226 CxxViil. euphorbiace^B. * [Antidesma. 
beneath with midrib and n to 13 pairs of nerves hairy; 6-25 to 
9-5 in. long, 1-25 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles *85 to 1 in. long. Stipules 
leafy obliquely ovate or lanceolate, *5 to 1*5 in. long. Spikes 
simple, or branched axillary and terminal, longer than half the 
leaf, more or less red tomentose. Bracteoles ovate, hairy outside. 
Male flowers sessile. Sepals widely ovate sparsely hairy. Disc 
annular, 4-lobed. Stamens 4. Pistillode minute, sub-clavate. 
Female flowers pedicelled. Calyx cup-shaped 4-fid nearly to base, 
lobes ovate tomentose outside, bearded within at base. Disc 
annular. Ovary oblong-ovoid. Stigma sessile, 4- to 5-rayed. 
Drupe ovoid bi-con vex, *25 in. long, pericarp (dry) reticulate. 
Hab. Mountain forests. Perak, Larut (Kunstler, Scortechini); 
Maxwell's Hill (Ridley); Gunong Inas (Wray). 
(2) A. tomentosum Bl. Bijdr. 1126. A. Kingii Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. v. 356. 
Shrub to a treelet 25 ft. tall, branchlets rusty tomentose. 
Leaves sub-coriaceous sub-sessile oblong to broadly obovate- 
oblong, shortly cuspidate, base narrowed blunt or cordate, tomen¬ 
tose beneath; nerves 20 pairs; 8 to 11 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide. 
Stipules lanceolate, 1 in. long. Male spikes rather stout, 4-5 in. 
long; rachis tomentose; flowers in small clusters, very small. 
Sepals 5, hairy ovate acute. Stamens 5. Disc glabrous. Female 
spikes 4 to 6 in. long, stout tomentose. Sepals 4, ovate acute 
tomentose. Ovary tomentose. Fruits -5 in. long, sub-sessile 
falcate-ovoid deeply reticulate red. Hab. Hill forests, Johor, 
Sungei Tebrau; Bukit Soga. Pahang, Pulau Tawar; Tahan 
River; Telom (Ridley). Perak, Larut and Goping (Kunstler); 
Gapis Pass (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 
(3) A. pachystachys Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 355. 
Stout shrub 6 to 12 ft. tall, nearly glabrous. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous obovate or oblong-lanceolate, shortly cuspidate, base 
round or acuminate; nerves 17 to 20 pairs parallel, elevate beneath; 
12 to 18 in. long, 4 to 6 in. wide; petioles very stout, *25 in. long. 
Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, 1-25 in. long, *3 in. vide at base. 
Male spikes solitary, filiform, 10 to 12 in. long, pendulous glabrous. 
Flowers sessile, -08 in. wide. Calyx cupular bluntly 4- to 6-lobed 
half-way. Stamens 4 or 5, short. Disc hairy. Pistillode clavate. 
Female spikes not known. Fruiting raceme, 1*5 in. long (base 
2*5 in. long, bare). Fruits flattened ovoid-oblong, -5 in. long, 
white tinged red; pedicels very short, -08 in. long. Calyx 
acutely 6-lobed. Hab. Forests; Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang 
(Wallich). 
(4) A. stipulare Bl. Bijdr. 1125. A. amboinense Miq. Ann. 
Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 218. A. stenophyllum Gage, Rec. Bot. 
Surv. Ind. l.c. 25. 
Shrub or treelet 15 ft. tall, young parts pubescent. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base 
