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[Urophyllum. 
(Wallich); Richmond Pool; West Hill (Curtis); Kedah Peak. 
Distrib. Borneo. Native names for this and similar species: 
Jinteh putih; Mata Keli; Para Chemperai Dadis. 
(8) U. umbeUulatum Miq. Ft. Ind. Bat Suppl. 542. 
Bushy shrub a few feet tall. Branches slender appressed hairy 
as are stipules; petiole, midrib and nerves on back. Leaves rather 
thin lanceolate-acuminate, base rounded or shortly narrowed; 
nerves 7 pairs slender; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 
*2 in. long. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, -2 in long. Cymes 
very small, hardly -2 in. long, few-flowered; pedicels slender. 
Calyx *05 in. long, cupular, teeth short triangular acute. Corolla 
short, -i in. long. Fruit small globose, *15 in. through when dry. 
Hab. Not common. Mountains, Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. 
Selangor, Dusun Tua (Ridley); Penang, Batu Hitam Pass (Curtis). 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
(9) U. coriaceum Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 6i, p. 18. 
Large bush; stems below thick with white bark, entirely 
glabrous in all parts. Leaves coriaceous stiff, elliptic or oblong 
acuminate, cuspidate, base very shortly narrowed; nerves 12 pairs, 
conspicuous beneath as are reticulations on both sides, 3-5 to 
6 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Stipules short 
lanceolate, blunt. Cymes dense, few-flowered, *4 in. long. Calyx 
short, wide, cupular, -05 in. long, -i in. wide, entire. Corolla *15 in. 
long, coriaceous, tube very short, lobes acute. Hab. Mountain 
forests 4000 ft. altitude. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Gunong 
Tahan at Wray's Camp (Ridley). 
The Malacca plant has narrower lanceolate leaves and rather smaller 
flowers. 
(10) U. trifurcum Pearson, in King, l.c. 194. 
Big shrub or tree glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, oblong-elliptic shortly acuminate, base round or slightly 
narrow, midrib above depressed, puberulous; nerves 10 to 12 pairs 
elevate beneath; 6 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3-25 in. wide; petioles -5 to 
*75 in. long, stout. Flowers in trichotomous umbels on peduncle 
puberulous, 1 to 1-25 in. long. Umbels 1 in. long. Flowers 
puberulous, on short pedicels, -25 in. long. Calyx cupular, mouth 
truncate undulate. Corolla as long, lobes 4, broad, blunt. Fruit 
sub-globose, *5 in. through, orange. Hab. Forests. Singapore, 
Changi; Kranji. Johor, Castlewood; Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall), 
Pahang, Telom; Pekan. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Semangkok 
Pass; UluGombak. Perak (Scort echini). Native names : Suburus 
hitam; Sugao Petaling. 
(n) U. glabrum Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 186; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
iii. 98; King, l.c . 194 (part ). 
Slender shrub about 6 ft. tall. Branches obscurely 4-angled. 
Leaves thin coriaceous elliptic acuminate or abruptly cuspidate; 
