LXXIV. RUBIACE^E. 
Psycholria.] 
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base cuneate, glabrous above; nerves 10 to 14 pairs and reticulations 
pubescent beneath; 6 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. 
long. Stipules ovate caudate, serrate ciliate, 1 in. long. Cymes 
axillary trichotomous, 1*25 in. across, in flower 2 in. wide, in fruit 
peduncle pubescent -3 in. long. Flowers in globular cymes, sessile. 
Calyx campanulate, teeth lanceolate. Fruit narrow-elliptic 12- 
ridged, glabrous, -4 in. long. Seed 5-ridged, 2-grooved ventrally. 
Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Very rare. 
This is near fulva, but the leaves are crenulate, smaller and more glabrous. 
(28) P. montana Bl. Bijdr. 960; King, l.c. 14. 
Stout glabrous shrub. Branches angled. Leaves thinly mem¬ 
branous, elliptic acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, 
slender conspicuous inarching far from edge; 5 to 8 in. long, 
1-75 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles *4 to 1*25 in. long. Stipules connate, 
tips caudate-acuminate. Cymes terminal panicled; peduncles 
*5 to 1*25 in. long. Flowers -25 in. long on ends of branches in 
cymules of 3. Calyx cupular, teeth broad spreading triangular. 
Corolla campanulate, lobes broad acute, mouth hairy, lobes 5. 
Fruit ellipsoid, narrowed to base, -25 to -3 in. long. Seed with 
one ridge, inner surface concave. Hab. Local; usually in hill 
districts, variable. Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Pahang, Tahan 
River. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Hullett). Selangor, Bukit Bintang; 
Kwala Lumpur; Bukit Kutu. Perak, Telor Pinang; Ulu Temengoh ; 
Hermitage Hill; Lenggong (leaves large ovate cuspidate). Kelan- 
tan, Chaning Woods. Distrib. Burma, Sumatra, Java. 
Most of these belong to the short-petioled form brevipetiolata, King and 
Gamble. 
(29) P. Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 171; King , l.c. 12. 
A low shrub about 2 ft. tall, glabrous except inflorescence. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong, shortly abruptly acuminate, base 
cuneate, light green drying greenish grey; nerves 12 to 15 pairs 
elevate; 6 to 10 in. long, 1*75 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles -4 to *8 in. 
long. Stipules broad, triangular, sub-acute, *2 to *3 in. long. 
Cymes dense pyramidal, 1-5 in. long, 1 in. across on 1 to 1*5 in. 
long; peduncles puberulous. Flowers *2 in. long. Calyx cam¬ 
panulate. Corolla fleshy, tubular, lobes oblong hooded, tube silky 
inside. Fruit black, oblong-obovoid, -4 in. long, 4-ridged. Seeds 
i-ridged. Hab. Forests. Common in the south. Singapore, Bukit 
Mandai; Bukit Timah; Pulau Ubin. Johor, Bukit Soga, Batu 
Pahat. Malacca, Chabau and Selandor (Cantley); Merlimau 
(Derry); Ayer Panas (Griffith). 
var. angustifolia , Ridley. A narrow-leaved form. Stipules 
distinctly keeled. Inflorescence glabrous except for a tuft of red 
hairs at the base of the branches. Lankawi, Burau Woods (Ridley). 
Native name: Bunga Mempipit. 
