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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACE^E. 
[Glochidion. 
glabrous filiform free, *2 in. long. Capsule puberulous, >25 in. 
long, rounded. Seeds sub-reniform, backs rounded, bright red. 
Hab. Mountains, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
Allied to G. sericeum, but not silky pubescent, rather sparsely hairy, 
leaves coriaceous, more lanceolate and styles much longer. 
11 . FLUEGGIA, Willd. 
Shrubs. Leaves small distichous alternate. Flowers minute 
axillary pedicelled, apetalous, males numerous clustered, females 
solitary. Male flowers; sepals 5, sub-petaloid imbricate. Stamens 
3 to 5, with as many disc glands; filaments free. Pistillodes 3, 
large with recurved tips. Female flowers as male but disc annular. 
Ovary 1- to 3-celled; styles elongate recurved 3-bifid. Fruit 
globose, epicarp fleshy breaking irregularly or into 2-valved cocci. 
Species 6, Old World tropics. 
(1) F. microcarpa Bl. Bijdr. 580; Hook . fil. F.B.I. 328. 
F. virosa Baill. Etud. Euphorb. 593, t. xxvi. Fig. 39. 
A bush about 5 or 6 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic or obovate, base 
narrowed, tip rounded chartaceous; nerves 5 or 6 pairs; 1 in. 
long, -5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Flowers very small in dense 
tufts with numerous bracts, pedicelled, -08 in. wide; pedicels 
slender, -12 in. long. Sepals round or oblong. Stamens 3 to 5, 
filaments long. Pistillodes 3 united at the base, with simple or 
lobed tips. Ovary ovoid. Fruit fleshy white, -i in. through. 
Seeds 3 to 6. Hab. Open country, edges of rivers, Pahang, Pekan 
and other places on Pahang River; Tahan River. Perak, Temen- 
goh; Ulu Tupai (Wray); Tampan (Wray); Sungei Rayah 
(Kunstler). Kedah (Kunstler). Kelantan River, Chaning. Tomoh 
(Machado). Penang, common near the Gardens. Lankawi, Kwah 
(Curtis). Distrib. Old World tropics, Africa, Asia, Australia. 
12 . CICCA, Linn. 
Tree. Leaves thin distichous. Flowers minute in dense 
clusters axillary or racemed. Sepals 4 (rarely 5). Stamens 4, free, 
anthers oblong. Styles 4, free. Fruit fleshy with 3- to 4-celled 
bony endocarp. Species 1, Asiatic. 
(1) C. disticha Linn. Mantiss. 124. Phyllanthus distichus 
Mull Arg. Linncea, xxxiv. 75; DC. Prod. xv. (2), 424; Hook, fil . 
F.B.I. v. 304. 
Tree about 15 to 20 ft. tall, with erect branches at top; 
branchlets slender. Leaves distichous thin, obliquely ovate 
acute, base rounded, tip acute, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, light 
green; petioles *i in. long. Flowers very small in slender racemes 
2 in. long from the thick branches. Sepals orbicular pink at base. 
Disc of male of large glands; of females annular crenate. Fruit 
yellow-green, 1 in. long, globose fleshy acid, obscurely 6-lobed 
depressed at both ends. Hab. In gardens. Cultivated only. Dis¬ 
trib. Asia. Native name : Chermela. Use : Fruits for pies. 
