336 XCI. AP0CYNACEA2. [RdUWolfia. 
gong. Tringganu, isles of river mouth. Kelantan, Banks of 
Lebir River. Kedah, Gu^ong Geriang (Ridley). Distrib. South 
Siam. Native name: Batu Pelir Kambing (Dr. Gimlette). Use: 
As a poison (Gimlette, “ Malay Poisons," p. 52). 
(2) R, sumatrana Jack. Mai. Misc. 22; King, l.c. 424. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 6 to 10 in. through. Leaves thin sub- 
coriaceous, whorled 3 to 4 or opposite, oblong to obovate-spathulate 
blunt or very shortly acuminate; nerves parallel, over 30 pairs; 
6 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide. Flowers in compound umbels, 
3 to 6 terminal on peduncles 3 in. long; umbels 2 in. long and 
3 in. across on peduncles *15 in. long. Calyx-lobes orbicular, 
small. Corolla campanulate, *2 in. long, -i in. wide, pubescent 
in mouth, white. Drupe oblong-globose, ’6i to 7 in. long, -5 to 
*6 in. through, beaked, furrowed, containing 2 pyrenes. Hob. 
Not common. Limestone rocks, Perak (Scortechini); Goping 
(Kunstler); Tambun (Burkill). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Jack, who described it from Sumatra, gives Tampal Badak and Sembu 
Badak as native names and says the light wood is used for sheaths of swords 
and krises. 
8. KOPSIA, Bl. 
Small or large shrubs or big trees. Leaves opposite, rather 
thin. Flowers white (or pink) in short terminal cymes. Bracts 
ovate, persistent. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla salver-shaped, tube 
very slender, slightly dilate round stamens, lobes overlapping to 
right. Stamens near top of tube. Disc of 2 glands. Carpels 2, 
distinct; ovules 2 in each; style filiform ; stigma thick. Fruit an 
obovoid or oblique quadrate dry i-(or 2)seeded, flattened capsule ; 
pericarp coriaceous, not dehiscing. Seed oblong, ex-albuminous. 
About 12 species, Indo-Malaya. 
Corolla-tube dilate at top; branches of cyme not 
closely bracteate. 
Fruit glabrous. 
Shrub; many-flowered; petals broad oblong . (i) K. singapurensis 
Big tree; few-flowered; petals narrow linear 
oblong.(2) K. pauciflora 
Tree; flowers many; petals narrow linear 
oblong . . . . . . ., {3) K. Scortechinii 
Fruit densely hairy ...... (4) K. Griffithii 
Corolla-tube dilate at top, bracts numerous . . (5) K. larutensis 
Corolla-tube dilate in middle; bracts numerous. 
Small shrub; cyme -5 in. long .... (6) K. Ridleyana 
Big shrub; cyme 1 to 3 in. long, lengthening, 
dense-bracted.(7) K. macrophylla 
(1) K. singapurensis Ridl. K. fruticosa var. albiflora, King 
and Gamble, l.c. 431. 
A shrub or treelet 6 to 12 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic- 
oblong acuminate, base shortly narrowed; nerves about 14 pairs, 
rather prominent; 6 in. long, 2\5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. 
