Sarcocephalus.] 
LXXIV. RUBIACEiE. 
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2. SARCOCEPHALUS, Afzel. 
Trees (or bushes). Leaves sub-coriaceous. Flowers sessile 
joined by their confluent calyx-tubes into globose axillary and 
terminal peduncled ebracteate heads. Calyx-tube short, teeth 
4 or 5 imbricate. Corolla funnel-shaped small teeth 4 or 5 short, 
broad, throat glabrous. Stamens 4 or 5; filaments short or none; 
anthers ovate. Stigma clubbed, fusiform. Ovary 2-celled. Fruits 
combined into a fleshy globose mass of 2-celled pyrenes. Seed 
ovoid, not winged. Species 12, Indo-Malayan, with one in Australia 
and one in Africa. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubescent beneath; heads 
■8 in. through. (1) S.hirsutus 
Leaves obovate scaly beneath, large; heads 1-5 in. 
through.(2) S. Maingayi 
Leaves obovate, glabrous 4 in. across; heads *5 in. 
through.(3) S. Junghuhnii 
Leaves broad lanceolate, 2 in. across; heads *5 in. 
through.{4) S. subditus 
(1) S. hirsutus Haviland, Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 32; King, 
l.c. 120. 
A large bush. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves thickly mem¬ 
branous, oblong-oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate, base narrowed; 
nerves pubescent beneath, drying black, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 
2*25 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long, pubescent. Stipules oblong- 
oblanceolate, *3 in. long. Peduncle solitary, terminal, pubescent. 
Head -8 in. through. Calyx hairy. Corolla glabrous. Hab. Open 
country, edges of woods, rare. Malacca, Relau at base of Mt. 
Ophir (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Magal. 
(2) S. Maingayi Haviland , l.c. 33. 
Tall tree with few spreading branches, about 80 ft. high. 
Branches glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic sub-acuminate, base 
narrowed scaly beneath; nerves 9 to 14 pairs, prominent and 
pubescent beneath, depressed above; 4 to 8 in. long, 2-25 to 3*5 
in. across; petioles -5 in. long. Stipules oblong, -65 in. long. 
Peduncles thick, -25 to *5 in. long. Heads large, 1*5 in. through. 
Calyx tomentose. Corolla glabrous. Hab. In low wet open country 
on the west side of the peninsula. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu 
(Cantley). Selangor; Kwala Lumpur (common here). Perak, 
Goping (Kunstler); Batang Padang (Kunstler). Province Wel¬ 
lesley, Krian; Penang, Telok Bahang (Fox). Native name : Tum- 
bong Dayong. Use : Fruit edible, sweet. 
(3) S. Junghuhnii Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 133; King, l.c. 121. 
A bushy tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Stem about 1 ft. through. 
Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to obovate-elliptic shortly acuminate, 
base cuneate, drying yellowish brown; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, elevate 
beneath; 4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles stout, -35 to x in. 
long. Peduncles axillary stout, 1 to 3 in an axil, pubescent, with 
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