Musseenda.] 
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petioles *25 to 1 in. long, pilose. Stipules lanceolate caudate pilose. 
Cymes terminal and axillary, densely pilose, 1*5 to 3 in. across, 
many-flowered. Calyx -3 to -4 in. long, pilose narrow campanulate, 
lobes narrow, linear-lanceolate, large lobe ovate round, acuminate, 
glabrous above, pubescent on nerves beneath, 2 to 2*5 in. long 
and wide; petioles long. Corolla orange, -75 in. long, slightly 
dilate upwards, limb -25 in. across, lobes short, broad, mouth 
hairy. Fruit oblong, sparsely hairy, -5 in. long. Hab. Not rare 
in the north in open places in forest. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Selangor, 
Ulu Gombak ; Dusun Tua. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Kwala Kangsa. 
Penang Hill (Wallich, Curtis, etc.). Kedah, Yan. Perlis, Chupeng. 
Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp); Kwala Lebir (Gimlette); Lankawi, 
Kuah (Curtis). Distrib. Singgora, Siam, Borneo. 
var. Herveyana King, is the commonest form in the south. 
Leaves more rounded and woolly. Malacca (Hervey). 
(7) M. purpurascens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 61, 
p. 18. 
Sarmentose shrub covered with purple hairs. Leaves elliptic 
acuminate, base broad, sub-coriaceous, above glabrescent except 
the midrib and beneath paler; nerves 10 pairs and midrib densely 
purple-hairy; 4 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles *12 in. long, hairy. 
Compound cymes terminal, very many-flowered, dense hairy. 
Flowers nearly sessile. Calyx cylindric, urn-shaped with short 
acute points, enlarged, lobe oblanceolate much narrowed to base, 
tip round, white, hairy; petiole 1*5 in. long. Corolla-tube 1 in. 
long, base -75 in. long, cylindric, upper part urn-shaped ; lobes 
ovate acute, hairy outside. Hab. In mountain forests. Selangor, 
Sempang Mines, Semangkok (Ridley). 
(8) M. glabra Vahl. Symb. iii. 38; King, l.c. 185. 
Bush or climber, glabrous lenticellate. Leaves oblong-lanceolate 
or elliptic, short, acuminate, glabrous or puberulous on nerves; 
nerves 5 or 6 pairs, coriaceous, bright polished green, 2-5 to 3-5 in. 
long, *5 to i-6 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Stipules bifid, narrow- 
lanceolate. Bracts lanceolate, persistent. Cymes rather dense, 
terminal, puberulous. Calyx campanulate, narrow, teeth linear- 
lanceolate pubescent, tube nearly glabrous, large lobe (sometimes 
absent) glabrous, acute, base round or narrow; petiole long. 
Corolla orange-red, pubescent, papillose hairs in mouth yellow, 
•75 in. long, -2 in. across, lobes broad ovate. Fruit oblong, -5 in. 
long. Hab. The commonest species in open country and secondary 
growth. Singapore and Johor, common. Malacca, Brisu (Derry). 
Pahang, Pekan. Negri Sembilan, Kwala Pedas; Seremban. 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Native 
names : Balik adap; Cha Pedi (Tringganu). 
I doubt if the Indian species is the same as the Malay one. The cymes 
are wider spreading, and the corolla-tube is dilate at the tip, not in the middle, 
as in this plant and as Vahl describes, and the fruit oblong, not nearly globose. 
