218 cxxviii. euphorbiace.®. [Breynia. 
grey hairy beneath; nerves 6 pairs; *75 in. long, -5 in. wide; 
petioles -05 in. long. Flowers solitary. Male flowers; calyx 
turbinate edge entire, pubescent. Staminal column fusiform. 
Female flowers; calyx saucer-shaped, lobes short, purple-pink. 
Ovary turbinate top convex. Fruit globose, *2 in. through; calyx 
slightly enlarged, an elevated ring on the top. Hab. Not rare in 
woods and thickets to 2500 ft. altitude, Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Ang Mo Kio; Reservoir Woods. Malacca, Gunong Mering, Mt. 
Ophir. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga at top, 2400 ft. altitude, 
Perak, Temengoh; Kwala Kangsa (Ridley) ; Simpang (Wray). 
Penang (Wallich); Western Hill; Waterfall (Curtis). Distrib. 
Siam. 
(2) B. angustifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 330. 
Shrub 8 to 10 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves oblong tip and base 
rounded, base slightly unequal, membranous glaucous beneath; 
nerves very faint, 4 pairs; 75 in. long, *25 in. wide; petioles 
•08 in. long or less. Flowers shortly pedicelled, very small, yellow. 
Male calyx campanulate, 6-lobed, lobes retuse. Female flowers 
broad, funnel-shaped, lobes 6, round apiculate. Style stout with 
3 recurved 2-lobed arms. Fruit red, -25 in. through, calyx wider, 
much enlarged distinctly lobed purple. Hab. Rocky hill jungle. 
Perak, Ulu Batang Padang (Ridley); Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. 
Siam. 
(3) B. coronata Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 330. 
Small tree, 15 to 20 ft. tall, stem 3 to 4 in. through, glabrous. 
Leaves thickly membranous glaucescent beneath, ovate blunt, base 
round; nerves conspicuous, 5 or 6 pairs; 2-25 in. long, i*i in. 
wide; petioles *08 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary, reddish 
yellow. Males; calyx hemispheric, edge toothed. Stamens in¬ 
cluded. Females rather larger broadly funnel-shaped. Ovary 
included, broadly cuneiform truncate with 3 minute stigmas. 
Fruit globose, *3 in. through, cherry-pink with a ring on the top, 
6-valved; cocci 6, enlarged; calyx *2 in. wide. Hab. Common in 
hill forests, Johor, Kwala Kahang (Kelsall). Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Tangga. Selangor, Kwala Selangor; Old Fort and Ulu Gombak 
(Ridley); Rantau Panjang (Kloss). Perak, Ulu Ledang (Wray); 
Larut and Goping (Kunstler). Penang, Bagian Jennal (Curtis). 
Lankawi (Curtis). Native names: Chuma padang; Rumang 
panas. 
(4) B. rhamnoides Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 440 
{excluding vars .); Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 330. 
Small tree 5 in. through, quite glabrous. Leaves membranous 
glaucous beneath elliptic-ovate or round blunt, base cuneate, 
1 in. long, *75 in. wide; petioles slender, -08 in. long. Flowers 
pedicelled. Males; calyx turbinate mouth of tube entire or 
obscurely lobed. Females; calyx shortly 6-lobed hemispheric. 
Ovary exserted. Fruit globose, -12 in. through, red, enlarged calyx 
