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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEjE. 
[A ntidesma. 
coriaceous glabrous; nerves 8 pairs; 1-4 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 
i'5 in. wide; petioles -05 to -i in. long. Stipules deciduous lan¬ 
ceolate subulate, -08 in. long. Spikes slender, *3 in. long, puberu- 
lous, 2 to 5 on axillary tubercles. Bracts widely ovate or triangular. 
Male flowers sessile. Calyx 4- to 5-fid, lobes broadly ovate, out¬ 
side sparsely pubescent. Stamens 4 to 5* Disc annular 4-lobed. 
Pistillode conspicuous clubbed. Female flowers sub-sessile. Calyx 
cup-shaped, 4- to 5-lobed, lobes widely lanceolate sparsely pubes¬ 
cent, bearded at base inside. Disc annular. Ovary obliquely 
ovoid glabrous. Stigma 4- to 5-rayed, sessile terminal. Fruit 
(unripe) shortly pedicelled ovoid bi-convex. Hab. Hill forests, 
Perak, Thaiping Hills, Maxwell's Hill; Gunong Inas (Wray). 
I have not seen this species. 
(8) A. Helferi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 357. 
Tree 60 ft. tall, quite glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
elliptic cuspidate, base cuneate; nerves faint, 10 pairs, not inarch¬ 
ing; 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long, thick. Stipules 
small lanceolate blunt caducous, pubescent. Male spikes axillary 
filiform simple green or pale pink pubescent, 1-5 in. long. Flowers 
few distant sessile. Bracts minute hairy. Sepals ovate sub-acute 
hairy. Stamens 3, rising from a small hairy disc. Female spikes 
longer. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Sepals ovate hairy. Drupe 
pink and white, oblong not flattened, with a few large reticulations 
•2 in. long; style terminal; pedicels thick, -i in. long, hairy. Hab. 
Swampy woods, Kelantan, Glam Woods, Kota Bharu (Ridley). 
Perak, Jungle near water, Chanderiang (Kunstler). 
The type is only in female flower, and very imperfect, but I .think this 
is the same. The ovary is hairy and stigmas 2, bilobed. 
(9) A. salicinum Ridl. A. salicifolium Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 366 
(not of Miquel). 
Shrub about 8 ft. tall; branchlets slender puberulous velvety. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous lanceolate long-acuminate, narrow, base 
narrowed blunt, glabrous except the midrib, sometimes puberulous 
above; nerves about 7 pairs slender, inconspicuous inarching; 
4 in. long, *5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long or less, puberulous or 
glabrous. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, -i in. long. Male spikes 
solitary very slender, 2*5 in. long, glabrous. Flowers scattered 
very small glabrous, pedicelled. Sepals ovate rounded. Stamens 
2 or 3. Female spikes 2 or 3 together, *2 in. long. Pedicels rather 
long. Bracts acute. Sepals lanceolate acute. Ovary glabrous, 
ovoid narrowed at both ends. Style prominent; stigmas rather 
long recurved. Drupe ovoid acute at both ends, not flattened 
when dry. Hab. Mountain torrents, Pahang, Tanjong Antan, 
Pahang River and Tahan River banks; Kwala Lipis (Machado). 
Negri Sembilan. Banks of Jelei River, Johol. Selangor, Klang 
Gates. Perak, Plus River (Wray); Temengoh. Dindings, Bruas 
