostratæ. — Spec. 1-11. 
l. Bractee minute, inconspicue. — Spec. 1-9. 
a. Folia basi rotundata, .— Spec. 1-4. 
l. D. Cumingii (Naud.! l. c. 75); ramis junioribus 'tomentosis ; 
foliis membranaceis, oblongis, 5-nerviis, subtus stellato-tomentellis; 
calyce tomentoso, subtruncato; petalis acutis. 
Petiolus 7-10 mm. longus. Folia subtus fulva, 8-11 cm. longa, 3- 
4'/, em. lata. Panieulze 2 dm. longe, diffusze ; pedicelli 4-5 mm. longi. 
Calyx oblongo-campanulatus, 5 mm. longus. Petala 4 mm. longa. 
Antherz majores 5 mm. longæ. Stylus 8 mm. longus. 
In ins. Luzonia prope Manille (Cuming n. 1344). 
2. B. sagittata (Blume! in Flora, 1831, p. 500); ramis juniori- 
bus puberulis; foliis submembranaceis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceola- 
tis, 5-nerviis, subtus adpresse tomentellis; calyce dense furfuraceo- 
tomentello, obscure lobato; petalis obtusis. — Miq. 1. e. 525. 
Petiolus 1 em. longus. Folia subtus fulva, 12-13 em. longa, 4- 
4'^ em. lata. Panieule terminales vel axillares; pedicelli 5-7 mm. 
longi; bractez oblongz, cadues, 6-7 mm. longs. Calyx anguste 
campanulatus, 6-7 mm. longus. 
In ins. Java (Blume). 
3. D. punctulata (Hook. f.! ex Triana, l. ce. 83, tab. VII, 
fig. 89 a); ramis junioribus dense ferrugineo-furfuraceis ; foliis coria- 
eeis, anguste ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, 3-nerviis, subtus punctis rutis 
stellato-puberulis subsparse vestitis; calyce dense furfuraceo, obtuse 
