Saprosma.] lxxiv . rubiace ^ e . 17 1 
Shrub, glabrous 6 to 8 ft. tall. Branches yellowish 4-angled. 
Leaves thickly membranous often whorled, elliptic or elliptic- 
lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 7 to 9 pairs prominent 
beneath; 4 to 8 in. long, 1-5 to 3-25 in. wide; petioles -4 to -6 in. 
long with bristles at base. Stipules setose toothed. Cymes 
axillary and terminal, solitary or fascicled, 1-5 to 3-5 in. long, 
often peduncled; branches lax, spreading, bracts few linear. 
Flowers -4 in. long, yellow; pedicels *2 to -6 in. long. Calyx -i in, 
long, campanulate. Corolla -3 in. long, puberulous, tube broad, 
•35 in. across, broad. Fruit ovoid, blue. Hab. Forests. Malacca, 
Bukit Besar, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Tahan 
River; Gunong Senyum (Evans). Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Kunstler, Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning. Distrib. India. 
(5) S. Ridleyi King and Gamble , l.c. 100. 
Branches tomentose at tips. Leaves membranous oblanceolate 
to elliptic, shortly blunt-acuminate, base much narrowed, minutely 
pitted, glabrous above, pubescent on midrib beneath; nerves 
7 to 10 pairs, prominent beneath; 3 to 375 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. 
wide; petioles -i to -15 in. long. Stipules pubescent at first 
irregularly toothed. Cymes axillary and terminal less than half 
as long as leaves, trichotomous, branches 3- to 4-flowered with 
2 elliptic bracts at base. Flowers -25 in. long; pedicels *1 in. long. 
Calyx salver-shaped, *15 in. long, tube narrow tomentose, lobes 5 » 
oblong, blunt. Disc large. Hab. Singapore (Ridley). 
I do not know this plant. The number quoted from my collection for 
this by King belongs to a Diplospom. 
(6) S. pubescens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 122. 
Shrub. Young parts scabrid pubescent. Leaves elliptic to 
lanceolate acuminate almost caudate, glabrous above, pubescent 
or scabrid beneath on midrib and nerves 5 pairs elevate beneath; 
4 to 5 in. long, i*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -12 in. long. Stipules 
of numerous subulate processes. Cymes terminal, 75 i n - l° n S °f 
about 5 flowers, puberulous. Bracts of numerous setae. Bracteoles 
linear. Peduncles and pedicels short to *25 in. in fruit, scurfy 
pubescent. Flowers yellow or white. Corolla *25 in. long, dilate 
upwards pubescent, lobes 4 > oblong, blunt half as long. Fruit 
globose, *25 in. long, rough. Hab. Forests, rare, Pahang, Tahan 
River. Kedah, Gurun (Robinson). 
var. Ursula. Branchlets, leaves beneath and flowers hairy- 
tomentose. Leaves lanceolate acuminate caudate. Flowers 
yellow. Malacca, Relau at the base of Mt. Ophir (Ridley). 
61 . AMARACARPUS, Bl. 
Low bushes with small leaves usually crowded, often foetid. 
Flowers small axillary and terminal 1 to 2, sessile or shortly 
peduncled, white. Calyx-lobes 4* Corolla-tube sometimes long. 
