CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEjE. 
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A nlidesma.] 
narrowed blunt, quite glabrous; nerves 14 pairs slender, elevate 
beneath inarching; 75 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles *4 in. 
long, thick. Stipules ovate acute, base round shortly petioled, 
•8 to -9 in. long, *5 in. wide, persistent. Male racemes slender 
simple or little branched, 2 in. long. Flowers very small sessile. 
Calyx cup-shaped, very shortly lobed, red. Stamens 5, rarely 4, 
insert in the disc. Pistillode minute glabrous. Female racemes 
over 12 in. long. Sepals as in male. Stigmas 3, 1 entire, 2 bipar¬ 
tite. Drupe '4 in. long, elliptic flattened (when dry), tip decurved; 
pedicels -i in. long. Hab. Forests; Selangor, Ulu Gombak; 
Ginting Sempah (Ridley). Johor, Gunong Pulai (Ridley). Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler). 
I have not seen types of Gage’s A. stenophyllum, but his description 
exactly fits this plant. 
(5) A. alatum Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 358. 
A small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 4 to 5 in. through, bark whitish, 
glabrous except tips of branches puberulous. Leaves membranous 
or sub-coriaceous oblanceolate or lanceolate to elliptic cuspidate 
acuminate, base long narrowed; nerves very faint; 3 to 4 in. 
long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Stipules elliptic-ovate 
cuspidate, *25 to -5 in. long,, persistent. Male spikes slender 
puberulous, -5 to 75 in. long, panicled. Flowers very minute. 
Sepals 5, hairy. Disc pulvinate glabrous. Stamens 5. Female 
spikes solitary, ovary glabrous. Disc wider than calyx. Drupe 
ovoid, -25 in. long, red, slightly flattened when dry, shortly pedi- 
celled. Hab. Not rare; in woods up to 3000 ft. altitude, Singapore, 
Changi; Bukit Timah; Jurong. Johor, Sungei Tebrau; Gunong 
Pantai. Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Temerloh. Negri Sembilan, 
Tampin Hill (Goodenough). Selangor, Langat. Bindings, Telok 
Sera; Sungei Segari. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Tapah (Wray); Gunong 
Batu Putih (Wray); Larut, at 1500 to 3000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(6) A. pendulum Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 356. 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, glabrous, branches stout. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate bluntly cuspidate, 
base narrowed acute or rounded; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, slender, 
ascending parallel; 9 to 14 in. long, 3-25 to 375 in. wide; petioles 
thick, -25 in. long. Stipules lanceolate acuminate. Spikes slender 
sub-terminal pendulous, 6 to 18 in. long. Male flowers distant, 
very small. Sepals 4 to 6, orbicular hairy. Stamens 4. Disc 
glabrous lobed. Pistillode clubbed. Female flowers; ovary gib¬ 
bous glabrous. Stigmas very small. Fruit-raceme slender, 18 in. 
long or less. Drupes flattened rugose, -3 in. long, red. Hab. 
Dense rocky forest, Johor, Gunong Pantai. Perak, Temengoh 
(Ridley); Thaiping Waterfall (Wray); Goping (Kunstler). 
(7) A. gracillimum Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 227. 
Small tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves lanceolate shortly 
blunt acuminate mucronate, base round or sub-cuneate, thinly 
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