i8 lxxiv. RUBiACEiE. [ Coptosapelta. 
Kang. Malacca, Merlimau (Holmberg); Bukit Sadanen (Derry). 
Pahang, Temerloh. Negri Sembilan, Gunong Berumban (Cantley); 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Native names : Akar Malong; Sumpuh 
Puchut. Use : For colic. 
(3) C. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. p. 76. 
Lofty climber nearly glabrous. Branches slender, sparsely 
white hairy. Leaves elliptic acuminate, base narrow, nearly 
glabrous, membranous; nerves 4 pairs finely reticulate; 3 in. long, 
i*5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Panicles terminal, lax spreading, 
3 in. long, sparingly white hairy; branches bracteate with narrow 
linear bracts. Flowers green. Calyx pedicelled -i in. long, obconic 
silky; limb campanulate, lobes 5, ovate. Corolla-tube *2 in. long, 
white silky, lobes linear-oblong nearly as long glabrous, keeled, 
mouth of tube silky. Fruit panicle enlarged, 3 in. long, 6 in. 
across; branches angled, nearly glabrous. Fruit *2 in. long 
globular-ovoid glabrous. Hab. Climbing to tops of trees in forests, 
Singapore, Bukit Timah (Ridley). Penang (Curtis). Distrib. 
Borneo. 
8. HYMENODICTYON, Wall. 
Trees or shrubs. Branches thick. Leaves deciduous. Flowers 
small spicate in axillary and terminal nodding panicles. Calyx- 
tube short, lobes 5 or 6. Corolla funnel-shaped glabrous inside, 
lobes 5, short, valvate. Stamens 5 ; filaments short dilate upward. 
Ovary 2-celled; style filiform. Stigma fusiform. Capsule loculi- 
cidally 2-valved. Seeds many, broadly winged. Species 4 to 5, 
African and Asiatic. 
(1) H. excelsum Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. (ed. Carey), ii. 149 > 
Hook. fit. F.B.I. iii. 35. . , 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves membranous ovate elliptic or 
obovate abruptly acuminate, pubescent narrowed to petiole; 
nerves 5 pairs, depressed above, slightly elevate beneath, 4 to 10 in. 
long, 3 to 5 in. wide; petioles 1 to 4 in. long. Panicles large, 
8 in. long, pubescent. Flowers small, *2 in. long, white. Capsule 
ellipsoid *75 in. long. Seeds *2 in. long. Hab. Lankawi at lelok 
Sinn (Haniff). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
9 . MUSSAENDOPSIS, Baillon. 
A big glabrous tree. Leaves very coriaceous, broad, petiolate. 
Stipules oblong, coriaceous. Flowers in axillary cymose lax 
panicles; branches spreading. Calyx puberulous, campanulate; 
limb truncate with 5 minute and frequently 1 large obovate stalked, 
white. Corolla-tube short, lobes thick, oblong 5. Stamens 5; 
anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 2-celled; ovules numerous; style 
fleshy, short. Capsule oblong clavate. Seeds small, winged. 
Species 2, Malayan. 
