14 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



11159; King; Hullett 507. Pekak : King's Collector 4345, 4661. 

 — DiSTEiB. Burma. 



Vae. diffusa, King & Gamble. Capitula in spreading pedunculate 

 panicles several inches in diam. 



Peeak : Scortechini 400. Johore : Bidlcy 3732. Singapore : 

 Hullett. 



Vae. angtistifolia, King & Gamble. Leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong, 

 not more than 2 in. in width ; capitulum solitary, sessile. 



SiNGAPOEE : King. — Distrib. Andamans. 



Var. glabra, King & Gamble. Leaves glabrous. 



Perak : Wray 1963. 



18. PsYCHOTRiA MONTANA, BlumeBijdr. 960. A stout glabrous shrub ; 

 young branches half as thick as a goose-quill, angled, brown when dry. 

 Leaves thinly membranous, on rather long petioles, elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces greenish or 

 olivaceous-brown when dry, the lower the paler ; main-nerves 7 to 8 

 pairs (rarely 10 pairs) curving upwards, pale and bold like the midrib on 

 the lower surface, faint on the upper; length 5 to 8 in. ; breadth 1*75 

 to 3"5 in.; petioles "4 to 1*25 in., winged near the apex. Stipules 

 connate by their short broad bases, the apices caudate-acuminate, 

 curved. Cymes terminal, paniculate, on angled peduncles "5 to 1*25 in. 

 in length ; branches spreading, angled, bearing numerous shortly pedi- 

 celled flowers in cymules of three. Flowers -25 in. long. Calyx 

 ■cupular with 5 broad spreading triangular teeth. Corolla with sub- 

 campanulate tube having a broad band of hairs inside in the upper 

 half ; the lobes of the mouth 5, broad, acute, reflexed. Fridt ellipsoid- 

 ovoid to ellipsoid, boldly 4-ridged, glabrous, -25 to '3 in. long. Seeds : 

 the dorsal surface with a single ridge, the ventral deeply concave, 

 grooved. DC. Prod. IV. 521; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 174. P. 

 viridissima, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, II. 315 ; For. Fl. 

 Burm. II. 13. Chasalia montana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 281. C. ex- 

 -pansa, var. montana, Miq. MS. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8371, 8378, and 

 Buhiacece, 8339. Coffea tabaccifolia, Wall. Cat. 8334. 



Perak: Scortechini; Ridley, 2922; King's Collector, 452, 2190; 

 Wray 276.— Distrib. Sumatra, Forbes 1566, 1862, 2201, 2241, 2330. 

 Java: Blume ; Forbes 271, 759, &c. Burma ; Assam ; Sylhet {Griffith, 

 K.D.) 3047. 



Var. breviioetiolata. King & Gamble. Leaves with petioles "2 to 

 •4 in. long. 



Perak : Scortechini 277, 1513 ; Wray 1628, 2289 ; King's Collector 

 389, 922, 1954, 2190, 4707, 6111, 8596. Selangor : Bidley 10583. 

 Pahang : Bidley 5831. Malacca : on Mt. Ophir, Hullett 762 

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