LXXIV. RUBIACE^B. 
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curved spines about *3 in. long. Leaves thickly membranous 
elliptic, shortly blunt acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, 
elevate both sides; 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 
•2 to -3 in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal; peduncles under 
1 in. long. Flowers 3 or 4 together; pedicels -2 in. long. Calyx 
cylindric, teeth short, acute, -3 in. long. Corolla-tube 1*25 in. long, 
rather thick, lobes -3 in. long, oblong rounded, white withering 
yellow. Fruit oblong globose plum-coloured, 1-75 in. long. Hab. 
Forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Johor; Batu 
Pahat, Bukit Patani. Malacca (Maingay); Selandor (Cantley); 
Bukit Bruang (Derry). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Penang Hill 
(Curtis). Lankawi (Haniff). 
(6) R. hirsuta Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 140. 
Unarmed straggling erect shrub, 10 ft. tall. Branches, back of 
leaf, petiole and calyx, densely tomentose. Leaves lanceolate 
rather thin, acute, base narrowed but blunt; nerves sunk above, 
elevate beneath; 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. 
Flowers 1 to 3 terminal, white, very shortly pedicelled. Calyx 
ovoid, very hairy, -12 in. long, lobes linear, acuminate, -25 in. long. 
Corolla-tube sparse-pubescent, 1-25 in. long, very slender cylindric, 
lobes narrow oblanceolate, 1 in. long, -15 in. wide, glabrous. Hab. 
Kelantan, Chaning Woods (Ridley). 
(7) R. faseiculata DC. Prodr. iv. 386; King, l.c. 211. 
A spiny shrub; spines white, *5 in. long, pointing upwards; 
branches slender. Leaves membranous lanceolate, ovate or oblong, 
shortly acuminate, base round or cuneate, glabrous above ; nerves 
pubescent, beneath elevate; -75 to 3 in. long, *5 to 1-5 in. wide; 
petioles pubescent, -05 to 2 in. long. Flowers 1*5 to 2 in. long, 
axillary, white, solitary or fascicled 2 or 3 together. Bracts 
lanceolate-acuminate, hairy. Calyx -35 in. long, villous, narrow 
funnel-shaped, teeth narrow subulate, as long as tube. Corolla- 
tube about 1 in. long, glabrous (inside pubescent) slender, lobes large, 
elliptic acute, -5 in. long, *25 in. across. Fruit pea-shaped, 2-celled, 
pubescent crowned by the long calyx-lobes, 4-seeded. Hab. Sandy 
places in north and on east coast. Pahang, Pulau Tawar. Perak, 
Kwala Dipang (form with leaves 5-3 in. long, 2 in. wide) (Scorte- 
chini). Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru; Permatang Bertam. 
Penang, Muka Head Beach (Curtis); Waterfall. Lankawi, Kwah 
(Haniff). Pulau Adang, Rawei Island. Perlis, Chupeng. Setul, 
Rajah Wang. Distrib. India. Native names: Akar Bedara Laut; 
Akar Duri; Akar Kukulang. 
(8) R. longiflora Lam. Did. ii. 227; III. t. 156,/- 3 i King, 
l.c. 212. 
A very thorny scrambling shrub with rather slender branches, 
thorns hooked, *3 in. long. Leaves coriaceous, dull light green, 
oblong or obovate sub-acute, base cuneate; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 
faint; 175 to375 in. long, 75 to 175in. wide; petioles 1 to -15 in, 
