346 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Aporosa. 
and fem. fl. transposed), and Veg. Kingd. 283, with woodcut. Lepidostachys 
P villosa, Wall. Cat. 7298. 
Prou and TENASSERIM, in open forests, Wallich, M ‘Lelland, Helfer (Kew 
Distrib. 4953, 4954).—DistTr1B. Cochin China. . 
A deciduous-leaved tree, 20-30 ft.; branchlets stout. Leaves 4-10 in., coriaceous, 
glabrous above except the nerves, base subcordate, rounded or acute ; petiole 3-4 M., 
stout. Male spikes clustered, 3—} in. long; fem. subsolitary sessile, very short, oblong ; 
bracts concave, ciliate. Sepals of male 3-5, oblanceolate, acuminate, pubescent. 
Stamens 2-5, exserted. Ovary rusty villous. Fruit size of a large pea, orange- 
coloured, usually 1-celled and 1-seeded.—The description of the fruit is from Kurz. 
2. A. ficifolia, Baill. Adans. xi. 177; branches stout and leaves 
beneath rusty villous, leaves 6-9 by 3—4 in. thickly coriaceous elliptic or 
oblong acute or acuminate obscurely sinuate-toothed pale when dry, fem. f. 
sessile, stigmas depressed broad 2-partite plumose, fruit globose, pericarp 
not very thick, cells glabrous within.— Wall. Cat. 8017. 
PENANG, Wallich, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1498). PERAK, King's Collector.— 
DISTRIB. Cambogia. un 
Branches as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves rather rugose above, hardly shining, 
midrib above tomentose ; nerves 10-12 pair, strong beneath with reticulating nervules ; 
petiole 3-2 in., stout. Ovary globose, villous; stigmas 4, very large and broad, 2- 
partite. Fruit globose, 3-1 in. diam., 2-celled, crowned with the radiating sessile 
stigmatic lobes. Seeds suborbicular, plano-convex. 
3. A. microcalyx, Hassk. in Bull. Bot. Soc. France vi. (1859) 714; 
branchlets pubescent or tomentose, leaves coriaceous 3-6 in. elliptic ovate or 
oblong obtuse or obtusely acuminate base acute or cuneate entire or sinuate- 
toothed glabrous or pubescent beneath, nerves 6-8 pairs strong arched and 
meeting in large loops, fem. flowers sessile on very short spikes, ovary hirsute, 
stigmas short recurved 2-partite, fruit ellipsoid or broadly fusiform pubes- 
cent, top rounded base contracted, cells sparsely hairy within. A. DM" 
calyx, a. genuina, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 471. A. aurita, Migue 
Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 431 (excl. syn. Tul.). A. Cumingiana, Baill, Rev. Gen. 
-Euphorb. 645. Leiocarpus serratus, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 196. Tetrac- 
tinostigma microcalyx, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. Ed. nov. 55; Miquel Le. 
62. 
PERAK ; at Goping, King’s Collector. MarACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4958) 
and Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1417).—DisTRIB. Malay Islands, China. tiole 
A small tree. Leaves rather shining on both surfaces, yellow when dry ; pe vr 
4-3 in., often pubescent and minutely stipellate at the top. Male sepals 3 Mn. y 
irregular, glabrous. Stamens lor more. Fruit i-i in. long; pericarp rather thin. 
++ Leaves glabrous or nearly so (see also 3. A. microcaly2). Female 
flowers sessile. 
§ Fruit globose or nearly so (sometimes ovoid in A. villosula). 
4. A. macrophylla, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 470; ques 
glabrous except the spikes, leaves very large long-petioled ovate or ni ous 
oblong base deeply cordate, bracts of male and fem. fl. very broad gla "For. 
ciliate, fem. fl. sessile, ovary villous, fruit subglobose velvety. Kurz 
Fl.ii.361. Lepidostachys macrophylla, Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 9, 
xv. (1851) 253. 
BunMA, Wallióh. Prev to TENASSERIM, Kurz, M‘Lelland. by 1-1 ft» 
E deciduous-leaved tree, 20-25 ft.; branches very stout. Leaves 1-2 rd 12 pairs 
thinly coriaceous, obtuse or subacute, with vesicular dots beneath ; nerves 1 
