796 
LIX. MELASTOMACEAi. 
[Dissochala. 
16. DISSOCHiETA, Bl. 
Slender, twining tall shrubs. Leaves elliptic or oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, base round, 5-nerved from base. Panicles terminal. Flowers 
rather small, rosy or white. Bracts sometimes large. Calyx 
campanulate or funnel-shaped, tomentose, pubescent or glabrous, 
4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8, 4 of which are sometimes 
imperfect, shorter or suppressed, the four longer ones have 2 long 
bristles in front from the base. Ovary 4-ceIled. Berry ovoid or 
elliptic. Species 25, Malayan. 
Stamens 8 (4 sometimes imperfect). 
Young parts and underside of leaf persistently 
tomentose. 
Plants not bristly. 
Flowers large, 1*5 in. long .... 
Flowers smaller, -75 in. long 
Plants covered with long bristles 
Young parts deciduously tomentose. 
Bracts large, ovate ..... 
Bracts small, linear ..... 
Young parts scaly, not tomentose 
Stamens 4 only. 
Bracts caducous or o. 
Leaves rufous beneath; petals oblong blunt 
Leaves hardly rufous; petals ovate acute 
Bracts oblong persistent. 
Panicle spreading ...... 
Panicle dense ...... 
(1) D. annulata 
(2) D. punctulata 
(3) D. hirsuta 
(4) D. bracteata 
(5) D. pallida 
(6) D. gracilis 
{7) D. celebica 
(8) D. intermedia 
(9) D. anomala 
(10) D. Scortechinii 
(1) D. annulata Hook. fil. Triana. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 
83; King, l.c. 50. 
Young branches. Underside of leaves and inflorescence 
tomentose, nodes thickened annulate. Leaves ovate-oblong 
cordate acuminate, above glabrous; nerves and nervules pro¬ 
minent, 2-5 to 3-5 in. long, 1 to i-8 in. wide; petioles *2 to -5 in. 
long. Panicles 6 in. long. Bracts small. Flowers 1-5 in. long. 
Calyx narrow, campanulate, *5 in. long. Petals obovate rose pink. 
Stamens 8. Hob. Edges of forests, climbing high on trees. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca, 
Mt. Ophir {with white flowers). Perak, Maxwell's Hill at 2500 ft. 
altitude. Penang Hill at 3000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Disirib. 
Borneo. 
(2) D. punctulata Hook. fil. Triana l.c.; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 
F . B . I . ii. 543; King , l.c. 51. . , 
Branchlets, nodes thickened, not annulate, with petioles, 
under-surface of leaves and inflorescence covered with rusty scales. 
Leaves oblong-ovate, base round, entire, acute, above glabrous, 
3 to 4-5 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide; petioles -25 to -4 in. long. 
Panicles 4 to 6 in. long; branches short. Flowers 75 in. long. 
Calyx funnel-shaped. Petals ovate; stamens 8. Fruit urceolate, 
sub-glabrous. Hab. Forest edges. Singapore, Pungul Road 
