130 lxxiv. RUBIACE2E. [Psychotria. 
ribbed. Hab. Mountains about 5000 ft. altitude and upwards. 
Pahang, Gunong Berumbun; Telom; Gunong Tahan to 7186 ft. 
altitude. Perak (Scortechini). Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). 
(4) P. Scortechinii King and Gamble, l.c. 7 . 
Glabrous climber. Leaves membranous ovate-lanceolate or- 
narrow elliptic, acuminate, base narrowed or rounded; nerves 
5 or 6 pairs; 2*5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *15 to -2 in. 
long. Stipules oblong acute, connate at base, -15 to -2 in. long. 
Cymes panicled as long as leaves, elongating in fruit; branches 
angled. Flowers -15 in. long, pedicelled in terminal threes. Calyx 
cupular, teeth short, acute. Corolla cylindric, lobes short, triangular 
with tufts of yellowish hair between the stamens. Fruit ellipsoid, 
both ends narrowed to clavate, 8-ridged, *35 in. long. Seed with 
3 broad ridges. Hab . Perak (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this. 
(5) P. Cantleyi Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 24. 
Scandent, slender. Leaves ovate acuminate to lanceolate, 
base round or narrowed, glabrous or red-hairy beneath; nerves 
6 pairs; 2 to 3 in. long, -5 to 75 in. wide. Cymes 1 or 2, com¬ 
pact on peduncles -25 in. long. Bracts linear; bracteoles ovate. 
Calyx obconic, lobes ovate acute. Corolla *12 in. long, glabrous 
outside with tufts of hairs between the stamens inside, lobes rounded 
at tip, half as long as tube. Fruit young, pyriform, adult sub- 
globose, white pulpy; pyrenes obovate, 3-ribbed. Hab. Singapore, 
Chua Chu Kang. Johor, Mt. Austin; Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). 
Negri Sembilan, Burunang (Cantley). Selangor, Semangkok Pass. 
Malacca, Chenana putih (Cantley). Pahang, Kota Glanggi; Tahan 
River and Bukit Sulu. Native name : Akar Suburutih putih. 
(6) P. pilulifera King and Gamble, l.c. 8. 
A small tree or climber, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves 
coriaceous, narrow-elliptic, tapered both ends; nerves 8 pairs, 
inconspicuous, midrib bold; 2-5 to 3*5 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; 
petioles -35 to 4 in. long, slender. Panicles few-branched, puberulous 
of 8- to io-flowered globular cymes. Calyx campanulate, lobes 
acute. Corolla tubular, lobes oblong broad; anthers indexed, 
surrounded by tufts of hairs. Fruit sub-globose, 10-ridged, -2 in. 
long, *15 in. through. Seed 3-ridged. Hab. Perak at 3000 to 
5000 ft. altitude (Wray). 
I have not seen this. 
(7) P. ovoidea Wall. Cat. 8383; King, l.c. 8. 
Slender climber; young parts and inflorescence hairy. Leaves 
coriaceous ovate, sometimes cordate, base round, glabrous above, 
hairy beneath; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, prominent; 1*5 to 2*5 in. long, 
*85 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles -15 to *25 in. long. Cymes dense, 
75 in. across. Bracts linear-lanceolate acuminate, blunt. Calyx- 
lobes sub-acute, ovate hairy. Corolla white, hairy, lobes 4, longer 
