Sauropus.] CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEiE. 221 
base round, dark green above with a whitish central patch, glaucous 
beneath, 2 in. long, -i in. wide; petioles hardly any. Flowers 
small on short racemes *i in. long. Males -i in. wide, claret- 
colour. Calyx saucer-shaped with 6 short angles. Females larger, 
cup-shaped, purple. Calyx-lobes emarginate. Capsule with fleshy 
thick white or pink epicarp, 75 in. through. Hab. Gardens and 
waste ground; a popular vegetable. Singapore, Government Hill 
(Sehomburgk) Malacca (Griffith, Hullett, Cuming). Perak, Gopmg 
(Kunstler). Penang. Kelantan near Kota Bharu. Distrib. Indo- 
Malaya. Native names : Assin-Assin; Chekop. 
The male flower is at first green, and becomes more and more spotted 
with pink, until it is quite dark pink by the time the dark red stamens have 
shed their pollen. The female flower is cup-shaped and purple. 
(5) S. parvifolius Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59 > P- I 75 - 
A slender branched shrub, 3 ft. tall; branchlets angled pubes¬ 
cent. Leaves alternate obovate to oblong blunt, base cuneate 
herbaceous glaucous beneath, 75 in. long, *5 in. wide; petioles 
slender, *i in. long. Stipules linear-subulate. Male flowers on 
very short racemes covered with ovate acute bracts on pedicels 
•12 in. long. Perianth -12 in. long. Sepals flat with 6 oblong 
blunt lobes, pubescent' beneath. Stamens 3. Females solitary 
in a terminal axil larger than males. Sepals oblong truncate. 
Styles short bifid recurved. Capsule *25 in. through, globose whitish 
thin-walled. Hab. Open country, Kedah, Alor Sta (Ridley). 
Lankawi (Robinson). 
(6) S. Llanosii Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 223. Phyllanthus 
Llanosii Mull. Arg. Flora, xlviii. 387. Glochidion Llanosii Mull. 
Arg. Linncea, xxxii. 68. 
Small bush 2 or 3 ft. tall, very hairy all over. Leaves distichous 
crowded oblong shortly blunt acuminate, base usually broad 
subsessile, i-i to 175 in. long, -2 to 75 in. wide, pustulate and 
sparsely hairy above, closely hairy beneath. Stipules setaceous. 
Male flowers in small axillary tufts under -1 in. across, hairy on 
the back and the short pedicel, glabrous above. Female flowers 
unknown. Capsule globose bright orange-yellow, glabrous globose, 
•25 in. through, crowned with the small incmved bifid stigmas. 
Hab. Open heaths, Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis, Ginting Kabok 
(Ridley). Distrib. Siam, Philippines. 
16 . DRYPETES, Vahl. 
Trees. Leaves alternate entire or crenulate, base often in¬ 
equilateral. Flowers axillary racemed or clustered, apetalous 
pedicellate. Male flowers; sepals 4 to 6 broad imbricate. Stamens 
few or many inserted round a flattened disc; filaments free, short. 
Pistillode minute or o. Female flowers as in male but disc annular 
or 0. Ovary 2- to 4-celled. Styles long or o. Stigmas dilate 
