Baccaurea.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACES. (J. D. Hooker.) 378 
oblong, obtuse. Fruit 3-1 in. diam., obscurely 3-gonous, loculicidal, pericarp very 
thick; endocarp not separating, walls smooth within.—This cannot be Jack’s B. 
ulcis, 
15. B. reticulata, Hook. f:; shoots petioles and nerves beneath 
finely yellow-tomentose or hoary, leaves long-petioled coriaceous elliptic- 
oblong or elliptic acuminate or cuspidate not dotted beneath base acute pale 
eneath with 8-12 pairs of strong nerves, nervules strongly reticulated, male 
racemes on the branches stout finely tomentose, bracts broadly ovate 
cucullate longer thon the short lateral branches and flower-clusters. 
PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. Matacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 
4899), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1360, 1360/2, 1365), Hervey.—DisTR1B. Sumatra. 
Habit of B. bracteata, but leaves much paler, often yellow beneath, with very 
strong reticulations and no black dots. In the Calcutta Herbarium this bears three 
names, B. costulata (from Malacca), B. pubera (from Banca), and B. bracteata (with- 
out locality). B. costulata (of whieh I have seen authentic specimens) has few 
nerves and leaves nearly smooth beneath between them. B. pubera is a doubtful 
Baccaurea with stellate tomentose parts ; and B. bracteata is described above. 
16. B. latifolia, King in Herb. Calcutt.; branches and petioles sub- 
stellately puberulous, leaves long-petioled coriaceous elliptic or elliptic- 
oblong cuspidate or acute tomentose with soft hairs beneath and 10-12 pairs 
of very strong nerves, male panicles hoary-pubescent, bracts broadly ovate 
acuminate longer or equalling the flower clusters, fruiting racemes from the 
old wood stout, pedicels bracteate above the base jointed at the top, fruit 
globose smooth finely pubescent tipped with a short style 3-celled, pericarp 
very thick spongy. 
Prrax, King’s Collector. 
A tree, 50-60 ft.; branches stout. Leaves 6-8 by 3-5 in., or more oblong and 
6-7 by 3-34 in., dark red brown above when dry, paler beneath, base acute or obtuse, 
petiole rather stout, $ or 3 the length of the blade. Male panicles from the youngest 
branches, 2—4 in. ; bracts 3 in. long, concave, hoary, caducous ; flowers ji; in. diam. ; 
sepals 4-5, broad; stamens as many; pistillode low, tumid. Fruiting racemes 
6-8 in.; rachis hoary-pubescent, as thick as a duck’s quill; pedicels }-} in. long, 
Woody, with 2-3 broad short bracteoles, distinctly jointed below the calyx. Fruit 
1n. diam., with the short obtuse calyx-lobes at the base. 
SPECIES OF WHICH THE MALE FLOWERS ALONE ARE KNOWN. 
17. Baccaurea sp. A; branches slender black when dry glabrous to 
the tips, leaves 3-5 in. membranous elliptic subcaudately acuminate pase 
Very acute, nerves 4-6 pairs very slender, nervules obscure, petiole 1- M 
Very slender, male racemes on the branches very short #-1 in. de 
densely tomentose, bracts obtuse small adnate to the very short 2-3-fid. 
side branches, sepals and stamens 4, pistillode depressed orbicular. 
PENANG, King’s Collector (No. 1589). 
18. Baccaurea sp. B; leaves glabrous 6-9 in. elliptic oblong or lan- 
ceolate acuminate base acute, nerves 5-6 pairs, petiole 2-2} in., male 
racemes from the branches 4-6 in. long by $ in. broad finely tomentose, 
Facts on the slender rachis } in. oblong acute or obtuse caducous shorter 
than the side branches, which bear many cymes of minute flowers zg 1n. 
lam., bracteoles on the branchlets minute persistent, sepals 9-6 unequal, 
anthers 5-7 sessile round the subclavate truncate pistillode. 
Prrax, King’s Collector (No. 3266). 
