Antidesma.] cxxvm. euphorbiace^. 233 
(19) A. coriaceum Tulasne, Ann. Sc. Nat. 3 Ser. xv. 204. 
A. fallax Miill. Arg. Linn, xxxiv. 68; DC. Prod. xv. (2), 253; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 359. Aporosa Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 
353. . . 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous shining 
on both sides oblong or oblong-ovate or acuminate; nerves 9 pairs; 
3'5 to 5-5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles -25 to *5 in. long, rather 
slender. Stipules linear acuminate. Male spikes panicled red- 
tomentose, *5 in. long, whole panicle 1-5 in. long. Flowers sessile 
scattered. Sepals 4 to 5, pubescent. Stamens 3 to 4. Disc 
cupular lobed. Female spikes shorter thicker, 7 or 8 in a panicle 
with ovate bracts at base, all red-tomentose. Ovary glabrous. 
Styles rather short recurved. Drupe orbicular, compressed when 
dry, red, *25 in. wide. Hub. Lowland woods. Common up to 
4000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Tanglin; Garden 
Road. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall); Pinerong (Cantley). 
Malacca (Maingay); Panchur. Selangor, Batu Caves; Fraser 
Hill (Semangkok) at 4000 ft. altitude (Burkill); Gunong Meng- 
kuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Thaiping Waterfall (Wray, 
Kunstler); Kinta (Wray). Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. 
Penang Hill (Wallich), West Hill (Curtis), Batu Feringhi. Distrib. 
Borneo. Native names : Buras-Buras hitam; Mata Punai. 
(20) A. perakense Pax and Hoffm. Pflanzenreieh, l.c. 117. 
Tree or shrub. Branches densely velvety pubescent, becoming 
glabrous. Leaf oblong-ovate shortly abrupt-acuminate mem¬ 
branous, midrib above and nerves beneath pubescent; 4-5 to 7-5 
in. long, x*5 to 275 in. wide; petioles tomentose, -i to *2 in. long. 
Stipules linear. Male inflorescence simple or branched at base, 
i*5 to 2 in. long, ashy pubescent dense flowered. Bracts linear, 
pedicels longer. Calyx tripartite nearly to base pilose inside, less 
so outside, lobes broadly ovate, toothed. Stamens 3, inserted in 
excavations of the disc. Pistillode small sunk in disc. Hab. 
Perak (no collector or locality given). 
I have not seen the type. It is doubtless one of the preceding species. 
(21) A. leucocladon Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 358. 
Small tree or shrub 8 to 25 ft. tall, branches white, shoots 
puberulous or glabrous. Leaves membranous oblanceolate or 
oblong caudate-acuminate, base blunt or acute; nerves 9 to 10 
pairs; 5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, glabrous; petioles very short. 
Stipules filiform. Male spikes panicled, very slender filiform 
tomentose. Flowers sessile minute. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes short 
rounded. Disc tomentose. Female spikes solitary or paired. 
Ovary tomentose or glabrous. Stigmas long recurved. Fruit 
*5 in. long, ovoid, very shortly pedicelled, style persistent long with 
little-curved stigmas. Hab. Open low jungle, Perak, Sungei Rayah 
and Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich). 
