Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. S9 



.<ol tbe leaves softly pubescent; leaves oblanceolate or oblong-Linceolate, 

 shortly acuminate : peduncles less than 1 in. long. 



Singapore; in Botanic Garden Jungle, Bidley 5668, 6170, 6471, 



6916. 



42. Rennellia, Korthals. 



Characters of Morinda but the heads few-flowered and in terminal 

 panicles, the ovules peltate ; the seeds thin, orbicular. — Distrib. 5 or 6 

 Malayan species. 



Note. — In this we include the genus Tribrachya, Korthals, which, as described 

 by its author, differs from Rennellia only in having the flowex'S in each head limited 

 to three. 



Inflorescence paniculate ... ... ..• 1 R- faniculata, 



„ epicate ... ... ... 2 R. speciosa. 



1. Rennellia paniculata, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small gla- 

 brous tree or shrub ; young branches at first dark-brown, afterwards 

 becoming pale, striate, thickened at the nodes. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate, the base much narrowed ; upper 

 surface dark-brown when dry; the lower paler-brown, finely reticulate ; 

 main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, slightly curved, spreading, prominent like 

 the midrib on the lower surface, indistinct on the upper; length 6 to 9 

 in.; breadth 2*25 to 3'75 in.; petioles "8 to 1*25 in. ; stipules oblong, 

 obtuse, '4 in. long. Inflorescence paniculate, erect, terminal ; the branches 

 opposite, or sometimes whorled, '6 to "9 in. long, each bearing at its apex 

 3 or more sessile flowers. Calyx a very shallow entire cup. Corolla 

 coriaceous ; the tube cylindric, '5 in. long ; the limb nearly as long as 

 the tube with 5 recurved lobes. Anthers included, attached near the 

 throat, versatile, on short filaments. Style short ; stigmas lanceolate. 

 Infrutescence globular, -5 in, in diam., glabrous, with several orbicular 

 calyces protruding on the surface. 



Perak; Scortechini 316; King's Collector 2164, 2592, 5432. Pen- 

 an G: Curtis. 



2. Rennellia speciosa, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 158. A small 

 glabrous shrub; young branches about as thick as a goose-quill, pale, 

 striate, thickened at the nodes. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate 

 or elliptic- lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base much narrowed; 

 upper surface olivaceous-brown, the lower olivaceous, reticulate ; main- 

 nerves 7 to 9 pairs, curved, ascending, slightly prominent; length 5 to 

 9 in.; breadth 1*5 to 3"5 in.; petioles '5 tolin.; stipules coriaceous, 

 often 2-lobed, oblong, sub-acute, bi'eaking off about the middle. Liflo- 

 rescence 1 to 2 in. long, terminal, erect, on a short petiole ; flowers 

 from 3 to 6 ou very short branches. Calyx sessile, cupular, truncate. 

 Corolla coriaceous, '75 in. long, salver-shaped; limb with 5 short oblong 



1G3 



