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414 EUPHORBIACER. [ Hxcoecaria. — 
2. EB. Agallocha, L.; Bedd. Sylv. Madr., 215; Brand, For. 
Fl., 442.—Ta-yau or ka-yau.—An evergreen tree (15—25+6—10 
+2—3), all parts quite glabrous; leaves alternate, from. oblong- 
lanceolate to elliptically-ovate and ovate, acute or rounded at the 
base, on a rather slender petiole up to an inch long, bluntish to 
shortly bluntish acuminate, 2-3 in. long, thin fleshy-coriaceous, 
more or less obsoletely crenate-toothed, glabrous, glossy, penni- 
nerved; flowers small, yellowish green, the males sessile, much 
bracted and forming axillary catkin-like spikes in the axils of the 
leaves, the females shortly pedicelled, in sessile, axillary, shorter 
spikes, the lower 2-6 ones fertile, the upper ones asexual and rudi- 
mentary; male bracts imbricate, numerous, broader than long; 
stamens usually 3; ovary glabrous, 3-celled, the 3 styles simple 
and free; capsules 3-coccous, the size of a large pea, crustaceous, 
smooth; seeds globular. 
Has.—Very frequent in the tidal forests all along the coast of Burma, le 
RS.—L— 
bales og down to Tenasserim and the Andamans.—Fl. H.S 
==Sal. 
RemarxKs.— Wood white, soft. The juice of the whole tree very poisonous. 
3. E, oppositifolia, Jack. ; Bedd. Sylv. Madr., t. 215.—An ever- 
green small tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, ‘all parts glabrous ; leaves 
opposite, oblong to elliptically oblong, not glandular at the acute 
base, on a short 4-2 in. long petiole, shortly acuminate, crenate- 
toothed, chartaceous, 3-8 in. long, glabrous, the lateral nerves thin 
but prominent ; flowers small, yellowish, shortly pedicelled, males 
several to each minute bract, females solitary and axillary, or few 
together at the base of the rather robust, glabrous, spike-like male 
racemes arising at the end of the branches or from the axils of the 
leaves ; bracts on both sides furnished with a small smooth gland; 
capsules 3-coccous, the size of a cherry, crustaceous, smooth ; se 
smooth, without arillus. 
Has.—Upper Tenasserim.—Fr. March. 
male flowers 2-3-androus ; females and fruit unkn 
Hap.—Tropical forests of Martaban and Upper Tenasserim. 
