368 XXXIII. ociiNACE/E. [Euthemis. 



(i) E. leucocarpa Jack, Mai. Misc. v. i() ; Houk. Ic. PI. 

 711; Benii. I.e. i. 526. King, I.e. 234. 



Shriiblet erect little branched i to 6 ft. tall. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate tapering to both ends, spinulose serrate dark shining 

 green; nerves ver}^ numerous fine, 3'5 to 8 in. long, i"2 to 2 in. 

 wide; petioles '5 to 1*5 in. long flat winged. Racemes or panicle 

 2 to 6 in. tall, with i or 2 branches at base. Flowers in pairs "6 to 

 •7 in. across white; pedicels 'i to '2 in. long remote. Bracts ovate 

 acute. Sepals ciliate ovate obtuse. Petals oblong-ovate. Anthers 

 connivent subsessile. Ovary round white. Berry snow-white, 

 rose or red, globose, top rounded -2 to 35 in. through. Hah. 

 Sandy woods near the sea and mountains common, a very 

 pretty plant. Singapore, Kranji, Johor, Pengaram. Malacca, 

 Mt. Ophir at top. Pahang, Pekan. Perak, Bujong Malacca 

 (Scortechini) ; Ulu Bubong 900 ft. altitude and Kinta 2500 to 

 4000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Disirib. Lingga, Borneo, Banca, 

 Native names : Pelawan Beruk ; Tambo. 



The Bornean E. robusla Hook. fil. seems to me merely a larger form of 

 this. 



(2) E. minor Jack, Mai. Misc. v. 18; Benn. I.e. i. 526; 

 King, I.e. 235; RidL Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 34. 



Small prostrate ascending shrublet. Leaves distant narrow 

 lanceolate minutely serrate hardly spinulose, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 i"25 in. wide; petioles winged to base 3 in. long. Panicle slender 

 6 in. long hardly branched. Flowers remote in pairs. Sepals 

 ovate ciliate green becoming pink, caducous in ripe fruit. Petals 

 small linear-oblong white. Ovary angled green. Berry 5-angled, 

 top flat, dark red. Hab. Singapore, Chua Chu Kang in sandy 

 woods by the river. Locally abundant, but I have only seen it 

 here. Disirib. Pulau Battam ; Bangka. 



Dubious 



E. elegantissima Wall. Roxb. Fl. Ind. (ed. Carey) ii. 305 ; 

 E. pttlcherrinia Wall. Cat. 2518; Hook. fil. F.B.L i. 527 is not 

 an Euthemis. It appears to be a seedling of Gompliia sumairana, 

 and was collected by Wallich in Singapore. 



Order XXXIV. BURSERACE.E. 



Resinous trees (rarely shrubs) . Leaves alternate imparipinnate. 

 Inflorescence racemose or paniculate. Flowers regular small 

 bisexual or unisexual. Calyx 3- to 6-lobed. Petals 3 to 6 free. 

 Disc annular or cupular or absent. Stamens 3 to 6 inserted at 

 the base or margin of the disc ; filaments free or connate at base ; 

 anthers dorsifixed bilocular. Ovary 2- to 5- (rarely i-) celled; 

 ovules 2 rarely i in each cell ; style simple. Stigma entire to 

 5-lobed. Fruit drupaceous with a hard putamen, rarely pseudo- 



