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lxxiv. rubiace^e. [ Psycholria. 
Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson) and Perak on Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson). 
The plants vary a good deal in many small points in hairiness and in 
the presence of the extra little cusp on the stipule. I have found plants 
hairy all over the leaves, on the midrib only, on the inflorescence only and 
altogether glabrous growing together. The modern Dutch botanists consider 
that the plant named by Blume sarmentosa was what is now known as poly- 
carfia, hence Valeton called this plant sarmentosoides, but Miquel and all the 
botanists till Valeton considered this to be the plant that Blume intended 
by his sarmentosa. His description would fit either plant. 
(n) P. Kunstleri King and Gamble, lx. 6. 
A glabrous epiphyte. Leaves succulent, glossy elliptic-oblong 
to oblong-lanceolate, narrowed gradually to each end; nerves 
5 to 6 pairs, very indistinct; 3 to 5-5 in. long, -8 to 1*4 in. wide; 
petioles -4 to -8 in. long. Stipules forming a cartilaginous entire 
cup Cyme umbellate, 2 to 4 hi- broad on a peduncle 2 to 3 in - 
long; branches spreading. Fruit ellipsoid, *35 in. long, ridges 10. 
Seed 4-ridged. Hub. Perak (Kunstler). Dislrib. Sumatra. 
I have not seen this plant. 
P. ascendens 
(12) P. polytricha Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 287. 
Ridl. Town. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 57, p. 61. , 
Stem slender, climbing and rooting on tree trunks, above pubes¬ 
cent. Leaves ovate, sub-acute, base round, glabrous above, 
pubescent beneath, especially on the 7 pairs of nerves, 1 to 1*5 m - 
long, -5 to 1 in. wide; petioles -12 in. long, pubescent. Cymes 
lax, 1*5 to 2 in. long; branches spreading; peduncle 1 in. long or 
less, pubescent. Pedicels -12 in. long. Calyx campanulate lobes 
acute. Corolla -12 in. long, lobes oblong, pubescent outside as 
long as tube, mouth woolly. Fruit *25 in. long, elliptic, base 
narrowed. Seed 4-ridged. Hab. Woods near the river. Rare. 
Perak, Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(13) p. penangensis Hook. fil. F.B.I. hi. 175 » King, l.c. 6. 
Shrubby climber, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves fleshy 
coriaceous elliptic-obovate acute, base long, narrowed; nerves 
s to 10 pairs distinct; 3 to 4’5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 
•s to 1*5 in. long, winged above. Cymes 4 or 5 in a terminal umbel, 
peduncles -5 to 1 in. long, heads *5 in. wide; flowers -25 in. long, 
pubescent, shortly pedicelled. Calyx obconic; teeth triangular. 
Corolla white, tubular, lobes broad, acute reflexed, throat with a 
ring of hairs. Fruit ellipsoid, -25 in. long on a pedicel -2 in. long. 
Seed c-ridged. Hab. Common in forests. Singapore, Garden 
Jungle; Reservoir Woods; Sungei Buluh. Johor, Castlewood, 
Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Batang Berjuntai. 
Dindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Perak, Thaipmg Waterfall. Penang 
Hill (Maingay). 
It resembles P. morindceflora except in its pedicelled flowers and fruit. 
