Wetria] cxxviii. euphorbiaceal 283 
thick, *i in. long. Male flowers in a long slender raceme. Female 
inflorescence axillary slender, racemes occasionally branched with 
few racemose branches, 7 to 12 in. long, puberulous. Bracts small 
ovate cuspidate in pairs. Flowers scattered; pedicels -25 in. long, 
pubescent. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, -05 in. long, ciliate on 
the edge. Ovary globose densely hairy. Styles 3, plumose deeply 
bifid. Capsule *5 in. long, cocci thinly woody, epicarp thin brown- 
scurfy. Seed sub-globose shining black, *25 in. long. Hab. Woods 
by limestone rocks, Pahang, Kota Glanggi (Ridley). Distrib. Java, 
Sumatra, Borneo. 
49. KUNSTLERODENDRON, Ridl. 
Trees. Leaves large, long-petioled. Racemes or panicles lax 
with slender branches sub-terminal. Male flowers small numerous 
clustered. Calyx in bud globose. Sepals 3 or 4. Stamens 20 
to 50, filaments filiform, free to base, not on a receptacle or gland¬ 
ular disc; anther-cells separated by a broad connective. No 
pistillode. Female flowers and fruit unknown. Species 3, Malaya. 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate narrowed to base; inflores¬ 
cence panicled. . . . • .(i)K. sublanceolata 
Leaves ovate cuspidate, base blunt; inflorescence 
racemed ....•••* (2) K. cuspidata 
(1) K. sublanceolata Ridl. Mallotus ? Kunstleri King, 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 443. 
Tree, 40 to 60 ft. tall, stem 6 to 12 in. through, quite glabrous 
except the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous alternate, elliptic- 
lanceolate acute or acuminate, serrate; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, 
slender prominent, midrib stout; 8 to 12 in. long, 6 in. wide; 
petioles 1 to 3 in. long. Male panicles axillary spreading, 6 to 10 in. 
long and as wide; branches slender and stiff finely pubescent. 
Flowers in distant clusters -25 in. across, 4- to 6-flowered. Bracts 
glumaceous. Sepals 3, glumaceous ovate coriaceous. Stamens 
20 to 30. Female flowers and fruit unknown. Hab. Open hilly 
jungle. Perak (Scortechini); Goping (Kunstler). 
(2) K. cuspidata Ridl. 
Tree, glabrous. Leaves ovate abruptly cuspidate (cusp 1 in. 
long), base very shortly cuneate; nerves 5 pairs prominent be¬ 
neath, nervules horizontal transverse; 9 to n in. long, 3*5 to 5 in. 
wide; petioles 3-5 in. long, geniculate at top. Panicles racemi- 
form, 6 in. long. Branches few, 1 in. long. Flowers in distant 
clusters. Bracts ovate cuspidate, pedicels as long. Male flowers; 
buds *08 in. long, globose. Sepals 4. Stamens about 50, filaments 
slender. Hab. Dindings, Telok Sera (Ridley 7911). 
50. MELANOLEPIS, Reichenb and Zoll, 
A tree. Leaves alternate large broad, palminerved. Flowers 
in panicles of racemes. Male flowers 3 to 5 in a bract. Females 
