350 MR. Н. N. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
MALLOTUS FLORIBUNDUS, Muell. Arg. 
A small tree. Pekan; banks of the river. 
M. GnrrrITHIANUS, Hook. f. 
A small tree, with very curious capsules covered with bristly hispid spines. 
Tahan woods, dense jungle. 
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apea e the last, but has the leaves long-acuminate, жин long petioles, and the 
fruit sessile and solitary. Tanjong Antan. 
M. TILIÆFOLIUS, Muell. Arg. 
An erect branched bush about ten feet high, growing in quantity in open country near 
the Sultan's tombs in Kwala Pahang. This has not hitherto been recorded from the 
Peninsula. It is a native of the Pacific islands, Timor, Java, Moluccas, and China. 
M. MACROSTACHYUS, Muell. Arg. 
Tulomalaty, Pahang River. 
M. COCHINCHINENSIS, Lour. 
Kalambalai, Pahang River. 
MACARANGA DENTICULATA, Muell. Arg. 
River Pahan; Pulau Chengei. 
М. uvroLEvcA, Muell. Arg. 
Is plentiful in the Medang woods near Pekan. This tree is very common in Singa- 
pore. Ghosts are supposed by the Malays always to sit under it at night, to which 
theory the ghostly white of its stems probably has given rise. 
Sticks of the wood of this tree are preferred for setting gambir, after the liquid is 
poured into the buckets from the boiling-pan. 
M. MEGALOPHYLLA, Muell. Arg. 
Woods at Kwala Tahan. 
M. GRIFFITHIANA, Muell. Arg. 
Near Pekan. 
M. TANARIUS, Muell. Arg. 
Pulau Datoh, Pulau Paday, Pahang River. 
JATROPHA CuncAs, Linn. 
Is cultivated here and there near Pekan, and in the villages a little way up the river. 
CROTON ARGYRATUS, Blume. 
Woods, Pulau Tawar; Pulau Спее, 
C., sp. 
_А small tree on the limestone rocks of Kota бшнш. I have also received this plant 
