Daphniphyllum.] cxxvm. euphorbiace^e. 235 
(3) D. lancifolium Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 354. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, stem 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous glossy dark green, lanceolate acuminate at both ends; 
nerves 10 pairs very fine and inconspicuous on both sides, nervules 
and reticulations fine outside on both sides; 4-5 to 5 in. long, 
1-5 in. wide; petioles slender, 1 in. long. Fruit pale green, *25 to 
•3 in. through, ellipsoid rugose, on racemes 1 to 3 in. long; pedicels 
•5 in. long. Style short excentric bilobed. Hob. Mountain forests, 
Perak, Thaiping Hills, Gunong Hijau, at 4500 to 4600 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler, Scortechini). 
(4) D. Scortechinii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 354. 
Shrub 5 to 7 ft. to tree 10 to 15 ft. tall, stem 8 to 15 in. through. 
Leaves stiffly coriaceous, very glossy, bright green above, bluish 
green beneath, elliptic to oblanceolate, tip round, base narrowed 
or rounded; nerves numerous faint, with many nervules and 
reticulations as conspicuous; 2 to 3 in. long, 75 to 1-25 in. wide; 
petioles *25 to -5 in. long. Male flowers umbelled in short racemes 
1-5 in. long; pedicels -2 in. long or shorter. Sepals 4, very small 
oblong blunt. Stamens 8; filaments very short. Fruit in racemes 
2 in. long or less on pedicels -25 in? long, ellipsoid, about -35 in. 
long, *25 in. through, green. Hab. On rocks on mountains or in 
dwarf jungle at 3000 to 5300 ft. altitude. Selangor, Gunong 
Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Inas (Yapp); 
Gunong Batu Putih (Kunstler); without locality (Scortechini). 
20 . APOROSA, Bl. 
Trees never very large, or shrubs. Leaves alternate sometimes 
toothed, penni-nerved. Flowers minute, apetalous. Males very 
minute in axillary catkin-like yellow spikes. Females sessile or 
short pedicelled in very short bracteate spikes. Male flowers; 
sepals 4 (or 3 to 6) imbricate membranous. Stamens 1 to 5 in 
centre of flower; filaments filiform. Pistillode minute or none. 
Female flowers; sepals larger. Ovary 2-, rarely 3-celled. Stigmas 
small plumose, short simple or 2- to 4-cleft, rarely elongate. Fruit 
globose yellow or red, ellipsoid or ovoid, splitting into 2 to 4 valves 
from base upwards or irregularly; epicarp usually fleshy, cells 
glabrous or hairy inside. Seeds oblong or sub-orbicular. Species 
about 40, tropical Asia. 
Stipules large persistent lunate. 
Tree glabrous; leaves 8 to 18 in. long 
Branchlets pubescent; leaves 6 in. long, 
linear-oblong glabrous .... 
Leaf-veins beneath and branches tomentose; 
leaves 11 in. long; nerves sunk above 
Stipules small inconspicuous. 
Leaves on back and branches tomentose or 
hairy. 
Leaves oblong cuspidate; nerves sunk above 
(1) A. Benthamiana 
(2) A. faleifera 
(3) A. lunata 
(4) A. bracteosa 
