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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEiE. 
[Aporosa. 
(13) A. aurea Hook. ftl. F.B.I. v. 351. 
Bush 6 to 8 ft. tall, to a tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, stem 10 to 15 in. 
through. Leaves coriaceous shining, drying golden green, elliptic- 
oblong to lanceolate, acuminate, base acute, glabrous; nerves 5 or 6 
pairs slender, elevate beneath, sunk above; 6 to 7 in. long, 2 to 
3 in. wide ; petioles slender, 1 in. long. Male spikes 3 or 4 together, 
rather stout, 1 in. long, glabrous. Sepals 4, round glandular. 
Female spikes short; flowers sessile. Ovary flask-shaped glabrous. 
Styles long bifid. Fruit globose yellow tinted pink, -25 in. through, 
glabrous. Seeds orbicular plano-convex grooved on ventral 
surface. Hah. Johor, Gunong Janeng (Kelsall). Pahang, river 
at Pigang. Malacca, Batang Malaka; Bukit Bruang (Derry). 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill (Goodenough); Gunong Talan and 
Bumban (Cantley). Dindings, Simpit. Selangor, Ulu Kerhng 
(Kunstler). Perak, Gunong Bubu; Ulu Bubong and Larut 
(Kunstler), Penang Hill. Kedah, Yan. Lankawi, Gunong Raya 
(Haniff). Native names: Tambon Chichat; Rambai Chichut; 
Marimbong; Mubagon; Sebasah hitam; Nipis Kulit Minyak. 
(14) A^Prainiana King, in Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 228. 
Small tree 18 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-ovate 
to widely lanceolate acuminate-caudate, base cuneate, thinly cori¬ 
aceous drying pale green; nerves about 6 pairs slender incon¬ 
spicuous; 5-25 to 6 in. long, 275 in. wide; petioles slender, -2 to 
•25 in. long, swollen at the top. Male spikes 3 to 8, crowded in an 
axil, 275 in. long, slender, with distant clusters of minute sessile 
flowers. Calyx of 4 lobes oblanceolate or sub-spathulate. Stamens 
2 or 3, shorter. Pistillodes minute. Female racemes *5 in. long 
of few distant short-pedicelled flowers. Sepals 4, ovate. Ovary 
ovoid glabrous. Stigmas 3, sessile obscurely bifid. Fruit oblong- 
ovoid yellow smooth, *5 in. long, crowned by the minute stigma, 
3-celled. Seed plano-convex. Hab. Open woods, common; Singa¬ 
pore, Tanglin; Garden Jungle; Selitar. Johor, Castlewood. 
Pahang, Sungei Tenok, Tahan (Ridley). Malacca, Bukit Bruang 
(Derry); Brisu (Holmberg). Negri Sembilan, Gunong Bumban 
(Cantley). Selangor, Bukit Tungul (Burn-Murdoch). Perak. 
Penang, Government Hill; Balik Pulau. Native names: Tam- 
basak; Kuku Balam; Chemantong Gajah; Petaling Tandok; 
Masokam putih. 
(15) A. symplocoides Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 229. 
Baccaurea symplocoides Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 376. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, stem 8 to 12 in. through, glabrous. Leaves 
chartaceous glossy light green, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate caudate- 
acuminate, base blunt; nerves about 6 pairs slender; 3 to 4-5 in. 
long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles slender, *25 in. long. Male flowers 
unknown. Female racemes on branchlets -5 in. long. Flowers 
scattered pedicelled glabrous. Sepals 4 or 5, equal oblong very 
small. Ovary oblong-cylindric truncate. Stigmas 2, very short. 
