Croton.] 
CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEJE. 
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7 to 10 in. long, 375 to 3 in. wide; petioles densely stellate-hairy, 
2*2 in. long. Male inflorescence unknown. Female raceme 5 to 
6 in. long, stout densely stellate-hairy; pedicels stout hairy, -i in. 
long. Sepals ovate-triangular, -i in. long, densely hairy outside. 
Ovary densely hairy. Styles slender bifid to near the base glabrous. 
Capsule -3 in. long, cocci thin woody, shortly densely pubescent. 
Seed ovoid rounded at both ends, black, -25 in. long. Hab. Lime¬ 
stone rocks, Selangor, Ranching (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo (Beccari 
3134 )- 
31 . TRIGONOPLEURA Hook. fil. 
Tree. Leaves alternate coriaceous, oblong entire. Flowers 
small in axillary clusters. Male flowers; sepals 5. broadly oblong 
coriaceous imbricate. Petals longer obovate villous on both sides. 
Disc of 5 glands round the base of the staminal column. Stamens 8, 
filaments united in a column, tips free; anthers united to the hairy 
connective. Pistillode on top of column. Female flowers un¬ 
known. Capsule small 3-lobed hoary; epicarp separable, cocci 
bony separating from a columella with 3 hyaline wings. Seeds 
solitary broad oblong dorsally compressed, testa black, aril large 
pale. Species 2, Malayan. 
(1) T. malayana Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 3991 Ic • PL x 753 - 
Large tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 175 
in. wide; acuminate, base blunt; nerves 7 pairs; petioles *1 in. 
long. Flowers 10 in a cluster hoary, about -25 in. across when 
expanded. Sepals blunt unequal. Petals small coriaceous, hairy. 
Capsule -5 in. through. Hab. Hill forests. Perak, Ulu Bubong 
(Kunstler). Penang Hill near the Cooly lines at 1200 ft. altitude 
(Curtis, Maingay). Distrib. Philippines. 
Maingay’s specimens have Malacca tickets to them, but the plant prob¬ 
ably came from Penang. 
32 . TRIGONOSTEMON, Bl. 
Shrubs (or small trees). . Leaves alternate at the ends of the 
branches or stem. Racemes axillary elongate. _ Male flowers ; 
sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 3 or 5. Anthers sessile or filaments 
united in a column with free spreading tips; anther-cells united 
by their bases, each cell often with a thick crested connective. 
Female flowers; perianth of male, or with no petals. Disc usually 
entire. Ovary 3-celled; ovules 1 in a cell. Styles bifid or twice 
bifid. Capsule of 3 bivalved cocci. Seeds ovoid or globose. 
Species 20, tropical Asia. 
Tree ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate broad . . . ( z ) *• in ?. ic .'* s ,. 
Low shrub; leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate , (2) T. saliciiolius 
Stamens 3. , , , 
Shrubs glabrous (except young parts); bracts 
minute. 
