Baccaurea .] cxxvm. euphorbiace^e. 251 
racemes on the trunk or older branches 13 in. long, densely pubes¬ 
cent. Bracts triangular acuminate, *05 in. long; pedicels *i in. 
long. Sepals 5, ovate or oblong blunt pubescent on both sides. 
Ovary 3-celled tomentose. Stigmas bifid papillose. Hab. Singa¬ 
pore (Wawra). 
I have not seen this. I cannot see any clear distinction between it and 
B. Motleyana except that Pax describes the leaves of this plant as membranous. 
22 . SCORTECHINIA, Hook. fil. 
Trees. Leaves alternate coriaceous; petioles thickened at the 
top. Flowers minute in lax axillary and sub-terminal panicles, 
pedicelled apetalous. Male flowers; sepals 4 or 5, round imbricate. 
Stamens 4 or 5, alternating with hairy disc glands; filaments 
stout free; anthers broad, cells diverging a little. Pistillode 
3-lobed, hairy. Female flowers; sepals 4. Ovary 2- or 3-celled. 
Stigmas 4, minute. Fruit a i-celled elliptic-oblong crustaceous 
hoary white capsule dehiscing by 4 elliptic-lanceolate valves. 
Seed 1, elliptic-oblong. Species 3 or 4, Borneo, Papua. 
(1) S. Kingii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 366; Ic. PI. 1706. 
A tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, stem 12 to 15 in. through. Leaves 
coriaceous drying brown elliptic to obovate, base cuneate; nerves 
5 pairs elevate beneath inarching; 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. 
wide; petioles *5 in. long. Panicles 2 to 6 in. long, spreading. 
Male flowers -08 in. wide. Sepals rounded. Stamens short. 
Female flowers; sepals sub-acute. Fruit erect, 1 to 1-5 in. long, 
covered with white appressed tomentum. Seed rounded on both 
ends on a long spermophore, Hab. Open old jungle; Malacca 
(Griffith, Maingay); near Merlimau (Derry). Perak, Larut (Kunst- 
ler). Native name : Tembatu. 
23 . HYMENOCARDIA, Wall. 
Shrub or small trees. Leaves alternate entire. Flowers apet- 
alous. Males solitary in the bracts of a catkin spike. Females 
in short axillary racemes. Male flowers; calyx irregularly 4- to 
6-lobed. Stamens 4 to 6; filaments free or united below in a 
column, anthers large. Pistillode small or as long as filaments. 
Female flowers; sepals narrow. Ovary 2-eelled flattened; ovules 2 
in a cell. Styles long entire papillose all over. Capsule flat of 
2 flat broad wing-like cocci separating from central axis; pericarp 
crustaceous. Seeds usually 1 in a coccus, flat. Species 5, Indo- 
Malaya, Africa. 
(1) H. punctata Wall. Cat. 3549; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 377. 
H. Wallichii Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. 3; Ser. xv. 256. 
Bush 4 to 6 ft. tall, shoots and leaves beneath pubescent, and 
dotted, lepidote. Leaves ovate or oblong blunt rounded at the 
base, thinly coriaceous; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, the lowest from the 
base of the leaf; 2 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles -2 m. long, 
pubescent. Male spikes *5 in. long, 1 to 3 together, yellow puber- 
ulous and glandular. Flowers minute. Capsule broadly obcordate 
