MalloiUS.] ' CXXVIII. EtfPHORBiACE^. 291 
round, very shortly or not peltate, nerves 7 pairs elevate at base; 
4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1*75 to 3 in. long, slender. 
Male flowers in sessile fascicles on the branches, very small, globose. 
Sepals densely pubescent. Stamens very numerous. Female 
flowers sub-sessile solitary on the branches. Calyx 5 - to 6-lobed, 
hairy. Ovary covered with hairy spines. Capsule obscurely 
trilobed, 1 in. through, top flattened, spines subulate acute, numerous 
slender/-25 in. long. Hab. Woods, Malacca (Griffith); Chabau 
(Cantley). Pahang, Tahan River and Pahang River. Selangor, 
Sungei Buloh; Batu Caves. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Penang 
(Wallich); Hill (Curtis). Distnh. Java, Sumatra. Native names : 
Jarak Gajah; Jarak hutan. 
(17) M. Griffithianus Hook. fiL F.B.I. v. 433 - Byttnena 
uncinata Masters, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 377. 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves 
opposite and alternate thinly coriaceous elliptic or oblong cuspidate 
acuminate entire, base very shortly narrowed, blunt; nerves 
10 to 12 pairs parallel elevate beneath; 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 4 in. 
wide; petioles 2*25 in. long, slender thickened at both ends. 
Inflorescence leaf-opposed. Males of panicled spikes viscid hairy, 
1-5 to 4 in. long. Flowers *25 in. wide, hairy. Sepals 3, receptacle 
conic. Stamens numerous. Female flowers in simple spikes 4 in. 
long. Sepals narrow-lanceolate hairy, 6 to 9. Ovary glandular 
hairy. Styles 3, rather long subulate hairy. Capsule globose, 
•75 in. through, densely covered with bristles and with slender 
stiff glandular spines covered with bristles. Hab. Woods, Pahang, 
Tahan River; KwalaLipis (Machado). Malacca (Griffith); Ayer Panas 
and Sungei Bharu. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Dindings, 
Telok Sera. Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Tapah (Wray). Lankawi 
(Curtis). Native names: Pulut Pulut Bukit; Marpoh; Setampin. 
(18) M. leucodermis Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 441. 
Tree ? Branches stout with white bark. Leaves alternate 
entire, coriaceous glabrous elliptic or obovate, shortly acuminate, 
base blunt; nerves 4 or 5 pairs ascending, elevate beneath; 4 to 
8 in. long, 2-25 to 5 in. wide; petioles 1 to 3 in. long. Racemes 
axillary and from the bare branches stellate-pubescent. Male 
racemes 4 to 6 in. long, slender. Flowers nearly -25 in. wide, 
clustered on slender pedicels. Sepals 4, glabrous. Stamens 40 
to 50; anther-cells oblong almost quite connate, connectives 
usually quite narrow. Capsule on stout pedicels, 1 to 1*25 m. long, 
1 in. through; cocci woody, smooth, no spines, glabrous. Seeds 
•25 in. through, brown sub-globose. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 
(19) M. philippinensis Mull.Arg. in Linnma, xxxiv. 196; in 
DC. Prod. xv. (2), 981; Hook . fit. F.B.I. v. 442. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, stem 6 to 8 in. through. Branchlets, 
young parts and inflorescence rusty pubescent. Leaves alternate 
thinly coriaceous ovate or obovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate 
