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LXXIV, KUBIACEdJ. 
[Brachytome . 
unisexual. Calyx ovoid or oblong, limb cupular 5-toothed, per¬ 
sistent. Corolla wide, funnel-shaped, lobes 5, twisted in bud. 
Anthers sub-sessile in throat of corolla, included linear-oblong. 
Disc annular, small in male, cupular and larger in female. Ovary 
2-celled ; style filiform. Stigmas 2, oblong, blunt. Berry globular 
2-celled. Seeds cuneate reticulate. Species 3 to 4, Burma, 
China, Malay Peninsula. 
(1) B. Scortechinii King, l.c. 198. 
Shrub 6 to 12 ft. tall. Leaves narrow-elliptic or lanceolate 
tapering equally to both ends acuminate; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, 
slender, prominent beneath; 4 to 8 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide; 
petioles *2 to *25 in. long, hairy. Stipules broad, triangular, keeled 
acuminate. Cymes 1 to 1-5 in. long, pubescent or glabrous; 
peduncles about as long as the lax, few-flowered branches. Calyx 
•1 in. long, ovoid constricted below limb. Berry globular, *3 in. 
through, crowned by calyx-limb. Hab. Forests in mountains, 
3000 to 4000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Telom. Perak, Thaiping Hills, 
3000 to 3500 ft. altitude (Scortechini, Kunstler). Kedah Peak 
(Ridley). 
32 . RANDIA, Linn. 
Shrubs, lianes or trees unarmed or with straight or hooked 
spines. Leaves usually thinly coriaceous. Flowers in axillary 
cymes or solitary or in fascicles or corymbs or in terminal corymbs, 
white and fragrant. Calyx-tube ovoid to cylindric, truncate or 
5-toothed or lobed. Corolla-tube cylindric or funnel-shaped, lobes 
usually 5, shorter or as long. Stamens 5; anthers narrow with 
short filaments or sessile. Ovary 2- (rarely 4-celled); style usually 
stout. Stigma fusiform or clubbed, entire or bifid. Fruit a 
berry, orange-coloured or black, globose or ovoid, small or large, 
pericarp pulpy or woody, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds usually in 
pulp numerous. Species upwards of 100, tropics generally. 
i. Ceriscus. Stout usually spiny shrubs; flowers rather small; calyx- 
lobes broad-blunt; corolla short; berry large, woody. 
Leaves thin membranous, glabrous ; flowers *4 in. 
long . , . . . . (1) R. oocarpa 
Leaves thin coriaceous ; flowers 1 in. long , (2) R. perakensis 
Leaves stiff velvety; flowers 1 in. long . . (3) R. tomentosa 
ii. Oxyceros. Climbers armed with hooked spines; corolla salver- 
shaped; berry pulpy, small. 
Flowers long-tubed, limb large, 2 to 3 in a cyme. 
Flowers 2 in. long, tube thick; leaves cori¬ 
aceous . . . . . . (4) R. Clarkei 
Flowers 1*5 in. long, tube slender; leaves 
elliptic, membranous, 3 in. long, glabrous . (5) R. penangiana 
Flowers 1 in. wide; calyx-leaves lanceolate 
and branches densely hairy tomentose . (6) R. hirsuta 
Flowers 1 in. wide thin, tube slender ; leaves 
ovate acuminate, thin usually small hairy; 
nerves fiije ...... 
(7) R. fasciculata 
