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CXXV. S ANTAL ACE JE. 
[. Henslowia. 
of few flowers. Drupe blue black, *07 in. through, rugose. Hab. 
Mountains, rare. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang at 4900 ft. altitude 
(Wray). 
(10) H. varians Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 244, PI. xliii. 
Shrub; branches slender. Leaves elliptic-subspathulate blunt 
slightly narrowed at top, 1*5 in. long, *5 in. wide, sub-membranous; 
petioles -2 in. long. Flowers minute, solitary or two or three on 
very short axillary peduncles. Drupe ellipsoid, globose, *05 in. 
when dry, rugose. Hab. Rare. Kedah Peak at 3500 ft. altitude 
(Robinson and Kloss). Distrib. Borneo. 
(n) H. buxifolia Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 224; Gamble, 
Journ. As, Soc. Beng. l.c. 274. Osyris rotundata Griff. Ic. PL As. t. 
627, Fig. 2. 
Small erect yellow shrub with twining branches. Leaves 
fleshy, yellow elliptic-obovate or spathulate blunt or sub-acute, 
i*5 in. long, -5 in. wide, upper ones much smaller; petioles -i in. 
long. Flowers minute, sessile or very shortly pedicelled on the 
top of a very short peduncle. Drupe very small, under *i in. 
long, dark red becoming shining black. Hab. Dry open woods, 
usually near the sea, often a little conspicuous yellow bush, not 
climbing at all, Singapore, Kranji; Bajau. Johor, Tana Runto. 
Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Tanjong Kling (Griffith). Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. 
Penang, Pulau Inajah (Curtis). Distrib. Bangka, Borneo. 
2 . PHACELLARIA, Benth. 
Leafless parasites with fascicled stems. Flowers minute, 
unisexual, scattered on the branches, solitary or a number together, 
sessile or sunk in the branch, ebracteate. Perianth male, tube 
solid; female adnate to ovary; lobes 4 to 8, valvate; stamens 
4 to 5 on the base of the lobes; filaments short, thick; anther- 
cells divergent below. Disc flat. Ovary inferior; style short; 
stigma entire or 3-lobed; ovules 3. Fruit pulpy, flat. Seed 
flattened, with 5 grooves. Species 5, Indian and 1 Malay Peninsula. 
(1) P. malayana Ridl. 
Stems crowded, flattened, seldom branched, 3 to 4 in. long, 
•1 in. wide, scurfy-red when young. Flowers sessile solitary or 
3 to 4 together. Males and females mixed, sunk in the rachis; 
males cushion-shaped with 4 valvate triangular lobes. Females 
tubular, -i in. long; petals as in male. Fruit -22 in. long with 
one 5-grooved, flat seed. Hab. Rare, parasitic on a Loranthus 
at 5000 ft. altitude, Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebali (Robinson). 
3 . SCLEROPYRUM, Arnott. 
Small trees or shrubs with white bark and strong spines. Leaves 
alternate, sub-coriaceous. Flowers unisexual in short dense 
hanging spikes yellowish green. Perianth-tube of male solid, of 
