1900.] G. King — Maleriah for a Flora f>f ihe Malayan Pminmla* 51 
cymosc, 1- to 3-flowered ; bracts Bmnll, cadacotis. Flowers 1 '5 in. long 
(incladiuf^ tlio Rtamens), pedicela much sliorter than themselves. 
Qalyx-fuhe miToivly cam paou late or funnel -shaped, the inoTitli widened 
and witb 't blunt, tciangulnr teeth, densely Btellate-hairy onteide. Petals 
obovate-oblong, blnnt, reflexed. Stamejts 8; carved, elongate-linear, 
acurainnte, with two bristle-like appendages at the base in fronts tiici- 
niato behind, Frm't ellipsoid, snccnlent, crowned by tlio enlarged teeth 
of the cftlyx-tnbe. G. B. Clarke in Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 543 ; 
Oogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. VII, 557, Melastoma hracteatuiB^ Wall- Cat. 
4044 (in part), 
Penang; Wallich 4044; Gn^ilh (K.D.) 22G8 ; Mahigmj (K.D.) 
788 ; Gnrtis 7m Malacca ; WaUicJi, Sinoapore ; Eidht 213 ; Ridleij 
5187. Jomm ; King8CoUecfor22-k Fexiak ; Scorlechini 2^5. DlSTRlB. 
Borneo. 
± Diss0CH.i!TA PUNCTI'LATA, Hook. fil. cx Triana in Linn. Ti-atis. 
XXVIIT, 83. Yonng branches thickened but not annnlate, clothed like 
the petioles, andor snrfacea of the leaves and the infloroscenco with 
minute, msfcy scales. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-ovate, the baBe rounded 
and not cordate, the apex acute or very shortly acuminate ; 5-nen*od, 
the marginal nerves very slender ; upper surface glabroas ; length 3 to 
4" 5 in, ; breadth "75 to 1*75 in. ; petiole '25 to *4 in. Panicles solitary, 
tennina!, several times longer than the leaves, the branches and 
brancblets short and the latter cymosely few-flowered, bracts small, 
linear, deciduous. Fhieers "75 in. long (including the stamens), on 
pedicels shorter tlmn themselves. Calyx-tuhe infundibulifomi, tho 
month with a broad, everted, wavy, obscarely toothed edge, deciduously 
scaly. Petals 4, ovate, sub-acute, glabrous. Anthers 8, equal, curved, 
cylindric, attenuated to tho 1-pored apex, the baso with two long, 
geniculate, upward-curving, naiTOW, flattisli appeutlages. Fruit succu- 
lent, urceolate, Blightly warted, sub-glahrous, crowned by tho slightly 
enlarged month of the calyx, '1 in. long. C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. 
Br, Ind. II, 543 ; Cogu, in DC, Mon. Phan. VH, 555. 
Malacca; OritJiih (K.D.) 2291 ! Mahtfjarj 789. Singapore • Eidley 
3918, 4803. Si;laxgoee; Htdky 2015. Johohe ; Bidleij 3240, 210G. 
Penano; Walker^ elc, 
3. Dissocil^TA itti^suTA, Hook. fil. cx Triana Trans, Linn, Soe. 
XXVITI, 83. A strong creeper with slender branches only slightly 
thickened at the nodes ; all parts except the upper surf aces of the leaves 
and the petals densely clothed with deciduous, stellate hairs mixed with 
long, stiff, spreading, curved bair-s. Leaves membranous, lanceolate or 
ovate-lancefdate, 5-nerved (the lateral pair slender), the base rounded 
and .'slightly cordate, tho upcx shortly acuminate; upper surface 
