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LXXIV. RUBIACE.T* 
[Saprosma. 
Plants glabrous. 
Cymes i in. long, 3-flowered . . , (3) S. Scortechinii 
Cymes 1-5 to 3 5 in. long, lax several flowered (4) S. ternatum 
Pubescent on branchlets and back of leaves. 
Leaves blunt acuminate . . . . (5) S. Ridleyi 
Leaves sub-caudate . . . . . (6) S, pubescens 
(1) S. glomerulatum King and Gamble, l.c. 98. 
Foetid low shrub 6 to 10 ft. tall. Branchlets brown obscurely 
angled above. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 
cuspidate-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous; nerves 6 to 9 pairs 
prominent beneath; 4 to 7 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
•25 to *4 in. long. Stipules cartilaginous with short bristles inside. 
Flowers 4 to 5 crowded into a sessile head between the 2 terminal 
leaves, male head shortly peduncled, female sessile, outer bracts 
forming an involucre. Flowers sessile, *25 in. long, white (or pale 
green). Calyx campanulate. Corolla salver-shaped, *2 in. long, 
tube short, lobes longer, broad blunt. Fruit sub-globular, blue. 
Hab. Forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai. Johor, 
Gunong Pulai; Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall); Kota Tinggi. Malacca, 
Chabau (Cantley). Selangor, Ranching (Foxworthy). Perak, 
Gunong Mesah (Kunstler). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 
var. angustifolia King, l.c. 99. Leaves more coriaceous ovate- 
lanceolate, 3 to 4 in. long, 1-4 in. wide. Negri Sembilan, Tampin 
Hill (Goodenough). 
(2) S. indicum Dalz. Kew Journ. iii. 37. 
Glabrous shrub. Leaves stiffly membranous, sessile oblong sub¬ 
acute, base round, nerves about 9 pairs elevate beneath; 3 to 4 in. 
long, 75 to 175 in. wide. Stipules connate 3, cuspidate. Flowers 
few, terminal, shortly peduncled. Calyx 4- to 5-toothed. Corolla 
*25 in. long, white. Fruit *3 in. long, light blue. Hab. Woods in 
the north, Kolantan, Chaning. Perlis, Ginting Kabok, Kanga. 
Lankawi, Sungei Machang (Haniff). Dislrib. South India. 
The leaves in both the last two specimens are much larger than in the 
type, especially in the Lankawi plant, where they are 6 by 3 in. and some of 
the lower leaves are petioled. 
(3) S. Scortechinii King and Gamble, l.c. 99. 
Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall, glabrous except nerves beneath. Leaves 
thin coriaceous elliptic acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 6 to 7 
pairs elevate inarching; 3-5 to 5*5 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. wide; 
petioles -2 to -25 in. long. Stipules short, mouth bristly. Cymes 
1 to 3 on branch-ends 1 in. long in flower, 3-flowered; peduncle 
puberulous. Flowers -5 in. long, bracts small lanceolate. Calyx 
funnel-shaped with long linear lanceolate lobes persistent in fruit. 
Corolla funnel-shaped twice as long, tube expanded at mouth, 
lobes 4, blunt, throat hairy. Fruit ellipsoid, blue, *65 in. long 
with long calyx-lobes. Hab. Forests in mountains, Pahang, 
Telom. Perak, Larut Hills 2500 to 3000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(4) S. ternatum Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 193; King, l.c. 100. 
