146 Lxxrv. RUBiACEiE. [Cephaelis. 
6 to 8 pairs elevate beneath; 2-5 to 4 in. long, 1-25 to 1*5 in. wide; 
petioles *2 in. long. Stipules base tubular, lobes lanceolate-acuminate 
or ovate. Heads sessile, -5 in. across. Flowers few 5 or 6; pedicels 
and calyx 1 in. long, lobes lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla-tube 
*3 in. long, hairy in mouth, lobes short, lanceolate to blunt. Hab. 
Rare. Mountains at 5000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Gunong Meng- 
kuang Lebah (Robinson). 
(9) C. albiflora Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 155. 
A tall branched shrub 6 ft. or more high. Leaves membranous, 
oblanceolate acuminate, long narrowed to base; nerves 10 to 11 
pairs, slender; 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long. Stipules 
lanceolate ovate mucronate. Peduncles 2 in. long. Flowers 17 
in a head, sessile. Bracts ovate round, -25 to *5 in. long; bracteoles 
linear-lanceolate. Calyx-tube thick, lobes very small. Corolla 
white, tube cylindric, *5 in. long, mouth hairy, lobes ovate acute, 
tips hairy. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan in woods by streams on 
the Padang at 5000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
57 . GEOPHILA, Don. 
Small creeping herbs. Stems rooting. Leaves orbicular or 
reniform, long-petioled. Flowers small, white, solitary, sub- 
sessile or in peduncled umbels. Calyx-tube obovoid, lobes narrow. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, throat hairy, lobes 4 to 7. Stamens as 
many. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled; style slender, bifid. Fruit 
pulpy red or black; pyrenes 2, plano-convex. Species 16, tropics. 
Leaves with broad often cordate bases. 
Flowers solitary axillary. 
Leaves glabrous ..... 
Leaves hairy ...... 
Peduncles with 1 to 3 flowers; fruit red . 
Peduncles with 6 to 9 flowers; fruit black 
Leaves with narrow bases, hairy 
(1) G. humifusa King and Gamble , l.c. 102. 
Stems very slender, rooting at nodes, long. Leaves thickly 
membranous, glabrous in distant pairs ovate-cordate acute, -4 in. 
long, *25 in. wide; nerves 3 pairs; petioles -4 in. long. Stipules 
broad ovate, -i in. long. Flowers solitary, axillary sub-sessile. 
Fruit red like a red currant. Hab. Perak (Scortechini) rare. 
(2) G. pilosa Pearson, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2691; King, l.c. 103. 
Long creeping stem, leaves, peduncles and calyx hairy. Leaves 
ovate cordate sub-acute; nerves 3 pairs; -6 to 1 in. long. Stipules 
ovate. Peduncles terminal 1- to 3-flowered, -5 to -8 in. long. 
Flowers white; bracts lanceolate. Calyx cylindric, lobes linear. 
Corolla tubular, teeth ovate acute, pilose outside. Fruit globular, 
black. Hab. Rare in forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah in one 
spot; Reservoir woods (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. 
. (1) G. humifusa 
. (2) G. pilosa 
. (3) G. reniformis 
. (4) G. melanocarpa 
. (5) G. Scorteehinii 
