352 OXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aporosa. 
Series II. Stipules large, persistent, lunate or falcate. 
24. A. lunata, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 282; branches robust pubes- 
cent, leaves 8-12 in, linear-oblong base cordate shining above with deeply 
impressed nerves, tomentose beneath especially on the midrib and very 
strong nerves, stipules large lunate, fem. spikes densely tomentose, stigmas 
3-4 very stout 2-fid. Antidesma lunatum, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 467 i 
Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 251. ? A. coriaceum, Blume, ex Hasskar 
in Herb, l 
PENANG, (Ic. in Herb. Kew.) PERAK; on low hills, King’s Collector. —DISTRIB. 
Sumatra, ? Java. . 
A tree, 50 ft. Leaves 3 in. broad, very coriaceous; petiole }-} in., very stout ; 
stipules 4—4 in. long. Fem. spikes short; flowers sessile; sepals 5-6, linear-oblong, 
obtuse, tomentose.— The Perak specimens are imperfect, and in fem. fl. only. It may 
not be Miquel's plant, which is described as having leaves with a few marginal glands 
near the base and subentire stigmas. A closely allied Bornean species (Beccari No 
1213) has shorter broader tomentose styles; its fruit is ovoid, } in. long, 8-cellec 
with 3 apical beaks. Bentham no doubt rightly refers Miquel's Antidesma lunatum 
to Aporosa, but is mistaken in uniting with it Maingay’s plant, which is the following. 
In a drawing of this species (in Kew Library) the fruit is represented as of the size 
of a small pea, globose, yellow and red, and the styles as long and rounded. 
25. A. Benthamiana, Hook. f. in Ic. Plant. t. 1583; quite glabrous, 
leaves 8-18 by 3-5 in. subsessile linear-oblong acuminate or caudate base 
narrowed cordate,'stipules large lunate, fruiting spikes 1 in. long, fruit 
ellipsoid 3-celled, cells glabrous within. 
P SINGAPORE, Cantley. 
Branches stout. Leaves coriaceous; nerves 12-16 pairs, very strong beneath ; 
petiole 4-} in., stout; stipules coriaceous. Male spikes cylindric, obtuse; rachis 
very stout ; sepals 4, ovate; stamens 2, anther-cells pendulous. Fruit j-$ m. long. 
— Very different from 4. lunatum, being perfectly glabrous, and in the much shorter 
petioles. The anthers are nearly as in Antidesma. The Singapore plant has longer 
petioles and more membranous leaves broader upwards. 
26. A. falcifera, Hook. f; branchlets petioles and stipules tomen- 
tose, leaves coriaceous elliptic- or linear-oblong acuminate sparsely hairy 
beneath, base rounded or subcordate, nerves 7-9 pair strong, stipules per- 
sistent sickle-shaped coriaceous, male spikes 1—$ in. sessile clustered. 
PERAE, King’s Collector. . d 
A tree, 40-60 ft. Leaves 3-5 by 11-12 in., above almost shining reticulate an 
with the nerves distinct, beneath brownish, cross-nervules slender; petiole $$ n» 
stout ; stipules about as long, margins recurved. 
SPECIES OF WHICH THE FRUIT IS UNKNOWN. 
27. A. stellifera, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves 8-10 in. thinly 
coriaceous oblong cuspidately acuminate base rounded or acute smon 
above with raised midrib, nerves 10-13 pairs arched, cross-nervules iher 
late, petiole 1-2 in., male spikes slender sessile and peduncled, fem. spi a 
glabrous, flowers pedicelled, ovary glabrous 3-celled, stigmas connate 1n 
-rayed disk. 
PENANG, alt. 1500-1800 ft., and PERAK, at Larut, King's Collector. — large 
A tree 10-15 ft. in Penang, 25-30 in Perak; branchlets very smooth with wats 
stipular scars. Leaves 3-4 in. diam., sometimes polished above. Male ft. pubes ts 
sepals 4; stamens 2, short. Rachis of fem. spikes j,-1 in. long, few-fid.; brac 
