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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACE^E. 
[Glochidion. 
petioles -i to -15 in. long. Flowers grey brown and dark yellow, 
in clusters. Male flowers on slender pedicels *2 in. long. Sepals 
broad oblong. Anthers 3. Female flowers among the males, or 
in clusters by themselves; pedicels short and thick. Sepals 
small, ovate blunt. Ovary villous globose; style thick cylindric 
short villous top round. Capsule depressed globose 3-celled sub- 
glabrous obscurely 6-lobed, -5 in. through. Sepals oblong spreading ; 
pedicels *2 in. long. Hab. Hill forests, Perak, Thaiping and 
Sabatang (Wray); Sungei Batang (Kunstler). Penang, West Hill 
at 1000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Perils, Bukit Telor Jambu, Kanga 
(Ridley). Native name : Telungoh. 
(22) G. macrostigma Hook. fU. F.B.I . v. 313. 
Small tree 30 ft, tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong sub¬ 
acute, base oblique acute; membranous drying black; glaucous 
beneath; nerves 5 to 6 pairs very slender; 2 to 3*5 in. long, 1*5 in. 
wide; petioles very short. Flowers few in short racemes with 
numerous ovate acute bracts; pedicels slender, -2 in. long. Male 
flowers; sepals oblong. Anthers 5, connective hemispheric. 
Female flowers 6-lobed pubescent. Style very large globose 5- or 
6-cleft, suddenly contracted into a very short base, narrower than 
the globose 5- to 6-celled ovary. Hab. Hill woods, Penang Hill 
at 500 to 2000 ft. altitude (Curtis, Ridley). 
(23) G. nanogynum Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 318. 
Shrub or large tree, quite glabrous. Leaves thin dark red- 
brown when dry, elliptic, oblong, or elliptic-lanceolate blunt 
acuminate, base round or slightly narrowed, often oblique; nerves 
slender, 6 pairs; 3 to 3-25 in. long, 1 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles -I in. 
long. Flowers very small in small axillary clusters. Sepals 
oblong blunt. Anther-column cylindric. Ovary in female flowers 
minute villous covered by the depressed trigonous style. Capsules 
very small, -2 in. wide, orbicular depressed with 6 lobes, pubescent 
greyish white. Hab. Malacca (Maingay, Griffith). Selangor, Batu 
Caves. Perak. Penang (Waflich and all collectors). Native name: 
Semak Suai. 
(24) G. desmocarpum Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 318. 
Small bushy tree about 30 ft. tall, branchlets pubescent. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong, blunt, base very shortly acute, glabrous 
entirely or midrib and nerves 7 or 8 pairs pubescent beneath; 
4 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles hardly -i in. long. Male 
flowers minute clustered. Sepals ovate tomentose. Anthers 3. 
Ovary pubescent. Style hemispheric, 3-lobed. Capsules clustered 
shortly pedicelled orbicular depressed, 6- to 8-lobed, pale green 
hoary-pubescent, -2 in. wide; style forming a short central point. 
Seeds orange. Hab. Wet lowland spots, river-banks, Singapore, 
Pulau Damar. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. 
Perak, Changkat Serdang (Wray); Goping (Kunstler). Penang 
(Herb. Hooker), Government Hill (Ridley). Native names: Ubah 
hitam; Samak Serai. Use : Bark used for tanning. 
