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LXXIV. RUBIACE^E. 
[Musscenda. 
(9) M. polyneura King, l.c. 185. 
Sub-glabrous climber 30 to 40 ft. long, not lenticellate. Leaves 
thin, narrow elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, sub-caudate, base 
cuneate ; nerves 9 to 10 pairs, pubescent beneath, midrib pubescent 
above; 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles slender pubescent, *5 in. 
long. Stipules ovate bifid with a long point pubescent. Cymes 
terminal lax, wide, spreading, few-flowered at the tips; peduncle 
i *5 to 2 in. long; branches 1*5 in. long, pubescent. Flowers -75 in. 
long. Calyx cylindric short-toothed, large lobe ovate, sub-acute, 
base shortly cuneate; nerves hairy at base, 2 in. long, 1-25 in. 
wide; petioles -5 in. long. Corolla-tube cylindric hardly dilate, 
slender, 1 in. long, lobes short acute, rich deep yellbw. Fruit 
oblong, *5 in. long. Hab. Open hill jungle. Perak, Chanderiang 
(Kunstler). Tapah (Wray). Distrib. Mergui. 
(10) M. oblonga King, l.c. 186. 
Erect large shrub, glabrous. Leaves membranous elliptic to 
obovate lanceolate, long, narrowed to base, caudate acuminate; 
nerves 6 to 9 pairs; 5*5 to 9-5 in. long, 175 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 
•4 to -8 in. long. Stipules triangular, linear, acuminate. Cymes 
terminal; peduncle *5 in. long; branched 1-5 in. long, usually few- 
flowered. Calyx-tube dilate upwards urn-shaped, lobes setaceous half 
as long, large lobe (sometimes wanting) ovate or lanceolate cuspidate, 
i *5 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long, slender. Corolla-tube 
cylindric 1 in. long, lobes -2 in. long, lanceolate cuspidate, orange. 
Fruit globular-ovoid. Hab. Open places in hill jungles. Pahang, 
Kwala Lipis (Machado). Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill (Good- 
enough). Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Larut (Kunstler); 
Temengoh; Gunong Keledang; Tambun near Ipoh. Distrib. 
Tavoy. 
(11) M. cordifolia Wall. Cat. 6260; King , l.c. 184. 
Stems slender, almost completely glabrous; young parts 
hairy. Leaves thin coriaceous oblong acute, base rounded slightly 
cordate; nerves 8 pairs often hairy, reticulations visible, 5 to 
6 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles -2 to *25 in. long, pilose. 
Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, hirsute at base. Cymes terminal and 
axillary, lax, many-flowered; peduncles 1-5 to 2 in. long. Calyx 
•2 in. long, cylindric campanulate, lobes shorter linear lanceolate, 
large one 2 to 2-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, ovate-oblong, glabrous except 
nerves; petioles -5 to 75 in. long. Corolla 1 in. long, pubescent 
outside, yellow, limb -2 in. across, lobes ovate acute. Fruit sub- 
ovoid, glabrous, *35 in. long. Hab. Local. Hill forests. Selangor, 
Sempang Mines. Penang Hill. Common, Balik Pulau Road. 
Distrib. Mergui, India. 
var. pubescens Ridl. Leaves broad lanceolate-acuminate, 
sparsely hairy above, thickly softly hairy beneath; stem hairy. 
Selangor, Sempang Mines (Ridley). 
