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CXXVIII, EUPHORBIACE.E. 
[. Baccaurea . 
tomentose, 3-celled; stigma sessile peltate, obscurely 3-lobed 
papillose. Fruit-racemes slender, 4 in. long; pedicels very short. 
Fruit globose glabrous, red, *5 in. through. Hab. Open jungle on 
low hills, Singapore, Selitar; Bukit Timah; Ang Mo Kio. Malacca 
(Maingay); Brisu (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Tampin; Bukit 
Sulu (Cantley). Selangor, Batu Tiga. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Penang (WaUich). Distrib. Borneo. Native names: Gintek 
Merah; Lolai paya; Mutali; Setambun betina. 
(8) B. bracteata Miill. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 466; Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. v. 372. 
Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 15 in. through, shoots rusty pubescent. 
Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong, or elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, 
acute, base rounded or acute, black dotted beneath; nerves 5 to 7 
pairs elevate beneath, midrib and nerves pubescent; 4 to 6 in. 
long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles pubescent, 1 to 1*25 in, long. 
Male panicles 2 to 3 in. long, pubescent; flowers -I in. wide in 
clusters on short branches -15 in. long. Bracts broadly ovate con¬ 
cave longer than flowers. Sepals 3 to 5 oblong, very unequal 
yellow. Stamens 4 to 6. Pistillode columnar. Female racemes 
lax. Sepals -3 in. long, linear-oblong blunt. Ovary ovoid villous 
contracted into a short style with 3 bifid stigmas. Fruit globose 
glabrous dark red, 75 in. through, dehiscent; pericarp thick 
coriaceous. Seed aril yellow. Hab. Common in woods, Singapore, 
Bukit Timah; Changi; Tanglin. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Pahang, 
Pekan. Malacca, Alor Gajah (Griffith); Merlimau (Cantley). 
Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Sapetang (Wray). Distrib. 
Borneo. Native name: Tampoi Kra Paya. 
(9) B. reticulata Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 373. 
Tree, shoots hairy. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong or lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 8 to 12 pairs elevate, 
transverse nervules and reticulations conspicuous beneath, no 
black-dotting; 4 to 4*5 in. long, 2 to 2-25 in, wide; petioles 2 in. 
long, tomentose. Male panicles slender tomentose, 2 in. long; 
flowers in short branches. Bracts longer oblong blunt. Sepals 5, 
ovate. Stamens very short, 5. No pistillode. Female and fruit 
unknown. Hab. Lowland woods. Singapore, Tanglin; Selitar; 
Kranji. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Hervey, Griffith, Maingay). 
Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Sumatra. 
This is very like B. bracteata, but the leaves are more distinctly reticulate, 
not black-dotted; flowers more abundant and rather smaller and bracts longer. 
var. velutina. Leaves large ovate, base round, 6 in. long, 
4 in. wide; midrib and nerves beneath thickly softly hairy; petioles 
3 in. long, with branches velvety. Inflorescence velvety. Hab. 
Pahang, Fraser Hill, borders of Selangor, 4000 ft. altitude (Burkill). 
(10) B. Maingayi Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 370. 
Tree 25 to 30 ft. tall; branchlets scurfy. Leaves glabrous 
coriaceous broadly ovate acute or elliptic, base round broad sub- 
cordate; nerves prominent beneath, 6 to 7 pairs; 7 or 8 in. long. 
