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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACE^E. 
[T rigonoslemon. 
Leaves oblanceolate, over 1 ft. long; petioles 
very short. 
Racemes over 1 ft. tall . . . . (3) T. longifolius 
Leaves broad elliptic, 6 to 7 in. long; petioles 
3 in. long; racemes 6 in. long . . . (4) T. malaccanus 
Shrub villous with long bracts . . . . (5) T. villosus 
Small tree glabrous ; racemes very short, 1 in. long (6) T. lsevigatus 
(1) T. indicus Mull. Arg. in Linncea, xxxiv. 214; in DC. Prod. 
xv. (2), 1107; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 398. 
Bushy tree 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceous shining 
elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate, base narrowed blunt; 
nerves 15 to 20 pairs, slender faint; 6 in. long, 2-25 in. wide; petioles 
•5 to 2 in. long. Racemes 2 to 3 in. long, slender glabrous, upper¬ 
most flower female *25 in. wide. Male flowers small. Sepals 
orbicular-ovate toothed. Petals rounded glabrous. Stamens 5, 
anthers bifid at top. Female flowers larger, red. Ovary tomentose. 
Styles bifid. Disc in all urceolate 5-partite. Capsule hairy. 
Hab. Hill woods. Perak (Scortechini). Penang (Maingay, Porter, 
Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(2) T. salicifolius Ridl. Kew Bulletin, 1923, p. 360. 
Shrub 2 to 3 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous narrow 
lanceolate long acuminate, base shortly narrowed blunt; nerves 
14 pairs very faint, widely inarching; 6 to 6*5 in. long, -5 to 75 in. 
wide; petioles slender, *5 to 1-5 in. long. Racemes axillary, 2 in. 
long, few-flowered. Bracts small, ovate blunt; pedicels thick, 
•1 in. long. Sepals coriaceous round, edge ciliate. Petals much 
longer broad round imbricate, deep crimson-purple, fleshy. Whole 
flower -25 in. wide. Staminal column short; anthers 5 oblong 
bifid at top. Disc short cupular. Female flower, sepals short 
coriaceous. Ovary pubescent 3-lobed. Styles short bifid, horn¬ 
shaped. Capsule oblong-ovate thinly woody, epicarp greyish 
black pustular, -25 in. long, glabrous. Hab. Limestone rocks, 
Selangor, Ranching (Ridley). 
This is allied to T. indicus Mull., differing in its narrow willow-lilce leaves 
and very short disc. 
(3) T. longifolius Baill. Etudes Gen. Eufihorb. 341, t. 11, Fig. 
12; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 396; Pax, Pflanzenreich, iv. 147; iii. 88, 
Fig. 28. 
Shrub 6 to 12 ft. tall, shoots golden-hairy. Leaves sub-sessile 
lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate narrowed at base, glabrous, 
edge obscurely toothed at tip; nerves 15 to 20 pairs; 9 to 14 in. 
long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long or less, very thick. 
Racemes 15 in. long, pubescent. Flowers numerous in tufts. 
Bracts short subulate hairy. Male flowers -2 in. wide. Sepals 
broad hispid, one much the largest. Petals ovate round, dark 
purple glabrous. Disc urceolate. Stamens 3 with large appendages. 
Ovary hispid. Capsule flattened globose, trilobed with a groove 
down the centre of each lobe *5 in. across, hairy. Hab. Woods, 
