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Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
nate, much narrowed at the base into the broad petiole ; both sur- 
faces brown when dry, the upper slightly olivaceous; the midrib 
broad, channelled on the upper surface, main-nerves 5 to 10 pairs, 
spreading, thin, distinct on the lower surface ; length 3 to 4-5 in. ; 
breadth 1-5 to 2'5 in. ; petiole '5 to 1-5 in. long, slightly winged 
above. Stipules broadly ovate, sub-acute or blunt, sub-tubular, some- 
times bifid, -2 to -4 in. long. Cymes umbellate, solitary or terminal, 
pedunculate, as long as or longer than the leaves (including the com- 
pressed naked 1 to 2 in. long peduncle) ; primary branches long, 
spreading ; the ultimate umbels with broad-based subulate unequal 
bracteoles. Flowers -2 to -25 in. long, sessile or on short pedicels; 
bracts -25 in. long. Calyx-tube obconic, its teeth triangular. Corolla 
longer than the calyx, shortly and widely tubular, deeply divided into 
5 broad lobes thickened near the apex, the apex itself sharp and 
indexed, glabrous inside except for the ring of hair in the throat at 
the insertion of the short filaments. Anthers elliptic, blunt, entire. 
Fruit ellipsoid, compressed, with 10 obtuse vertical ridges (2 of them 
double), glabreseent, crowned by the rather large calyx; length -4 in. ; 
breadth '25 in. Seeds 2, plano-convex, the dorsal surface with 4 blunt 
ridges, the ventral surface plane. 
Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 920. Singapore : Bidley 2870. Perak: 
Scortechini 2034 ; King’s Collector 3049, 4591, 10723. Selangor : 
Bidley 7425. Pangkore : Curtis 1621. 
7. Psychotria Scortechinii , n. sp., King & Gamble. A climber,, 
all parts glabrous ; young branches pale brown, thicker than a crow- 
quill, terete, smooth. Leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate or narrowly 
elliptic, acuminate, the base narrowed or rarely rounded ; both surfaces 
brown when dry (the lower slightly paler) , the midrib prominent ; main- 
nerves 5 or 6 pairs, curved, spreading, not prominent ; length 2'5 to 
4 in. ; breadth 1 to 1-5 in. ; petiole '15 to -2 in. Stipules oblong, acute, 
connate at their bases, '15 to '2 in. long, caducous. Cymes paniculate, 
solitary, terminal, rarely axillary, spreading, lax, cymosely branched, in 
flower as long as or nearly as long as the leaves, in fruit longer, the 
branches bracteolate, angled, divaricating. Flowers on the ultimate 
branchlets in threes, -15 in. long, on short pedicels, each with a bracteole 
at the base. Calyx cupular, with 5 short acute teeth. Corolla longer 
than the calyx, cylindric, with short triangular lobes, the throat with 
tufts of yellowish hairs between the 5 stamens. Anthers on short 
filaments. Style cylindric, stigma 2-lobed. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 
tapering to each end, sometimes clavate, slightly compressed, 8-ridged 
(2 being double), crowned by the calyx, '35 in. long and '2 in. in diam. 
Seeds with 3 broad dofsal ridges, ventral surface plane. 
