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LXXIV. RUBIACE.E. 
[Psy choir ia. 
Fruit panicle 3 in. long and wide. Fruit red, io-grooved when 
dry, elliptic, sub-globose, -15 in. long. Seed 5-ridged. Hab. 
Common in open country. Pahang River; Telom. Malacca, 
Ayer Panas (Derry); Bukit Bruang. Negri Sembilan, Tampin 
Hill (Goodenough). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Bindings, Lumut. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills 1500 to 5000 ft. altitude. Tanjong Malim. 
Penang coast (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrib. Borneo, 
Java, Sumatra, Burma. Native name ; Jarum Jarum. Use: 
Alexipharmic. 
(37) P. megacarpa Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 48. 
Glabrous shrub. Leaves stiffly thin coriaceous, lanceolate- 
acuminate at both ends; nerves fine conspicuous; 5 in. long, 1-5 in. 
wide; petioles -5 in. long. Cymes spreading, sessile branches in 
fruit slender, 1 in. long. Flowers not seen. Fruit ellipsoid, -4 in. 
long, -2 in. through, strongly ribbed. Seed flat on inner face, 
back rounded, 5-ribbed. Hab. Perak, Gunong Kerbau 3500 ft. 
altitude (Robinson). 
Flowers not known, but a very distinct plant allied to P. viridiflora, with 
the fruit much bigger. 
(38) P. stipulacea Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. ( ed . Carey), ii. 164; 
King, l.c. 17. 
Stout glabrous shrub 2 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly membranous, 
oblanceolate or elliptic abruptly acuminate, base narrowed gradually, 
midrib stout; nerves 11 to 13 pairs, elevate beneath; 5 to 9 in. 
long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles -5 to 1-25 in. long, winged in upper 
part. Stipules large ovate, *75 to 1 in. long, -4 in. wide. Cyme 
usually 1, dense, many-flowered, *5 to -3 in. across; peduncle 
•25 to 1 in. long, stout; branches stout, pubescent. Flowers 
•15 in. long, white, on short pedicels, clustered in head-like cymules. 
Calyx campanulate, lobes broad pubescent. Corolla wide cam- 
panulate, lobes about half as long, mouth hairy, greenish white. 
Fruit ellipsoid, 10-ridged when dry, *3 in. long. Seed 5-ridged, 
concave with 1 ridge on inner face. Hab. Forests. Singapore, 
Bukit Timah. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling. 
Malacca, Gunong Mering. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu and Gunong 
Berumbun (Cantley). Selangor, Weld’s Hill, Kwala Lumpur. 
Perak, Ulu Temengo; Hermitage, Maxwell’s Hill. Bindings, 
Pangkor. Province Wellesley, Bukit Panchur. Penang (Wallich) ; 
Penara Bukit, the Hill (Curtis). Kedah Peak. Distrib. Sumatra. 
(39) P. atroviridis Ridl. 
Simple shrublet 12 in. tall; stem hairy. Leaves coriaceous, 
blackish green, oblanceolate-obovate, glabrous, midrib prominent 
on both sides as are the 11 pairs of nerves, 7 in. long, 4*25 in. wide; 
petioles short, stout, *25 in. long. Stipules oblong ovate. Cymes 3, 
terminal, 1 in. across; peduncle 2 in. long, all puberulous. Flowers 
many, white, very shortly pedicelled. Calyx cupular with 5 short 
