LIX. MELASTOMACEiE. 
799 
DissocJueta.] 
2 in. wide; petioles tomentose, *i in. long. Panicles terminal, 
2 in. long, dense, tomentose; bracts many, oblong or spathulate. 
Flowers *3 in. long, short pedicelled. Calyx narrow campanulate 
truncate tomentose. Petals orbicular-ovate acuminate. Stamens 4, 
ovate with 2 long filiform appendages. Hab. Rare and seldom 
collected. Perak (Scortechini). Penang (Curtis). 
17 . ANPLECTRUM, A. Gray. 
Slender twining shrubs. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, 3- to 5-nerved from base. Flowers white or pink in terminal 
panicles. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped or ovoid, limb shortly 4-lobed 
or truncate. Petals 4. Stamens 4 or 8, four perfect; anthers 
acuminate, opening by one pore; connective shortly appendaged, 
rarely with a long appendage, never with 2 long bristles in front. 
Ovary 4-celled. Berry ovoid or globose. Species about 18, 
Malayan. 
Stamens 4, perfect. 
Nodes of branches and panicle bristly 
Nodes hairless, ringed; stamens 4, perfect 
Calyx funnel-shaped ; stamens 4 only 
Calyx ovoid ; stamens 8, 4 imperfect 
Stamens 8, 4 smaller 
Stamens 8, all perfect 
(1) A. lepido-setosum King, l.c. 56. 
Branches strongly ringed at nodes, stiff, bristly. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, caudate acuminate, base cordate, glabrous 
except a few hairs at base, 4-5 to 6 in. long, 1*1 to i*8 in. wide; 
petioles -I in. long or more, very bristly. Panicles terminal, 3 to 
4 in. long, bristly. Calyx-tube cylindric scaly, mouth bristly. 
Petals ovate. Stamens 4 large broad, 4 small linear. Capsule 
ovoid, globular, -15 in. long. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Penang 
Hill (Curtis). Disirib. Borneo. 
(2) A. glaucum Triana , Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 84; Clarke, 
in Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 545; King, l.c. 57. 
Sparingly pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate acute, base round; nerves 3, elevate, 3 to 5 in. long, 
1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -05 to -2 in. long. Panicles 4-5 in. long, 
3-5 in. wide, many-flowered. Flowers *5 in. long. Calyx funnel- 
shaped truncate. Petals ovate-lanceolate acute, pale purple or 
white. Stamens 4. Fruit sub-globular, purple -2 in. long. Hab. 
Fairly common to 2500 ft. altitude. In forest. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle. Johor, Castlewood. Malacca, Batang Malaka (Derry); 
Selandor (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kupayang (Cantley). 
Perak, Thaiping (Wray); Gunong Keledang. Penang Hill (Main- 
gay). Disirib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. Native names: Akar 
Dumah Bukit; Akar Sendudok Rimbah. 
. (1) A. lepido-setosum 
. (2) A. glaucum 
. (3) A. pallens 
. (4) A. divaricatum 
. (5) A. anomalum 
