136 LXXIV. RUBIACE.iE. [Psychoiftd. 
•3 in, long or less on peduncles 2 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile 
*1 in. long. Calyx campanulate, lobes triangular. Corolla wide 
tubular, lobes short, white. Fruit ellipsoid, glabrous except calyx 
limb, cherry-red, *25 to -3 in. long, 10-ridged, Seed 5-ridged. 
Hab. Mountain forests at 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Bukit Kutu. Perak, Thaiping Hills, Birch’s Hill (Wray); Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson). 
{24) P. fulva Buck. Ham. in Wall. Cat. 8366; King, lx. 16. 
Shrub, sparsely hairy. Leaves thin membranous elliptic shortly 
apiculate, narrowed, decurrent at base, glabrous beneath, puberulous 
on midrib and nerves, 15 to 18 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles 2-5 in. long. Stipules oblong, bifid, ciliate, 1 in. long. 
Cyme dense, pubescent axillary (rarely terminal) trichotomous, 
or simple on a long peduncle 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers in dense 
heads with 2 to 3 large bracts (in bud). Calyx cupular, lobes long 
acuminate. Fruit narrow elliptic, base narrowed, glabrous 12- 
ridged, -45 in. long. Seed 5-ridged. Hab. Mountains. Rare. 
Perak, Ulu Batang Padang and Telom (Wray, Ridley). Distrib. 
India. 
(25) P. coriacea Korth, Kruidk. Ned. Ind. ii. 242. 
Stout shrub. Branches pubescent. Leaves very coriaceous, 
glabrous shining above, dense velvety, pubescent beneath, broad 
elliptic acute apiculate, base very shortly cuneate; nerves 8 pairs, 
depressed above, elevate beneath; 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
thick, 1 in. long, pubescent. Cyme terminal; peduncle 1 in. long, 
velvety-pubescent. Cymes compact in a head *5 in. wide, dense- 
hairy. Calyx sessile, campanulate with ovate lobes. Fruit ellipsoid 
hairy, 10-ridged, ridges low, *25 in. long, sessile. Hab. Forests. 
Johor, Gunong Pulai (Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra. 
My specimen is poor. The specimens of Beccari from Sumatra resemble 
it, but have thinner leaves and more nerves. 
(26) P. vulpina Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 142. 
Shrubby, stems red-hairy. Leaves membranous elliptic-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 12 pairs ascending; glabrous 
above, densely red-hairy on the nerves beneath, less hairy on the 
rest of the surface, 5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles thickly hairy, 
•25 in. long. Stipules broad oblong acuminate hairy, 75 in. long, 
•25 in. wide. Flowers not seen. In fruit, peduncle 3 in. long, 
slender hairy branches three 1 in. long with 2 to 3 secondary 
branches. Fruit red, shortly stalked, about -12 in. long, elliptic, 
glabrous. Seed 5-ridged outside, flat inside. Hab. Woods. Kelan- 
tan, Kwala Lebir (Ridley). 
This differs from P. multicapitata, King, in the very large stipules and 
much smaller fruit. 
(27) P. fulvoidea King and Gamble , l.c. 17. 
Small shrub. Leaves membranous elliptic acuminate, crenulate, 
