8 lxxiv. rubiacejs. [• Sarcocephalus. 
small bracts half-way. Heads *5 in. through, yellowish cream- 
colour. Flowers glabrous, *i in. long. Corolla-lobes round. Style 
long clubbed. Fruit-head brown, globular, 75 in. through pitted. 
Hab. Common in woods in the lowlands. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle; Bukit Timah; Siglap. Johor, Bukit Soga. Malacca 
(Maingay); Mt. Ophir (Griffith); Batang Malacca and Hulu 
Rejang (Derry). Pahang, Kuantan (Burn-Murdoch). Negri Sem- 
bilan, Bukit Kupayiang (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping and Goping 
(Kunstler). Penang Hill at 500 ft. altitude and Batu Fennghi 
(Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines. Native names: 
Mempelu Tanah; Sebonko Bukit; Lempedu Tanah. Use : Timber 
good and hard, though not large. 
(4) S. subditus Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 133; King, l.c. 121. 
A tree about 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves thick, membranous 
drying black, elliptic-lanceolate shortly acuminate, base narrowed; 
nerves 6 to 7 pairs; 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 
•2 to -4 in. long. Peduncles axillary and terminal, under 1 in. long 
in flower, 1 in. long in fruit. Flowers yellow in heads, '5 i n - through, 
glabrous. Corolla-lobes oblong. Fruit-head globular, woody, *5 in. 
through, pitted light brown. Hab. Lowland woods and river- 
banks. Singapore, Kranji. Johor, road to Gunong Pulai; Serom. 
Pahang, river-banks, Pulau Chengei; Kwala Tembeling. Malacca 
(Griffith); Merlimau (Derry). Negri Sembilan^ Johol. Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Bujong Malacca. Kelantan, Chaning, 
river-bank. Distrib. Sumatra; Borneo. Native names: Bongak 
Ayer; Subutu; Markel; Kedinba Dalam. 
3. ANTHOCEPHALUS, A. Rich. 
Large tree. Leaves coriaceous; stipules large. Flowers sessile 
in solitary globose terminal heads on a peduncle bracteate at base 
only. Calyx-tubes free, narrow cylindric with 5 linear-oblong 
pubescent lobes. Corolla funnel-shaped above, lobes long linear 
imbricate. Anthers linear-oblong apiculate. Style long. Stigma 
cylindric-fusiform. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit not combined 4-celled. 
Seeds ellipsoid not winged. Species 2, Indo-Malayan. 
(1) A. indicus Rich. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Pans , 1934, p- 237; 
King , l.c. 122. A. morindaefolius Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 
154, t. 48. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong or ovate acute, base cuneate or round, 
glabrous beneath sometimes puberulous; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 
slightly elevate; 5-5 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles •2 to 
175 in. long. Stipules triangular. Heads 1 to 2 in. through; 
peduncles 1*5 to 2 in. long. Fruit 4-celled, upper part containing 
4 sub-dehiscent several-seeded pyrenes, lower 2-celled, many-seeded. 
Hab. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak. No locality 
given (Kunstler). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native name : Empoyan 
or Kelumpayon. 
