LXXIV. RUBIACEjE. 
[Timonius, 
114 
petioles •! to *2 in. long. Male flowers in short cymes hardly 
1 in. long, puberplous. Calyx shallow cup-shaped about as wide 
as long with 5 short teeth. Corolla silky-white, -2 in. long. Female 
flowers solitary on pedicels *3 to nearly 1 in. long. Calyx cupular, 
■2 in. long, nodulose nearly glabrous, teeth very small. Fruit 
globular, nodulose, glabrous, *3 in. through on a pedicel 1 in. long. 
Hab. Tidal mud and seashores. Not common. Singapore, Seran- 
goon. Johor, Tana Runto; Pulau Boyan (Seimund); Bindings, 
Pulau Sembilan (Curtis); Pulau Rumpia (Seimund). Pulau Jara 
(Foxworthy). Native name : Mengkudu Laut. 
King gives several other localities, but the only number quoted by him, 
" Penang (Curtis),” is typical peduncularis. This is an unmistakable shrub, 
with white, not yellow flowers, 
(3) T. malaccensis King and Gamble, l.c. 56. 
Shrub. Branches minutely tomentose. Leaves membranous 
oblanceolate or elliptic, blunt acuminate, base narrowed, glabrous 
above, midrib puberulous, beneath sparsely hairy; midrib and 
nerves 5 to 6 pairs, tomentose; 3-5 to 4*5 in. long, 1-5 to 175 in. 
wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. long. Stipules cupular with several 
filiform processes 2 in. long. Cymes 2 to 3 in upper axils, 6-flowered, 
about 1 in. long, tomentose; peduncles -35 to -6 in. long. Flowers 
densely pubescent. Calyx tomentose -i in. long, campanulate, lobes 
broad, 4. Corolla twice as long, pubescent, throat villous, lobes 
ovate lanceolate. Hab. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Ridley). 
(4) T. montanus Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii, 312. 
Shrub 8 ft. tall or treelet. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate 
acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous, 2-5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. 
wide; nerves 6 pairs conspicuous beneath; petioles short. Flowers 
2 or 3 on a short peduncle -25 in. long, sessile, glabrous pale yellow, 
reddish externally. Calyx campanulate pubescent, lobes acute 
triangular. Corolla-tube cylindric, glabrous, -5 in. long, lobes 
oblong blunt. Fruit narrow ovoid, narrowed to tip, -25 in. long, 
black. Hab. Mountains. Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5000 ft. 
altitude (Robinson). 
(5) T. oreophilus Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. By. 61, p. 22. 
Shrub. Leaves coriaceous, broad lanceolate-acuminate at both 
ends, glabrous above, beneath paler, midrib and nerves 7 pairs 
appressed hairy; 3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles '5 in. 
long, black hairy. Stipules lanceolate-triangular acuminate. Cymes, 
male short; peduncles -5 in. long, hairy; branches 2, shorter; 
bracts lanceolate-acuminate. Flowers *12 in. long. Calyx cupular, 
teeth 4, sub-acute hairy. Corolla -25 in. long, hairy; anthers 
linear, base bifid. Females in pairs on slender peduncles 2 in. 
long. Bracts broader, ovate acuminate. Drupe cylindric-oblong, 
•25 in. long, hairy. Hab. Mountain forests. Pahang, Kluang 
Terbang (Barnes). Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Hullett). Selangor, Bukit 
Hitam. Kedah Peak, form with very narrow leaves (Ridley). 
