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cxxviii. euphorbiace^e. [Blumeodendron. 
with a thick spurious aril. Hab. Perak, Limestone rocks near 
Gunong Mesah (Kunstler). 
(3) B. vernicosum Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 244. Mallotus 
vernicosus Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 443. 
Apparently a tree quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, stiffly 
coriaceous elliptic ovate, bluntly acuminate polished above, drying 
brown with a yellow edge; nerves 7 pairs; 4 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petioles 1 in. long. Male racemes and panicles solitary or in pairs, 
axillary. Buds globose long-pedicelled. Sepals 4. Stamens 30 to 40. 
This was sent from the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, in 1882 by Cantley 
under the name of Kayu Karanji {which is the name of Dialium spp.). There 
is no clue as to whether it was wild or cultivated, and I have never seen 
anything more of the plant in the Botanic Gardens or anywhere else. 
47 , BOTRYOPHORA, Hook. fil. 
A large tree. Leaves alternate coriaceous elliptic or oblong- 
lanceolate caudate entire. Male panicles long puberulous terminal 
with horizontal branches. Flowers in bud globose. Calyx burst¬ 
ing irregularly. Stamens in a globose mass very numerous; 
anthers peltately attached to a central receptacle; connectives 
broad, disc-shaped with 2 minute oblong cells pendulous from their 
margin. Female flowers and fruit unknown. Species x, Perak, 
Peninsular Siam. 
(1) B. Kingii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 476. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, stem 3 to 12 in. through; branchlets 
knotted. Leaves sub-coriaceous, base blunt; nerves elevate 
beneath, 16 to 18 pairs; 8 to 13 in. long, 3-5 to 375 in. wide; 
petioles thickened at both ends, slender, 3 in. long. Panicles 
9 in. long. Flowers *25 in. wide, crimson or (Kunstler) half yellow, 
half red waxy. Stamens yellow. Hab. Near the coast, in sandy 
soil, Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. Tapli (Peninsular Siam). 
48 . WETRIA, Baill. 
Tree. Leaves bistipulate, shortly petiolate sub-coriaceous large 
narrowed to the base. Racemes long axillary many-flowered. 
Male flowers solitary fascicled, females solitary; all apetalous. 
Male flowers; calyx 3 to 4-partite. Stamens 25 to 30, nearly free 
to base, on a convex receptacle. No pistillode. Female flowers; 
sepals 5. Ovary 3-locular. Styles shortly connate elongate linear 
bifid. Capsule 3-lobed, cocci bivalved. Seeds globose. Species 2, 
Malayan. 
(1) W. trewioides Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. 407. Trewia 
macrophylla Bl. Bijdr. 612. 
Tree, young parts and inflorescence pubescent, otherwise 
glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous oblanceolate sub-acute, base 
gradually narrowed, edge glandular serrate; nerves horizontal 
parallel, about 30 pairs; 6 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
