Petunga.] lxxiv. rubiace^e. 85 
Flowers *25 in. long with ovate-acute bracts at base. Corolla 
funnel-shaped with broad lobes. Fruit elliptic, -2 to -25 in. long; 
pedicels much shorter. Hab. Low marshy ground. Johor, Tebing 
Tinggi. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry). Selangor, Batu Tiga. Penang 
(Wallich); Waterfall (Curtis). Perlis, Besih Hangat, Kanga. 
Distrib. Borneo. 
(3) P. floribunda Ridl. B. Roxburghii var. floribunda King, 
lx. 223. 
Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall or bush; stem 10 to 24 in. through. Leaves 
elliptic-oblong acuminate, base shortly narrowed, 5 in. long, 1-5 in. 
wide; nerves fine 10 pairs; petioles -2 in. long. Racemes 4 to 
5 in. long, lax, many-flowered, bracts lanceolate acute. Flowers 
distant green. Calyx funnel-shaped, teeth acute. Corolla -i in. 
long. Hab. Marshy ground. Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Rum- 
pin River (Evans). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Ulu 
Bubong (Kunstler). 
(4) P. venulosa Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 121; King, l.c. 223. 
Tree about 25 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong, 
short abrupt, acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 6 or 7 pairs, depressed 
above, slender elevate beneath; nervules faint; 3 to 6 in. long, 
i*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Stipules triangular acuminate, 
keeled. Racemes lengthening to 2 to 3 in., lax, rather stout. 
Flowers on short pedicels; bracts ovate acute rather distant. 
Calyx less than -i in. long, campanulate, lobes blunt, hairy on 
edge. Corolla -3 in. long, funnel-shaped, white, glabrous except 
mouth, lobes ovate acute. Fruit clubbed, -5 in. long, narrowed at 
base to a slender pedicel -5 in. long. Hab. In woods, Malacca 
(Griffith); Brisu (Derry); Selandor (Holmberg). Dindings, Telok 
Sera; Pangkor (Curtis). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Wray); Batu 
Gajah (Scortechini). Penang, West Hill; Moniot’s Road. Com¬ 
mon. Distrib. Borneo. Native names : Lambai; Umpaong putih ; 
Tulong Betina; Pulas or Peluk Hantu. 
The fruits are often attacked by a gall insect and become *5 to 1-75 in. 
long, fusiform and crowned with long calyx-lobes. 
(5) P. conifera Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 81. 
A slender tree about 30 ft. tall with few spreading horizontal 
4-angled branched. Leaves coriaceous, dark green glabrous 
elliptic cuspidate, basg shortly narrowed; nerves prominent 
beneath, 7 to 9 pairs; 6 to 9 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles thick, 
•5 in. long. Racemes dense cone-like, 4-angled, -5 in. long; 
peduncles thick. Bracts ovate acute stiffly coriaceous, imbricating 
longer than calyx edge ciliate. Flowers sessile, white. Calyx 
obconic with 5 short broad triangular lobes, densely woolly at 
the top, *15 in. long. Corolla *15 in. long, tube short, thick glabrous 
outside, pubescent within, lobes oblong blunt as long, hairy at 
tips. Style as long as corolla, lobes linear blunt, all pubescent. 
Hab. Singapore, one tree in Garden Jungle (Ridley). 
