XJrophyllwn .] lxxiv. rubiacEjE. 69 
nerves 5 to 8 pairs, 4-5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles 
*2 in. long. Stipules lanceolate long, setaceous, *3 in. long. Umbels 
few-flowered, -3 in, or more long. Flowers *2 in. long. Calyx 
cupular truncate. Corolla glabrous except its white-bearded 
mouth, yellow green. Fruit globose, top flattened, *2 in. through, 
orange, Hab. Common all over the peninsula in low country 
woods and occasionally higher. From Singapore to Kedah and 
up to 4200 ft. altitude on Gunong Kerbau. Distrib. Java, Sumatra, 
Borneo. 
var. {a) entirely glabrous except stipules and inflorescence. 
var. ( b) Bhimeanum, petiole and base of midrib and upper part 
of stem and occasionally calyx pubescent. This passes into or 
very near to U. slreptopodium, but is not yellow-branched and has 
larger flowers as in type. Very common. 
(12) U. Griflithianum Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 98. 
Stout shrub to a tree of 20 ft. tall. Leaves stiff coriaceous, 
elliptic or oblong cuspidate; nerves 8 pairs, reticulations con¬ 
spicuous, 6 to 7 in. long, 2-25 to 2*75 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. 
Stipules linear-oblong blunt, silky on the back, •4 in. long, -i in. 
wide. Cymes stouter over 1 in. long many-flowered, puberulous. 
Calyx cupular, lobes very short sub-triangular. Fruit as in glabrum 
but larger. Hab. Common in lowland woods. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle; Changi. Malacca (Griffith); Bukit Sadanen (Derry). 
Pahang, Temerloh (Foxworthy). Selangor, Rawang (Kloss); Bukit 
Cheraka (Foxworthy). Dindings, Tanjong Hantu. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills (Wray). Penang Hill (Curtis); Lankawi (Robinson). Dis- 
irib. Java, Sumatra. Native names : Limputih Paya; Mata Perling. 
King mixes this with U. glabrum, but though somewhat intermediate 
forms (probably hybrids) do occur where the two grow together, this when 
typical is quite distinct in its larger-sized and stiffer leaves and bigger cymes. 
(13) U. sessiliflorum Ridl. 
Tree. Branches slender, glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic- 
lanceolate, caudate-mucronulate, base shortly narrowed; nerves 
8 pairs, ascending, hardly inarching, 4 in. long, 1*25 in. wide; 
petioles -15 in. long. Stipules linear acuminate from a broader 
base, *i in. long. Flowers 1 to 3 in each leaf axil, sessile. Calyx 
very short, cup-shaped. Corolla -i in. long, conoid in bud and 
whitish silky, lobes 4 to 6, -15 in. long, triangular-ovate acute, 
tube very short with thick mass of white hairs on base of lobes. 
Stamens linear apiculate. Hab. Forests, Negri Sembilan at Bukit 
Tangga (Ridley). 
Very distinct in its sessile flowers. 
31. BRACHYTOME, Hook. fil. 
Nearly glabrous shrubs. Leaves membranous. Stipules tri¬ 
angular acuminate. Flowers small in slender cymose panicles 
