LIX. MELASTOMACE PE. 
[Dissochcria. 
798 
Timah; Bukit Mandai. Pahang, Kwala Tahan. Selangor, Batu 
Caves ; Rawang. Perak, Thaiping Waterfall. Kelantan, Chaning. 
Distrib. Java, Borneo. 
(7) D. celebica Bl. Ann, Mm. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 36; Clarke, l.c. 
ii. 544; King, l.c, 54. 
Slender climber. Branchlets, petioles, leaves beneath, panicles 
densely red-tomentose. Leaves membranous lanceolate, base 
round, acuminate, glabrous (except midrib above), 2*5 to 5 in. 
long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicles lateral and 
terminal 4 in. long, 2*5 in. wide, spreading. Flowers *3 in. long. 
Calyx campanulate. Petals oblong blunt, pale pink. Stamens 4. 
Fruit sub-globular, -15 in. long, purple. Hab. Common on edges 
of woods. Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Chua Chu Kang. Johor, 
Castlewood; Gunong Pantai; Gunong Banang, Batu Pahat, 
Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado); Kwantan (Foxworthy); Malacca, 
Merlimau, Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Petaling. Negri Sembilan, 
Seremban (Cantley). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Tringganu, 
Bundi (Rostado). Penang, Batu Feringhi and the hill (Curtis). 
Distrib. Malay isles. Native names: Akar Meroyan jantan; Akar 
Meroyan Pay a; Akar Berbuah. 
(8) D. intermedia Bl. Flora 1831, p. 493; King, l.c. 54. 
Slender climber. Branches red-scurfy. Leaves lanceolate 
blunt acuminate, base round, 3-5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
•2 in. long. Panicles lax, 8 in. long. Flowers *4 to *5 in. long. 
Calyx-tube truncate, entire. Petals ovate, acute. Stamens 4, 
narrowed to apex and appendiculate. Hab. Edges of forests, 
Singapore, Bukit Mandai. Johor, Bukit Patani, Batu Pahat, 
Pahang, near Raub (Machado). Selangor, Rawang; Sepang. 
Penang Hill (Ridley). Distrib. Java; but the Javanese form has 
much larger leaves and panicles. 
(9) D. anomala King, l.c. 55. 
A rather slender, woody climber. Young branches sparsely 
hairy becoming glabrous. Leaves oblong-ovate, bluntly cuspidate, 
base round, broad, above glabrous, beneath sparsely stellate-hairy 
on the nerves, 3-5 to 6-5 in. long, 175 to 275 in. wide: petioles 
short, thick, bristly. Panicles numerous axillary, terminal, wide 
spreading 3 to 4 in. long, the branchlets ending in cymes of 3 small 
white flowers. Bracts to branches and cymes oblong blunt hairy, 
•2 in. long. Calyx campanulate, tomentose, truncate. Petals 
ovate acuminate. Stamens 4, with filamentous appendages. 
Fruit campanulate, -15 in. through, bluish black or purple. Hab. 
Forests, not common, Perak, Larut 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunst¬ 
ler). Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley). 
(10) D. Scortechinii King, l.c. 55. 
Branches thinly clothed with pale stellate hairs. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, base broad cordate, tip blunt acuminate, glabrous 
above, rusty and stellate hairy beneath, 2 to 375 in. long, 1-5 to 
