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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACE^E. 
[Sauropus. 
Plants glabrous. 
Leaves ovate, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide . . • (1) S. specfcabilis 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 4 in. long. 
Styles depressed with 2 incurved arms . . (2) S. forcipatus 
Leaves 2’5 in. long or less. 
Leaves elliptic blunt; flowers in short racemes . (3) S. sumatranus 
Leaves ovate-oblong acuminate; flowers in clusters 
(cult).(4) S. albicans 
Leaves 1 in. long, obovate-oblong blunt, glaucous 
beneath. (5) S- parvifolius 
Plant densely hairy . . . . . . . (6) S. Llanosii 
(1) S. spectabilis Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 446. S. macro- 
phyllus Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 333. 
Glabrous shrub, stems fiexuous. Leaves membranous ovate 
acuminate; nerves 6 to 7 pairs; 6 in. long, 3 i n - wide; petioles 
•1 in. long or less. Flowers axillary from tubercles bearing bracts 
shorter than the petioles; pedicels stout, 1 in. long. Male flowers 
•1 in. wide; pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes 5, oblong blunt rather 
deeply cut. Stamens 3, filaments very short. Female flowers; 
pedicels stout, *5 in. long. Calyx leathery, -25 in. wide, lobes 
rounded. Fruit on a lengthened pedicel, depressed globose, as 
big as a cherry-stone. Hab. Dense thickets at base of limestone 
cliffs, Selangor, Batu Caves (Ridley). Distrib. Assam, Sumatra. 
(2) S. forcipatus Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 334- 
Shrub; branches black, nearly terete with a low ridge on one 
side, quite glabrous. Leaves thin elliptic or oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate, base acute; nerves 6 pairs; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. 
wide; petioles -i in. long. Male flowers -3 in. wide on filiform 
pedicels as long, lobes 6, minute rounded incurved into the centre. 
Anthers oblong. Female flowers in the same axil as male, *5 in. 
wide; pedicel short and stout. Sepals linear-oblong, spreading. 
Ovary oblong; styles (or stigmas) 3, depressed, divided in two 
arms like forceps. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
(3) S. sumatranus Miq. FI. Ind. Bat, Suppl. 446. 
Shrub glabrous, branches rather slender fiexuous with a low 
rib on each side, angled. Leaves membranous elliptic narrowed to 
the blunt tip and slightly at the base; nerves 4 pairs, faint; 2-25 
to 3 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles -i in. long or less. Flowers 
in racemes -i in. long with ovate persistent bracts. Male flowers 
unknown. Female flowers *12 in. across; pedicels *15 in. long. 
Calyx-lobes round rather deeply cut. Ovary sub-globose. Stigmas 
very short papilliform, 5. Hab. Lowland woods, Selangor, Klang 
Gates (Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra. 
I have seen no type or specimen from Sumatra, but MiqueFs description 
suits this plant. 
(4) S. albicans Bl. Bijdr. 596; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 332. S. 
indicus Wight Ic. t. 1952. 
A shrub about 2 to 6 ft. tall, branching from near the base. 
Leaves membranous ovate-oblong or lanceolate blunt or acute 
