222 CXXVIII. euphorbiace^. [Drypetes. 
fleshy or connate into a peltate disc. Fruit sub-globose or ovoid 
indehiscent; pericarp thick 2-celled. Seeds i in a cell. Species 140, 
Africa, Indo-Malaya and Tropical America. 
Leaves very coriaceous, 2 ft. long, base cordate . . (1) D. pendula 
Leaves coriaceous, 1 ft. long or less. 
Leaves oblong unequally narrowed at base, 1 ft. long (2) D. longifolia 
Leaves oblong or elliptic lanceolate; nerves strongly 
elevate. 
Base blunt unequal . . . . . . {3) D. nervosa 
Base acute equal ...... (4) D. Cnrtisii 
Leaves ovate caudate-acuminate, tip serrate . . (5) D. perakensis 
Leaves thin lanceolate acuminate, base unequal; 
nerves not prominent . . . . (6) D. riparia 
(r) D. pendula Ridl. Kew Bulletin, 1923, p. 365. Cyclostemon 
longifolius Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 341 (not of Blume). 
Tree about 40 to 60 ft. tall with very long pendent branches. 
Leaves rigidly thick coriaceous shining green, red when young 
linear-oblong, unequal-sided, base unequally cordate; nerves 20 
to 30 pairs; 1 to 2 ft. long, 4 to 10 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long, 
very thick. Male flowers many in a cluster over 1 in. through, 
shortly pedicelled, *5 in. wide. Sepals 5, glabrous round concave. 
Stamens numerous round a flat disc. Stigmas 3, bifid. Fruit 
2 to 2*5 in. through, globose slightly trigonous orange slightly 
tomentose. Hab. Lowland woods; not rare, Singapore, Garden 
Jungle; Selitar. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut (Kunst- 
ler). Penang Hill (Maingay, Curtis). Native name : Garligo Salak. 
A very striking tree from its very long pendent branches and large shining 
leaves. 
(2) D. longifolia Pax. Pflanzenreich, iv. 147, xv. 245. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft, tall. Leaves coriaceous oblong to elliptic 
lanceolate slightly oblique at the narrowed base, bluntly acuminate; 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs prominent beneath; 9 to 12 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles stout, *23 in. long. Flowers -5 in. across in axillary 
tufts from bare part of branches. Bracts short broad; pedicels 
•2 in. long, puberulous. Male flowers; sepals 4 or 5, round orbi¬ 
cular velvety outside, edges denticulate ciliate. Disc concave 
villous. Stamens 30 to 50. Female flowers; sepals as in male, 
disc annular. Ovary bilocular, densely pubescent. Stigmas trans¬ 
versely oblong sessile. Drupe sub-globose, 75 to 1 in. through, 
pubescent. Iiab. Forests; Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Weld's 
Hill (Burn-Murdoch). Distrib. South India, Ceylon, Andamans, 
Malay islands to Philippines. 
(3) D. nervosa Pax Pflanzenreich, iv. 147, p. 244. Cyclostemon 
nervosus Hook, fil . F.B.I. v. 342. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, stem 8 to 12 in. through; branchlets 
tomentose. Leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate cori¬ 
aceous glabrous except the midrib beneath, base unequal rounded; 
nerves 12 to 15 pairs, sunk above, elevate beneath; 8 to 12 in. 
