1904.] King & Gamble— J^/orr? of the Malayan Peninsula, 103 



broad-ovate, •] in. long. Flotvers solitarj', axilary, sub-sessile. Fruit 

 as large as a currant, fleshly, bright-red. 



Pebak: ScortecJmii 4i\2. — Distrib. Java: on the Gedeh Volcano, 

 King. Sumatra: J5ecca7-i 44 ; Forbes 20b9. 



2. Geophila pilosa, H. H. W. Pearson in Hook. Ic. Plant., t. 2691. 

 ^lore slender than G. reniformis, the stem, leaves, peduncles and calyx 

 with much stiff pubescence. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, with sub- 

 acute apices and slightly waved edges, both surfaces and petioles with 

 pale stout curved hairs, the upper olivaceous, the lower paler green ; 

 main-nerves 3 pairs, much curved, spreading and ascending, rather dis- 

 tinct (when dry) on the lower; length '6 to 1 in,; breadth '35 to '65 

 in.; petioles "5 to 2 in. Stipules ovate, "l in. long. Peduncles termma]^ 

 •5 to *8 in. long, tomentose. Flowers solitary, or 2 to 3 in an umbel 

 with 2 lanceolate hairy bracts at its base. Flowers '25 in. long, sub- 

 sessile. Calyx-txihe cylindric, densely hairy, its lobes linear. Corolla 

 tubular, with 5 deep ovate-acute teeth, pilose externally. Fruit sub- 

 globular, black, crowned by the sub-coherent calyx-lobes, '3 in. in diam. 



Singapore : Ridley 9516. — Distrib. Borneo : Barber 249. 



3. Geophila reniformis, Don. Prodr. 136. Stem as thick as a crow- 

 quill, 6 to 18 in. long, glabrous, the branches short. Leaves broadly 

 ovate-cordate to reniform, the apex sub-acute or obtuse; upper surface 

 brown when dry, the lower paler, both glabrous, the main-nerves mostly 

 radiating from the base of the midrib, 3 or 4 pairs, not prominent ; length 

 •5 to 1*5 in.; breadth '5 to 1*75 in.; petioles '35 to 2 in., often puberu- 

 lous. Stipules small, semilunar, the apex reflexed. Peduncles slender, 

 •5 to 2 in. long, slender, 1- to 3-flowered. Flowers '6 in. long, without 

 pedicels, with lanceolate bracts at their bases. Galyx-lohe^ deep, narrow- 

 ly lanceolate. Corolla much exceeding the calyx, its lobes lanceolate, 

 glabrous or pubescent externally. Berry red, crowned by the calyx-lobes, 

 sub-globular, '35 in. in diam. DO. Prod. IV. 537; W. & A. Prod., 

 436; Wight Icon. t. 54; Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. Bomb. Ill; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. II. 311 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 178. G. diversifoUa, DC. I.e., 

 Wall. Oat. 8325. Psychotria herbacea, Linn. Sp. PI. 245; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. I. 533. Cephaelis herbacea, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1877, 

 II. 140. 0. diversifoUa, Bl. Bijdr. 1004. 



Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 927 ; Goodenough 1526. Perak : Scor- 

 techini 130, 2183; Wray 3368; King's Collector 265, 905. Penang: Curtis 

 1930 ; Deschamps. Poongah : Curtis 3235. Kedah : Curtis.— D^strK. 

 Malayan Archipelago, Ceylon, British India, Andaman Islands, 

 Polynesia, S. China, tropical America and Africa. 



4. Geophila melanocarpa, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) III. 

 313, t. 62. Stems 6 to 18 in. long, compressed, as thick as or thicker 



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