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LXXIV. RUBIACEiE. 
[ Timonius: 
(io) T. Wallichianus Valeton, Bull. Dep. Agric. xxvi. 35; 
Ic. Bogor cccxlvii. T. Rumphii King , l.c . 55 * n °t °f DC. Bobea 
Wallichiana Korlh. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 211. 
Small tree. Leaves lanceolate narrowed to both ends, glabrous 
above, grey drying golden silky beneath; nerves elevate beneath, 
7 pairs; 3*5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles slender, -3 in. long, 
yellow silky. Cymes dense many-flowered. Males, -5 to 1-5 in. 
long, entirely silky except the inner face of calyx-lobes, sessile or 
sub-sessile. Calyx funnel-shaped, ^05 in. long, with short blunt 
lobes. Corolla *3 in. long, yellow, lobes ^ as long as the thick tube, 
blunt. Females, cymes 1-5 in. long with 4 or 5 larger flowers. 
Calyx sub-globose ; limb large with bigger teeth. Fruit ellipsoid, 
pubescent, -35 in. long. Seed linear-oblong. Hab. Common in 
open country. Singapore (Wallich); Bukit Timah; Changi. 
Johor, Tanjong Merawan; Malacca, Ayer Panas (Derry); Merlimau 
(Cantley). Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Sungei Buluh (Foxworthy). 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kupayiang and Burunang (Cantley). Perak, 
Goping (Kunstler). 
var. penangianus. Leaves smaller and hardly silky on the 
back. Penang, Balik Pulau; Government Hill (Curtis, Wallich). 
Native name: Menkong. 
46 . FRISMATOMERIS, Thw. 
Shrubs. Branches 4-angled. Leaves thin coriaceous. Flowers 
unisexual, usually on slender pedicels, axillary and terminal, white. 
Calyx in male small, turbinate, in female larger, obovoid. Corolla 
slender cylindric, lobes 4 to 5, spreading. Stamens included 4 to 5. 
Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled; style filiform, bifid. Berry i-celled, 
i-seeded. Seed sub-globose, peltate concave below. Species 4 or 5, 
Indo-Malaya, 
Flowers on long slender pedicels . . . • (*) P- malayana 
Flowers sub-sessile . . . ■ ■ • • ( 2 ) P* subsessilis 
(x) P. malayana Ridl. P. albidiflora King, l.c. 90, not of 
Thwaites. 
A bush or shrub 8 ft. tall or less, glabrous. Leaves rather 
variable, elliptic to lanceolate-acute acuminate, base cuneate, 
light green; nerves 5 to 7 pairs; 2*5 to 4*5 in. long, 75 to 1*5 in. 
wide; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers in sessile fascicles on very 
slender pedicels, *5 to 75 in. long. Calyx cup-shaped. Corolla- 
tube -5 to 75 in. long, slender, lobes narrow oblong nearly as long, 
white, fragrant. Fruit globose, *25 in. through. Hab. Widely 
spread all over the peninsula in dry open places. Singapore, Chan 
Chu Kang; Changi. Johor, Kota Tinggi at Kulat. Malacca, 
Bukit Bruang (Derry). Pahang, Rumpin River; Kwantan (Fox¬ 
worthy). Dindings, Lumut. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Wray); 
