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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACE^. 
[Dap hniphyilum. 
19 , DAPHNIPHYLLUM, Bl. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate entire long petioled. Flowers 
in axillary racemes apetalous small. Male flowers; sepals 3 to 8, 
or the calyx 4-toothed or discoid. Stamens 5 to 18; filaments 
short free or none; anthers large erect. Female flowers; calyx 
of the male. Disc 0 or of 4 to 6 scales or glands. Ovary imper¬ 
fectly 2-celled. Styles or stigmas short thick recurved entire. 
Drupe oblong usually i-seeded. Seed with a membranous testa. 
Species 11, Tropical Asia. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 10 in, long, 3 to 4 in. 
wide. 
Shrub; flowers red and yellow .... 
Tree. Flowers white . 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 5 in. long, 15 in. wide. 
Leaves stiff coriaceous elliptic-oblanceolate, 3 in. long, 
1-25 in. wide ...... 
(1) D. laurinum 
(2) D. bancanum 
(3) D. lancifolium 
(4) D. Scortechinii 
(1) D. laurinum Baill. Gen. Euphorb. 565, t. 21, Figs. 25 to 27; 
Hook. fil. F.B.L v. 353. 
A large shrub, glabrous. Leaves fleshy coriaceous, dark green 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate or acute, base narrowed; 
nerves 14 pairs conspicuous beneath; 6 to 10 in. long, 3 to 4 in. 
wide; petioles 3 in. long, thickened at the ends. Racemes 2 to 
3 in. long. Flowers distant on slender pedicels red and yellow. 
Male calyx disciform, lobes triangular acute, -05 in. wide. Stamens 
7 to 10; anthers laterally qompressed, not apiculate. Female 
racemes 2 in. long; pedicels -25 in. long. Fruit ellipsoid, -5 in. 
long. Hab. Seashores and open spots. Singapore, Changi; 
Kranji; Siglap (Ridley). Johor, Pinerong. Malacca, Bukit 
Bruang (Cantley); Ching. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Dusun Paya 
and Bumban (Cantley). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, 
Chanderiang; Goping and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Penang. 
Setul heath. Distrib. Siam, Sumatra. Native names: Majis; 
Ruas-Ruas jantan; Mumpat Padang; Murabuju Pipit; Rupa. 
(2) D. bancanum Kurz. Tidsch. Nederl. Ind. xxvii. 51. 
Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves dark green coriaceous shining 
lanceolate or oblong acute, base slightly narrowed; nerves 9 pairs; 
6 to 9 in. long, 1*75 to 3 in. wide; petioles 1*5 to 3*5 in. long. 
Male flowers white in axillary racemes 1*5 in. long; pedicels -25 
in. long. Calyx with 5 ovate-triangular acute lobes. Stamens 8. 
Female flowers in longer racemes. Styles 2. Fruit obovoid, 
•25 in. long (not ripe). Hab. Open country. Selangor, Kwala 
Lumpur near the Museum (Ridley). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
Setul Heath. Lankawi, Kwala Burah (Haniff). Distrib. Bangka. 
Herbarium specimens of this closely resemble those of D. laurinum, but 
whereas that is a scrambling bush with yellow and red flowers, this is a tree 
with white flowers. 
