Afiorosa .] cxxvm. euphorbiace^e. 241 
Fruit-racemes over 1 in. long. Fruit ellipsoid glabrous smooth, 
•3 in. long, yellow; epicarp thin. Seeds oblong. Hab. Forests; 
Singapore, Chua Chu Kang; Garden Jungle; Selitar. Johor, 
Castlewood. Negri Sembilan, Kupayiang (Cantley). Perak, 
Goping; Batang Padang and Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Penang, 
Waterfall (Curtis). 
(16) A. Miqueliana Miill, Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 474. 
A. microsphasra Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 350. 
Shrub 10 ft. tall to a tree 40 ft. tall, stem 5 to 8 in. through, 
glabrous. Leaves coriaceous lanceolate caudate-acuminate, dull deep 
green, base cuneate; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, very slender and incon¬ 
spicuous; 3 to 4*5 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. 
Male spikes slender sulphur-yellow, 7 to 8 together, 1 in. long. 
Sepals 5, oblong ciliate. Stamens 1 to 3. Female spikes tomentose 
under -2 in. long. Ovary glabrous. Stigmas 2, very short, 2 cleft. 
Fruit -25 to -3 in. long, globose glabrous, yellow. Seed orbicular com¬ 
pressed, aril thin yellow. Hab. Forests in low ground, Johor, Mt. 
Austin (Ridley). Perak, Goping; Larut and Batang Padang district 
(Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name: Sukam Merah. 
The specimens referred by Hooker to A. Planchoniana Baill., collected 
in Perak by Kunstler, are of this species. 
(17) A. frutescens Bl. Bijdr. 514. A. fruticosa Mull. Arg. in 
DC. Prod. xv. (2), 475. 
Shrub or tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, stem 4 to 6 in. through; branchlets 
pubescent. Leaves membranous lanceolate acuminate or elliptic cus¬ 
pidate, base blunt or narrowed, drying pale greenish; nerves slender, 
8 or 9 pairs; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles *15 to 
•25 in. long, slender. Male spikes solitary axillary, -25 in. long. 
Sepals 3 to 4. Stamens 2 or 3. Female flowers shortly pedicelled. 
Ovary ovoid blunt. Stigmas 2 to 4, reniform. Fruit globose 
deep yellow glabrous, -75 in. through. Stigmas flat on the top. 
Hab. Forests; Singapore, Garden Jungle; Selitar; Bukit Timah 
(Ridley). Johor, Kota Tinggi. Pahang, Labong, Endau (Evans). 
Negri Sembilan, Linsum. Perak, Gunong Mesah (Kunstler). 
Province Wellesley, Kubang Ulu (Curtis). Lankawi, Gunong Raya 
(Haniff). Distrib. Java and Sumatra. 
(18) A. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 348. 
A small slender tree with twiggy branches glabrous, young 
parts pubescent about 20 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic-oblong caudate- 
acuminate, base acute, membranous; nerves 5 to 7 pairs elevate 
beneath, midrib pubescent; 275 to 3 in. long, 75 to 175 in. 
wide; petioles very short pubescent. Male spikes yellow, five 
together, pubescent, *2 in. long. Sepals 4, hairy. Stamens 2. 
Female spikes very short; flowers several sessile. Ovary villous. 
Stigmas very short 2-lobed fimbriate. Fruit ellipsoid yellow, or 
salmon-red, *5 in. long, narrowed at both ends. Seed covered by 
a yellow aril. Hab. Lowland forest; Singapore, Garden Jungle; 
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