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LXXIV. RUBIACEiE. 
[Diplospora. 
35. DIPLOSPORA, DC. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves coriaceous. Stipules triangular acumi¬ 
nate. Flowers small in axillary cymes or fascicles, pale green or 
white. Calyx-tube short, truncate 4- to 5-toothed. Corolla 
cylindric-campanulate, lobes 4 to 5. twisted in bud. Stamens 
4 or 5 insert in corolla-mouth. Ovary 2-(or 3-)celled; ovules 
2 to 3 in a cell; style-branches linear or oblong. Berry ovoid or 
globose. Seeds few. Species about 15, tropical Asia. 
Quite glabrous. 
Leaves 6 to 7 in. long, coriaceous . 
Leaves -25 to 4-5 in. long, coriaceous 
Leaves 4 to 6 by 2 in. wide, thin sub-membranous 
Nerves pubescent beneath. 
Leaves 6 to 11 in. long. 
Nerves 7 to 8 pairs ..... 
Nerves 10 to 12 pairs .... 
Leaves 6 in. long or less. 
Flowers glabrous. 
Leaves oblanceolate .... 
Leaves narrow elliptic .... 
Flowers hairy ...••■ 
{1) D. Beccariana 
(2) D, malaccensis 
(3) D. minutiflora 
(4) D. Wrayi 
(5) D. velutina 
(6) D. Kunstleri 
(7) D. pubescens 
( 3 ) D. lasiantha 
(1) D. Beccariana King, l.c. 225. 
A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall ; stem 8 to 12 in. through. Leaves very 
coriaceous, broadly elliptic shortly blunt cuspidate, base broad 
round shortly cuneate, shining; nerves 7 pairs distinct on both 
surfaces (very conspicuous, deeply sunk above and prominent 
beneath as are nervules in Borneo specimens), 6-5 to 7-5 in. long, 
3-25 to 375 in. wide; petioles stout, -5 in. long. Stipules triangular 
sub-acute, -15 in. long. Flowers (from Borneo specimen) about 
10 in an axillary cyme -5 in. long, glabrous. Calyx cup-shaped, 
under *i in. long. Corolla -25 in. long, tube very short, lobes 
linear much longer. Fruit globose mammillate at top, 1 in. through, 
green. Hab. Forests, not common. Johor, Sedenak. Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler). Disirib. Borneo. 
The leaves are much larger and thicker in the Borneo plants, their bases 
are sometimes rounded and sometimes narrowed cuneate. 
(2) D. malaccensis Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 124; King, l.c. 225. 
A white-barked bushy tree about 20 ft. tall quite glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic, pale beneath, shortly abrupt-acuminate, base 
shortly narrowed; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, depressed above, elevate 
beneath; 2-5 to 4-5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. 
long. Flowers -2 in. long, in small axillary clusters -i in. long, 
about 5 together. Calyx tubular-campanulate with 4 broad acute 
teeth. Corolla tubular, mouth woolly with 4 blunt oblong lobes, 
very short, -i in. long. Fruit globose orange, -4 in. through. Hab. 
Very common in woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Selitar; 
Reservoir Woods. Malacca (Griffith); Machap (Goodenough). 
Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Ben tong (Speldewind). Perak, Thaiping 
