258 cxxvm. euphoRbiaCEjE. [ Galearia. 
glabrous above hairy on the nerves beneath, oblong or elliptic 
to obovate-oblong acuminate, base rounded or narrowed; nerves 
8 pairs; 6 to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles very short. 
Male racemes puberulous, 12 to 16 in. long; pedicels slender 
pubescent, much longer than the flowers, *25 in. long, in fascicles 
of 5 or 6. Petals broad elliptic-oblong concave glabrous, edges 
ciliate. Anthers hairy. Hob. Hill woods. Penang (Wallich); 
Penara Bukit (Ridley). 
Near G. fulva, but the plant is rather less hairy and the male pedicels 
are longer and more slender. The petals are more distinctly oblong. 
(12) G. subulata Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 1039. Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. v, 379. 
Shrub 15 to 18 ft. tall, shortly red-tomentose-hairy. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic-oblong acuminate, base rounded or narrowed; 
nerves very prominent beneath, 7 to 8 pairs hairy, inarching; 
6 to 10 in. long, 2-5 to 4 in. wide; petioles thick, hairy, -13 in. 
wide. Female racemes thick, densely red-hairy. Flowers scattered. 
Pedicels short stout pale tomentose. Bracts subulate as long. 
Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals rounded all pale greenish tomen¬ 
tose. Ovary pale tomentose ovoid. Stigmas slender subulate 
bifid. Fruiting raceme 9 in. long. Fruit broadly oblong-ovoid 
transversely grooved, pale tomentose, *3 in. wide, *25 in. long; 
pedicels -i in. long. Hah. Perak, Larut; Goping (Kunstler). 
Penang, Waterfall (Ridley). 
The Penang plant has narrower leaves than the Perak one, lanceolate 
cuspidate, 7 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. This species is based on a specimen from 
Penang in Sonder’s collections; neither Hooker nor I have seen it. The 
description above is based on the Perak plant. 
29 . MICRODESMIS, Planch. 
Small tree. Leaves alternate entire or toothed. Flowers 
minute in axillary clusters. Male flowers; sepals 5, imbricate. 
Petals small twisted imbricate. Stamens 10 in 2 series on a fleshy 
receptacle, free; anthers erect. Pistillode columnar. Female 
flowers; perianth as in male. Ovary fleshy, 2- to 3-celled at base. 
Styles short bifid. Capsule fleshy dehiscent. Seed 1 arillate. 
Species 2, 1 African. 
(1) M. casearifolia Planch, in Hook. Ic. PI. under t. 758. 
Miill. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 1041; Hook, fil, F.B.I. v. 380. 
Small tree about 15 ft. tall. Branchlets and young leaves 
puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or lanceo¬ 
late acuminate or cuspidate, edge often crenulate; nerves 4 pairs, 
slender; 4 to 6 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles *08 in. long, 
pubescent. Flowers pubescent yellow, about 10 in a fascicle; 
pedicels slender, *08 in. long. Male flowers very small. Sepals 
oblong. Petals round pubescent. Stamens apiculate. Fruit ellip¬ 
soid acute fleshy, orange-yellow, *3 in. long, dehiscing. Seed 
