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CXXVIII. EUPH0RBIACEA5. 
[Baccaurea. 
(20) B. brevipes Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 372. 
Tree 15 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous obovate-oblong 
acute or shortly acuminate narrowed to base; nerves prominent, 
12 or more pairs elevate beneath and with the midrib hairy, 
glabrescent when old; 6 to 10 in. long, 3 to 5 in. wide; petioles 
2 in. long. Male racemes slender, 6 to 9 in. long. Flowers *08 in. 
across in small fascicles with a lanceolate long-acuminate bract 
to each fascicle longer than the flowers. Sepals 5, yellow, rounded 
oblong puberulous. Stamens 5, short. Female racemes from the 
stem, 6 to 9 in. long, stouter tomentose. Flowers sessile. Bracts 
as in male. Sepals -i in. long. Ovary ovoid villous. Stigmas 
broad depressed bilobed. Fruit *5 in. through, globose white 
pubescent indehiscent. Seeds enclosed in a violet or blue aril. 
Hob. Woods and open forest, common. Pahang, Kwala Tembe- 
ling; Tahan River. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Goodenough); Malim 
Road (Maingay); Bukit Naning (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, 
Tampin Hill (Goodenough). Bumban (Cantley). Selangor, Dusun 
Tua; Ulu Gombak; and Sungei Buluh (Ridley). Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler); Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Tapah (Wray). Penang 
Bukit Erskine (Curtis); Waterfall (Curtis). Kedah, Yan. Dis- 
trib. Borneo. Native names: Karaes; Rambai Ayam Rantau or 
hutan; Poko Mawas; Mata Ayam; Tajam Moleh. 
(21) B. Motleyana Mull. Arg. DC. Prod. xv. (2), 461; Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. v. 371. 
Tree usually 60 ft. tall, stem 9 to 12 in. through, bark whitish. 
Leaves coriaceous oblong-elliptic sub-acute, base round, above 
glabrous, beneath shortly hairy, especially on the midrib, nerves 
and nervules; nerves 10 to 11 pairs, slender elevate beneath; 
8 in. long, 3*5 in. wide; petioles 1-5 in. long, hairy-tomentose, 
Male racemes 3 in. long, tomentose from the boughs. Flowers 
several on very short branches, -I in. long. Sepals 4, oblong hairy 
blunt. Stamens 4. Female racemes pubescent, 12 in. long; 
flowers scattered, larger greenish yellow on short pedicels. Bracts 
long lanceolate. Sepals not expanding oblong blunt hairy, -i in. 
long. Ovary ovoid-oblong pubescent; stigmas short. Fruit baccate, 
1 in. long, ellipsoid rounded at both ends, buff-colour, pubescent 
indehiscent. Seeds thin green, testa membranous, surrounded by 
a transparent white sweet aril. Hab. Cultivated ground, orchards. 
The Rambeh, cultivated all over the peninsula. I found it appar¬ 
ently wild at Telom in Pahang. Distrib. Sumatra. Use: The 
fruit much resembles the Langsat in appearance, is usually acid, 
but sweet forms are found which are excellent eating. 
(22) B. pubescens Pax and Hoffm. Pflanzenreich, l.c. 61. 
Tree, branches velvety pubescent. Leaf 6 to 7 in. long, 3*25 
to 5 in. wide, broadly ovate or oblong shortly acuminate, base 
round cordate repand-crenulate membranous, above shining 
glabrous, beneath paler; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, pubescent beneath, 
with hairy glands on the edge. Male flowers unknown. Female 
