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XLVIII. ROSACEA. 
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mon in the lowlands. Singapore, Tanglin ; Jurong. Malacca, 
Mt. Ophir; Selandor (Cantley). Pahang, Pekan; Kwala Tembeling; 
Temerloh. Selangor, Batu Tiga; Semangkok Pass. Perak, Relau 
Tujor (Wray). Penang. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). Kelantan, 
Kwala Lebir. - Distrib . Mergui. Native names: Papa Runga; 
Dun Berumbet; Tempo Ranak; Tempo Ragat ; Tempo Ranang; 
Tapa ringu (Tringganu); Akar Kupor. Use : Roots, decoction for 
dysentery. 
(3) R. glomeratus Bl. Bijdr. mi; Focke, Lc. 90; King, Lc. 
295 . 
A rather slender bramble. Stems velvety when young, sparsely 
thorny. Leaves ovate deltoid cordate acuminate, obscurely 
3-lobed, dentate, glabrous above except nerves, softly yellowish 
velvety beneath, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 to 2^25 in. wide; petioles 1 to 
1*5 in. long. Panicles slender 6 in. long; branches short, yellowish- 
tomentose. Flowers '4 in. across. Sepals ovate-triangular 
acuminate, yellow-tomentose. Petals shorter, white. Fruit orange, 
few drupes. Hob. Hill woods. Singapore, Jurong. Selangor, 
Bukit Kutu; Semangkok Pass (Machado) ; Perak, Thaiping Hills 
(Hervey and Brooks). Penang Hill (Wallich). Distrib. Malay 
Isles. 
Nearly always a mountain plant, and common above 2000 ft. altitude, 
but I once found it at sea level in Singapore. Native names : Akar Balik 
Adap; Akar Bulan Mudik; Akar Kupor. 
(4) R. Hasskarli Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 381. R. glomeratus 
var. gracilis, King, l.c. 295. 
Slender purplish bramble with few thorns. Leaves deltoid, 
thin, 3- to 5-lobed wide, cordate acuminate denticulate above, 
glabrous except midrib and nerves, beneath concolorous, nearly 
glabrous, 4-25 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 1*25 in. long 
appressed, hairy and thorny. Stipules oblong-lanceolate pinnatif.d 
about half-way. Panicles long, 8 in. or more lax, lowest branch 
3-5 in. long, yellowish tomentose. Buds ovoid, acute. Pedicels '5 in. 
long. Sepals ovate acuminate, '2 in. long, yellowish silky tomentose 
outside. Petals shorter, white. Fruit raspberry colour. Flab. 
Mountain forests, not common. Perak, Batang Padang valley 
(Wray). Penang (Schomburgk). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
This differs from R. glomeratus in its straggling inflorescence and the 
leaves not yellowish white beneath. 
(5) R. elongatus Smith, Icon. iii. 6, 62; Focke, l.c. 60, pi. 22. 
R. Lobbianus Hook. Ic. PL 741-742. 
A slender climber 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branches hardly puberulous, 
covered with many short curved thorns. Leaves thin ovate acumin¬ 
ate, edges at base sinuate but not lobed, margins denticulate, base 
widely cordate, glabrous above, pale grey puberulous beneath, 
3*5 in. long, 2*4 in. wide; petioles slender, very thorny, 1*5 in. 
