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LXXIV. RUBIACE^. 
[. Rennellia. 
long. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, 4*5 in. long, of branches 
1 in. long or less, bearing heads -2 in. through of 3 or more sessile 
flowers. Corolla white, tipped violet, lobes nearly as long as tube. 
Fruit-head globular, *5 in. through, yellowish green. Hab. Rare in 
mountains. Selangor, Bukit Hifam (Kelsall). Perak, Thaiping 
Hills 3000 to 3500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). 
Kelantan, Chaning. 
(2) R. speciosa Hook. fil. F.B.I, iii. 158; King, l.c. 89. 
Small little-branched spreading shrub about 4 ft. tall, bark 
pale. Leaves thin coriaceous, oblanceolate sub-acute, base narrowed 
glabrous; nerves fine, 10 pairs inarching; 5 to 9 in. long, 1-5 to 
3*5 in. wide; petioles *5 to 1 in. long. Stipules oblong sub-acute 
bilobed. Heads 6 to 15 on a short terminal peduncle, -5 in. long 
or less. Calyces cupular, truncate confluent, 3 together. Corolla 
coriaceous, 75 in. long, violet, very fragrant, tube thick, lobes 5 
oblong, blunt. Fruit-heads small. Hab. In forests, not rare. 
Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca, Selandor, Chabau and Merlimau 
(Cantley). Selangor, Ulu Gombak. Dindings, Gunong Tungul. 
Perak, Gunong Haram (Scortechini); Goping (Kunstler); Relau 
Tujor (Wray); Bujong Malacca (Curtis). Distrib. Burma. 
var. elongata, King and Gamble. Inflorescence elongate, 3 to 
6 in. long. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Tahan River; Kwala 
Tenok. Selangor, Sungei Buloh. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Prov¬ 
ince Wellesley, Ara Kudah. 
var. angustifolia. Leaves narrow lanceolate-acuminate both 
ends, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide or less; stems slender. Head small 
few-flowered. Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). 
Different in appearance as these two varieties are from typical speciosa, 
it seems impossible to separate them. The leaves in var. elongata are often 
larger, with prominent veins, and the flowers considerably larger, but 
intermediate forms occur. 
49 . CCELOSPERMUM , Bl. 
Glabrous climbers. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to obovate: 
stipules connate below, acute or bifid. Flowers small, green or 
white in 3- to 6-flowered panicled umbels. Calyx-tube short, limb 
membranous, truncate or obscurely lobed. Corolla coriaceous, 
funnel-shaped, lobes 4 to 5, longer, valvate. Stamens 4 to 5, 
filaments slender; anthers versatile, exsert. Ovary 2-celled, with 
2 ovules in each cell, or 4-celled with 1 ovule in each. Fruit 
depressed, globular, with 2 to 4 pyrenes. About 10 species, Malaya- 
Australia. 
Calyx-limb membranous deciduous; ovary-cells 2. 
Leaves coriaceous . . . . . . (1) C. truncatum 
Leaves membranous . . . . . . (2) C. biovulaturn 
Calyx-limb coriaceous, persistent; ovary-cells 4 . (3) C. scandens 
