lxxiv. rubiace^e. 
Timonius.] 
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(6) T. laxus King and Gamble, lx. 55. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 4 to 6 in. through. Branches coarsely 
hairy. Leaves thick membranous, narrow-elliptic, obovate short 
acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, hairy beneath; nerves 
5 to 6 pairs elevate beneath; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*25 in. wide; 
petioles *1 to -15 in. long. Male cymes on slender pubescent 
peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, with 2 divergent 1- or 2-flowered branches 
and a sessile flower in the fork. Flowers *5 in. long; pedicels -3 in. 
long. Calyx cupular, under *1 in. long, silky tomentose. Corolla 
thickly coriaceous, densely silky velvety-brown outside, yellow 
inside, tube cylindric, lobes broad, blunt. Hab. Dense bamboo 
jungle. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
(7) T. hirsutus Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 81. 
Small shrub with slender purple-brown twigs. Young parts 
white-hairy. Leaves membranous, on the ends of bare shoots 
lanceolate-acuminate, base round; nerves 7 pairs; shortly hairy 
above, all hairy beneath, 3 to 4 in. long, -5 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles 
•12 in. long, dense hairy. Stipules triangular long acuminate, 
glabrous. Cymes hairy, -6 in. long, in 3-flowered pairs. Calyx 
campanulate, lobes as long as tube. Corolla -25 in. long, very 
slender, white silky, lobes oblong blunt short-bearded. Hab. 
Lankawi isles, Dayong Bunting (Curtis, Robinson). 
(8) T. Wrayi King and Gamble, lx. 54. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Branchlets thick. Leaves stiffly cori¬ 
aceous elliptic or obovate-elliptic or rhomboidal acute, base much 
narrowed, glabrous except the appressed silky nerves beneath, 
6 or 7 pairs; 5-5 to 8 in. long, 2-25 to 4*5 in. wide; petioles -6 to 
1-5 in. long. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, -5 in. long, silky. 
Male cymes, peduncles -5 in. long; branches dichotomous 6- to 
8-flowered pubescent. Calyx *3 in. long, cylindric campanulate, 
lobes 4, blunt unequal. Corolla-tube short, wide, lobes blunt 
concave nearly as long. Fruit solitary ellipsoid or globose, crowned 
by calyx-lobes, with x oblong bract at base, pubescent. Hab. 
Singapore, Changi; Sungei Loyang. Perak, Larut 1800 to 2500 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). Dindings, Lumut. 
(9) T. diffusus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 32. 
A big tree with slender twigs. Leaves thin glabrous broad 
lanceolate-acuminate and equally narrowed to both ends; nerves 
8 pairs, fine, 4 to 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long. Stipules 
linear acuminate, very narrow, *5 in. long. Flowers sessile in the 
fork and at ends of cyme-branches. Males, calyx funnel-shaped, 
teeth 5, short, *i in. long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, tube cylindric, 
•6 in. long, lobes 4, blunt lanceolate, all pubescent. Anthers 4 linear, 
sub-sessile. Females on solitary axillary pedicels, 1*5 in. long, -2 in. 
across. Calyx-lobes ovate. Corolla -i in. long, silky lobes as long 
as tube, ovate. Style thick. Stigma bilobed. Fruit -25 in. long, 
ovoid-globose, 4-lobed. Hab. Pahang, Telom; Tahan (Ridley). 
