350 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aporosa. 



2-3-celled. Fruit - in. diam., quite globose, smooth, abruptly tipped by a very 

 short style ; pedicel half its diameter in length, tomentose. 



17. A. nervosa, HooJc.f. ; quite glabrous, leaves 4-7 in. coriaceous 

 oblong obtuse or obtusely acuminate base rounded or cuneate with 6-8 pair 

 of very strong nerves and strong reticulating cross-nervules, petiole f-1 io. 

 stout, male spikes |-f in. clustered, fruit shortly pedicelled globose puberu- 

 lous, stigmas depressed each 4-partite, pericarp thick, cells glabrous within. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1365). 



Branches rather stout, black when dry. Leaves variable, 2-4 in. in breadth, pale 

 greenish when dry and smooth above, pale brown beneath. Sepals of male 4, ovate, 

 tomentose ; filaments short. Fruit | in. diam. 



** Ovary glabrous. Fruit sessile on the spike. 

 'f* Fruit globose. 



18. A. microsphsera. Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves coriaceous lanceo- 

 late caudate-acuminate shining above with the midrib raised, reticulate 

 beneath with 6-8 pairs of very slender arched nerves, fern. fl. sessile, ovary 

 glabrous, fruit ^-i in. diam. spherical smooth glabrous, stigmas 2 very short 

 2-cleft, pericarp thick, septum hairy. 



PEKAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. 



A shrub 10-15 ft. or tree 30-40 ft. ; branches rather slender, bark pale. Leaves 

 4-6 in., greenish or yellowish when dry, grey beneath ; petiole g- in. Fern, spikes 

 often clustered, very short, ^ 2 -^ in.; rachis tomentose, bracts crowded. Fruit yellow 

 (black when dry), indehiscent. Seed orbicular, compressed, plano-convex, " with a thin 

 fleshy pale -red coat " (Kunstler). 



ft Fruit ellipsoid or ovoid. 



19. A. Planchoniana, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 645 (Planchiana) ; 

 glabrous, or the shoots puberulous, leaves small shortly petioled lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate base rounded or acute, nerves very obscure, bracts and 

 sepals glabrous, fern. fl. sessile, ovary fusiform glabrous, fruit small ellip- 

 soid beaked by the 2-fid styles glabrous, pericarp very thin, septum hairy. 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 475. A. lanceolata, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 363 

 (not of Thivaites}. Lepidostachys parviflora, Planch, mss. 



TENASSEBIM ; at Mergui, Griffith, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 4956). PERAK, King's 

 Collector. 



A small evergreen tree. Leaves 2-3 in., hardly coriaceous, pale yellowish green 

 when dry on both surfaces ; nerves 6-8 pairs, extremely slender ; petiole f-i in., very 

 slender. Male spikes 1 in. and less ; sepals orbicular ; stamens 2. Fern, spike very 

 short indeed. Fruit -J in. long. 



20. A. Wallichii, HooJc.f. \ quite glabrous, leaves oblong lanceolate 

 or linear- lanceolate obtusely acuminate base acute or rounded, male bracts 

 and sepals tomentose, fern. fl. sessile, ovary fusiform glabrous, fruit ellipsoid 

 beaked by the base of the rather long plumose 2-partite stigmas, pericarp 

 thick, cells very hairy within. Lepidostachys Koxburghii, Herb. 2nd. Or., 

 frf. fy T. Wall. Cat. 8019. 



SILHET and the KHASIA HILLS, Wallich, &c. CHITTAGONG ; at Seetakoond, 

 J. D. H. Sf T. T. MOULMEIN, on Thyong Guyung, Lobb. 



A large tree ; branches rather stout. Leaves 3-8 in., rather coriaceous, pale 

 green and rather shining when dry, base rarely cordate; nerves 5-7 pair, very 



