148 lxxiv. rubiace^e. [Geophila. 
currant. Hab. Not rare in hill forests. Pahang, Tahan valley; 
Kota Glanggi. Selangor, Semangkok Pass; Bukit Kudah. Perak, 
Tapa (Ridley). 
(5) G. Scortechinii King, l.c. 104. 
Stem 1 to 2 ft. long, slender, branches erect, short. Leaves 
fleshy ovate or ovate-elliptic, base narrow or round, sparsely white 
hairy; nerves 3 to 4 pairs; 1 to 1-5 in. long, -6 to *9 in. wide; 
petioles -35 to 75 in. long. Peduncles terminal, as long as leaves, 
dichotomous at tip. Flowers few, -6 in. long. Calyx-tube narrow, 
long, lobes 5, long linear acuminate. Styles very long. Hab. 
Perak (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this plant. 
58 . STREBLOSA, Korth. 
Low hairy herbs with membranous leaves and dense axillary 
inflorescence of small flowers nearly sessile. Calyx campanulate, 
shortly 5-lobed. Corolla tubular, lobes 5, hairy in mouth of tube. 
Stamens 5, insert at base of mouth. Style shortly bilobed. Species 
about 6, Malay Peninsula and islands. 
Leaves ovate, scurfy on nerves beneath, herb . . (1) S. microcarpa 
Leaves ovate; nerves red hairy, woody . . . {2) S. pubescens 
Leaves lanceolate hairy on both sides, woody below . (3) S. hirta 
(1) S. microcarpa Ridl. S. tortilis King, l.c. ( not of Korthals). 
Psychotria microcarpa Wall. Cat. 
Herbaceous 6 to 18 in. tall, unbranched sparsely scurfy. Leaves 
membranous ovate or ovate-elliptic acute, base narrowed, glaucous 
beneath; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, scurfy; 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 3 in, 
wide; petioles *5 to 2 in. long. Stipules broad triangular bifid. 
Cymes dichotomous, *5 to 1 in. long and wide. Calyx hairy. 
Corolla longer, hairy. Fruit reniform, streaked brown, stiffly white- 
hairy, *05 in. or less long. Hab. In forests in hill districts. Perak, 
Temengoh; Goping (Kunstler); Penang (Wallich). RoadtoPantai 
Acheh (Curtis). 
The specimens labelled “ Singapore, Lobb,” were no doubt from Penang, 
as many others of Lobb’s plants were. It is highly improbable it ever 
occurred in Singapore. 
(2) S. pubescens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 63. 
About 1 ft. tall, woody or more; young parts red-hairy. Leaves 
ovate acute, base cuneate, glabrous above, pustulate beneath; 
nerves 12 pairs, slender, red-hairy; 6 in. long, 3 in. across; petioles 
1 in. long, pubescent. Stipules papery lanceolate-acuminate, 
glabrous, keels pubescent. Panicles dense from axils of fallen 
leaves 1 to 2 in. long, lengthening in fruit, red-hairy. Rachis 
flexuous; flowers in pairs sub-sessfle, -i in. long. Calyx short 
campanulate, lobes short acute tufted with red hair. Corolla 
white, tube cylindric, lobes oblong rounded, pubescent outside. 
