LXXIV. RUBIACEiE. 
U rophyllum.] 
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A plant met with at Batu Pahat in Johor had remarkably narrow leaves 
with 14 pairs of nerves. This form might be called var. longifolia. The 
plant, however, varies a good deal in its foliage. 
(5) U. ferrugineum King and Gamble, l.c. 193. 
Shrub, 6 to 10 ft. tall; stems slender, red-tomentose as are 
midribs and nerves beneath and stipules. Leaves narrow oblong- 
lanceolate long caudate-acuminate, glabrous above; nerves very 
slender, 3 in. long; *5 to *75 in. wide, base very shortly narrowed; 
petioles -14 in. long. Stipules narrow linear acuminate, -75 in. 
long. Cymes *3 to *5 in. long (in fruit); peduncles very short; 
branches slender few-flowered. Flowers small, nearly glabrous. 
Corolla white or yellow. Fruit globular, *2 in. through. Hab. 
Mountain forests, not rare at 1500 to 3000 ft. altitude. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (all collectors); Goping (Kunstler); Gunong Kele- 
dang. Kedah Peak (Ridley). 
(6) U. corymbosum Korth. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 194. U. 
macrophyllum var. King, l.c. 
Tree 20 ft. tall or big shrub, appressed pubescent. Leaves 
oblanceolate cuspidate, narrowed to base, glabrous except nerves, 
18 pairs, slender puberulous, 8 in. long, 2-25 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
appressed, hairy, *5 in. long. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, -5 in. 
long, hairy. Cymes compound, umbelled on a peduncle 2 in. long; 
branches as long; branchlets 1 in. long, all pubescent. Flowers 
nearly glabrous, -2 in. across. Calyx globose, puberulous, -i in. 
long. Corolla-tube short, lobes triangular acute, longer, pale green. 
Fruit rather large globose orange. Hab. Forests, not rare in the 
south. Johor, Jaffaria (King); Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Pahang, 
Labong Endau (Evans). Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler); Ulu 
Temengoh. Distrib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 
(7) U. streptopodium Wall. Cat. 8317; King, l.c. 193. 
U. parviflorum Wall. Cat. 8320. U. Blumeanum Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
iii. 99. 
Slender shrub about 6 ft. tall; young branches yellow, 4-angled, 
soft appressed hairy. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 
acuminate or cuspidate often narrow, pale greenish when dry; 
glabrous above; nerves and midrib, beneath yellow appressed- 
hairy; 2-5 to 7 in. long, -8 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -25 to *5 in. 
long. Stipules lanceolate-oblong, narrow silkj^. Cymes short 
dense, about -3 in. long. Flowers *15 in. long; pedicels pubescent 
(lengthening in fruit). Calyx cupular, lobes triangular, acute. 
Corolla tubular, lobes nearly as long, acute. Fruit as in Blumeanum 
but smaller. Hab. Common in woods. Singapore, Pulau Ubin 
(Hullett); BukitTimah; Jurong. Johor, Gunong Pulai; Gunong 
Pantai. Pahang, Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Pahang, Pulau 
Tawar. Malacca, Ophir; Ayer Panas. Selangor, Bukit Kutu; 
Kwala Lumpur. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill (Goodenough). 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Hermitage Hill; Temengoh. Penang 
