LXXIV. RUBIACE^E. 
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Aleisanthia,] 
2-branched. Calyx-lobes 5, triangular acute. Corolla *25 in. long, 
yellow, densely white-woolly outside, tube abruptly dilate above, 
lobes 5, ovate. Stamens 5, included adnate to tube. Stigma 
oblong large capitate. Capsule -13 in. long, cylindric-turbinate, 
woody. Seeds numerous, reticulate angular. Hab. On sandstone 
rocks 600 to 1000 ft. altitude, in clefts. Local. Selangor; Klang 
Gates (Ridley). 
13. BECHERIA, Ridl. 
Small branched shrub. Leaves thin elliptic cuspidate. Stipules 
ovate triangular. Inflorescence terminal cymose. Flowers small, 
white, bracts lanceolate to orbicular. Calyx-lobes 4, orbicular, 
enlarging after fall of the corolla, thin, oblong obtuse. Corolla- 
tube short, glabrous; lobes valvate 4, ovate, shorter than tube. 
Anthers sub-sessile, linear acuminate in mouth of tube. Style 
short. Stigma clubbed. Fruit globose, woody, 2-eelled, 2-ovuled. 
(1) B. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 20. 
Bark pale. Leaves glabrous; nerves 12 to 13 pairs; 7 to 8 in. 
long, 3*5 to 3-75 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Stipules cuspidate, 
nearly -25 in. long. Peduncles 1 to 2 in. long with 3 or 4 branches, 
pubescent. Flowers -12 in. long, crowded at branch ends. Bracts, 
lower lanceolate, upper orbicular ciliate. Calyx-lobes ciliate. 
Corolla greenish white, sub-coriaceous. Hab. Forests; not com¬ 
mon, in shady spots. Selangor, Batu Caves. Pahang, Kwala 
Tembeling. Perak, Tapah (Ridley). Distrib. St. Barbe Isle. 
14. ARGOSTEMMA, Wall. 
Small herbs. Leaves membranous to fleshy, equal or very 
unequal. Stipules entire. Flowers in peduncled cymes, white. 
Calyx-tube short, campanulate, lobes 4 or 5, star-like. Stamens 
4 to 5 with large connivent anthers, often opening by pores; fila¬ 
ments short. Capsule membranous, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 
minute. Species 40 to 50, sub-tropical and tropical Asiatic mountain 
forests, 1 African. 
(a) Leaves of pairs equal or nearly so. 
Leaves 2 to 7 whorled at top of stem. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate; flowers rather 
small ...... 
Leaves ovate-acute, broad; flowers rather 
large ...... 
Leaves ovate-oblong, base truncate . 
Leaves 2 to 4, broad ovate, blunt veined 
white; petioles very short . 
Leaves scattered in pairs on the stem. 
1.eaves quite glabrous, fleshy; stem 12 in. tall. 
Leaves ovate-cordate, sparsely hairy on 
upper surface ..... 
Leaves and stem hairy; stem erect, 6 in. or 
more long; leaves broad. 
Leaves mostly towards top, ovate . 
(1) A. acuminatum 
(2) A. diversifolium 
(3) A. subinsequale 
(4) A. pictum 
(5) A. Yappii 
( 6 ) A. membranaceum 
(7) A. nutans 
