. DISSOCH.ETA . MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 559 
B. Anther: breves, apice obtuse. — Spec. 12-16. 
1. Bractee magne, obovato-suborbiculares, pallide, membranacee, decidue. 
12. D. Beccariana; ramis junioribus vix furfuraceis et setulis 
patulis sparse hirtellis; foliis ovato-oblongis, subabrupte longeque 
acuminatis, utrinque glaberrimis ; calyce tenuiter furfuraceo, trun- 
cato. 
Frutex scandens. Rami satis graciles, ad nodos valde annulato- 
incrassati. Petiolus 1-1'/, em. longus. Folia submembranacea, 5-ner- 
via, subtus leviter reticulata, 10-17 cm. longa, 5-8 em. lata. Paniculæ 
pyramidatze, multiflorze, 2-3 '/, dm. longs; pedicelli */,-1 cm. longi ; 
braetez ciliatæ, 10-17 mm. longs. Calyx urceolato-campanulatus, 
4-5 mm. longus. Petala acutiuscula, 5-6 mm. longa. Antherz apice 
subtruncatz, majores 4 mm. longs. Stylus 8-9 mm. longus. Bacca 
subsphierica, 4-5 mm. crassa. 
In Borneo prov. Sarawak ad Banting et Santubong (Beccari n. 511 
et 2190 in hb. prop.). 
2. Bracteg minute et inconspicue vel nulle. 
a. Folia subtus glaberrima vel vix furfuracea. 
13. B. gracilis (Blume! in Flora, 1831, p. 498); foliis oblongis 
vel ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, subtus glaberrimis; calyce vix furfu- 
raceo, subtruncato. — Korth. l. c. 237; Naud. l. e. 75 ; Miq. l. c. 
526; Triana, l. e. 83, tab. VII, fig. 89 c; C.B. Clarke, l. c. 544. — 
Melastoma gracilis Jack, l. c. 14; DC. 1. e. 149. — M. vacillans, var. 
pallens Blume, Bijdr. 1074. — M. Fallax Wall.! Cat. n. 4080. —? M. 
glauca Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. 637. 
Rami gracillimi, glabri. Petiolus 1 em. longus. Folia membranacea, 
3-nervia, 7-12 em. longa, 4-5 em. lata. Paniculze pyramidatze, multifio- 
ræ, '/.-11/, dm. longæ; pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi. Calyx campanulatus, 
3 mm. longus. Petala ovata, subobtusa, 5-6 mm. longa. Bacca sphie- 
riea, 4-5 mm. crassa. 
In ins. Java (Blume, Zollinger n. 769, ete.); ad Singapore (Wallich 
n. 4080). 
14. D. vacillans (Blume in Flora, 1831, p. 495); foliis oblongo- — 
