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Psychotria.\ lxxiv. rubiace^e. 
(14) P. Ridleyi King and Gamble , l.c. 9. 
A low climber about 5 to 6 ft. tall, entirely bright green, glabrous. 
Leaves in distant pairs, membranous lanceolate to oblong-elliptic 
acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 9 pairs conspicuous; 5 to 5-5 in. 
long, 1*5 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Cyme 3-branched, 
2 in. across; peduncles *5 in. long. Flowers crowded in dense 
terminal cymules -25 in. across. Calyx green puberulous, lobes 
sub-acute, lanceolate, larger than the conic tube. Corolla white, 
tube very short, lobes oblong obtuse, longer, mouth white, hairy. 
Fruit oblong, white pulpy, -25 in. long. Seed ellipsoid 6-ridged. 
Hob. Woods. Climbing on low shrubs and trees. Singapore, 
Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Johor, Tanjong Bunga; Gunong 
Pulai. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Goodenough); Mt. Ophir (Hullett). 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. 
(15) P. brachybotrys Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mns. iv. 38, and 
vi. 155. 
Scandent stems slender. Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous, cuspi¬ 
date acuminate, blunt; nerves inconspicuous 7 pairs; 1*5 to 4 in. 
long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles -25 to *5 in. long. Cymes 1-25 
to 4 in. long (longer in fruit) nearly glabrous; cymules small, 
dense; pedicels -i in. long. Calyx cup-shaped, lobes very short, 
pubescent. Corolla very short, pubescent, -12 in. long, lobes 
nearly as long as the tube, hairy inside. Fruit on pedicels -12 in. 
long; branches of cyme -5 in. long; elliptic pyriform to globose, 
white, pulpy. Seed 5-ribbed. Hab. Mountains; climbing bushes 
with its petioles. Pahang, Gunong Berumbun at 6000 ft. altitude. 
Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
(16) P. laxiflora Bl. Bijdr. 964; King, l.c. 4 {partly). 
Slender climber several feet long, internodes far apart. Leaves 
membranous, elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 
slender, 5 pairs, 3 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles ;2 in. 
long, slender. Stipules in a short tube, lobes lanceolate cuspidate. 
Panicle very lax, 1 in. long; branches slender on a peduncle 2 in. 
long, slender. Bracts small, linear. Flowers very small; peduncles 
slender, -15 in. long. Calyx short wide campanulate with short 
teeth. Corolla small white, about *1 in. long. Fruit of 2 pyrenes 
•25 in. long, flat on one side, rounded on back, 5-ridged. Rare. 
Hab. Perak, Ayer Larut (Wray). Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
The Singapore and Johor plants included by King are Gcsrtnera viminea. 
(17) P. calocarpa Kurz. Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. xli. (2), 315; 
King, l.c. 10. 
Glabrous woody or almost herbaceous shrub, 2 to 4 ft. tall. 
Leaves membranous, attenuate at both ends, edges undulate 
(crenate in India) oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate; nerves fine con¬ 
spicuous, 10 to 12 pairs inarching far from margin; 6 in. long, 
2 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Stipules caducous, broadly 
