50 G. King— ifaiertaJ;? for a Fkva of ilie Malat/ati Peninsula. [NTo, 1, 
calyx, 4-celle!3, apox glabrons or densely haiiy; style fiiiform ; ovules 
very many, placentas axile. Bcrnj ovoid oi' elliptic, crowned hy tlie 
calyx-limb. JSmU elipsoid, flattened on the side of tlie raplie. — BiSTRtn. 
Species 25 ; througboufc Malaya to the Philippines. 
StBtnens 8 (fonr of tliem sometimes impcrfeot) 
Young brjiuclies, under aurfiices of Icarea and pauicks 
covered with poraisfceufc sfceUate-tonientum t — 
Tho stel Into- 1 omentum not mixed i^if,h bi-istles; 
tho nolle a witb transFerae iufcerpotioler lines:— 
Flowers 1-75 in. long ... ... }. nuntdtffn. 
Flowora '75 in, long ... ... 2, I*, jmnchdata. 
The BteUatQ-tomenfcnm mixed with Bpreading 
pomatent brififcles ; floiverB '75 in. long 3. Bthirgittrt, 
young branches, uudei' Barfiicoa of leaves and pauicles 
covered tit first with BtellaU-fcomontam which nUi" 
iiifitolr more or less disappeara ; — 
RracLs of panicle obovate, perfiisfcfnt ... ... 4. D. hraetmfa. 
Braciu of panicle linear, deciduona ... ... 5. D.imllkla, 
Young bran«kea, under sarfttcea of leavea and paniclca 
covered with miuute eitople softlea uot stellate ,,. 0, D. fjracili». 
Stamens 4 
rnaicba ebraotoato, or bracts, if any, caducoas : — 
Flowere '3 in. long; fruit '15 to '2 in. iu diani. ; 
mouth of calji-tube 4- toothed ; petals broadly 
oblong, blutit; stamens blnutj not append iou late 
at tho apex ... ... ... ... 7. ceUbka. 
Flowera '5 in. long j fruit '2 to '25 in, iu diain, ; 
mouth of calyx-tube truncate not toothed: 
petals ovate, acute j stamens narrowed to the 
appeudicalato apex ... ... ,,. 8. D. inUr media, 
Paniclea with persistent, oblong bracta : — 
Young brancliea at first rusty stellate-hairy, 
liniiUy glabrous; branches of pamcle divari- 
^ eating, lax ... •.. ... ... 9, D. anomala, 
Yoimg branches with pergistenti pale, adpreased, 
atellato luUrsj branches of pauiole short, 
condensed ... ... ... 10. 15. Seortcchinii, 
1, DisSocniSTA ANNUL ATA, Kook. til. ex Triana in Trans. Liiin. 
Soc. XX VIII, S3. A strong climber ; jomig branches, petioles, undei* 
surfaces of leaves ami inflorescence covered with dense, rusty, deciduons 
stellate tometitiim, the nodes thickened aud slightly aniiulafce. Leaves 
coriaceons, ovate- oblong, cordate at the base, tlie apices shortly and 
i-ather abruptly acuminate, upper surface afc fii'sfc sparsely stellat^^hairy, 
ultimately glabrous, the nerves and reticulations bold ; length 2 5 to 
3 5 iu. ; breadth 1 to 1*8 in. ; petiole '2 to "5 in, Fanide solitary ter- 
miual, much longer than the leaves, lax, the braucheB divaricatiugj 
