302 cxxviii. EUPHORBtACEiE. [Macaranga. 
peduncle 4-5 in. long. Bracts ovate caudate, -i in. long, gibbous 
at base, edge with a few teeth. Flowers sessile minute in sessile 
clusters of about 20. Sepals 3 obcuneate papillose at the broad top. 
Stamen 1. Female flowers few, capitate on a short stout axillary 
peduncle. Calyx 4-lobed cupular. Styles 5 short acute, connate 
on a sub-globose base. Capsule fleshy bluish green flattened orbi¬ 
cular, *4 in. wide with 4 glandular homs at the angles, and base of 
style at top. Hab. Edges of forests in the hill districts, Malacca, 
between Jasin and Chabau. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga Pass. 
Selangor, Batu Tiga; Semangkok Pass at 4000 ft. altitude; Klang 
Gates. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native name : Mahang Serindit. 
{13) M. puncticulata Gage Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 246. 
Bush 12 ft. tall to a tree 3 ft. in girth, young parts softly hairy. 
Branches fistular, with internodes dilated, containing ants, glau- 
cescent glabrous. Leaves entire ovate peltate, acuminate, sparsely 
denticulate, coriaceous glabrous above, finely closely gland-dotted 
beneath; nerves from apex of petiole 7, midrib with 7 to 10 pairs 
of nerves, pubescent beneath; 4 to 12 in. long, 3-5 to 7-5 in. wide; 
petioles slender, 6 in. long, hairy. Male inflorescence panicled, 
3 to 6 in. long, ferruginous scurfy. Bracts entire ovate cymbiform, 
•05 in. long. Stamens very short, about 12. Female flowers fewer 
with larger red-scurfy bracts. Sepals 3 ovate acute. Fruiting 
racemes 2-5 to 3 in. long. Peduncles rather stout, *25 in. long, 
upper part and pedicles and sepals red-tomentose. Capsules 3 or 
4 in a head at the tip on short thick pedicels, sub-globose glabrous, 
viscid pustular, not horned, -5 in. wide. Style with 3 short arms. 
Hab. Johor, Tempayan River (Ridley). Pahang, Pinetree Hill, 
Fraser Hill (Burkill and Holltum), Selangor, Telok River, Klang 
(Burkill). Distrib. Borneo, Sarawak. 
(14) M. tanaria Mull. Arg.in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 997. 
Small tree; branchlets glaucous, young parts softly tomentose 
pubescent. Leaves membranous, ovate, peltate, base round, edge 
denticulate or entire; nerves radiating from junction of petiole, 
2 in. from edge about 10, nerves from midrib 9 pairs, transverse 
nervules numerous parallel; above sparsely hairy, beneath glau- 
cescent thickly softly hairy, 9 in. long, 7 in. wide; petioles 6 in. 
long, pubescent. Male panicles terminal, 10 in. long, freely branched 
pubescent. Bracts -2 in. long, ovate laciniate pubescent. Flowers 
small in clusters in the bracts. Sepals 3 or 4 glabrous. Stamens 
5 or 6. Female flowers in simple panicled spikes. Ovary hairy; 
styles longer. Capsule -5 in. through, bilobed with 5 or 6 long 
spines from the back of each lobe, all densely yellow glandular. 
Seeds globose rough. Hab. Open forests and river banks. Malacca 
(Maingay). Pahang, river banks. Selangor, Gombak (Bum-Mur- 
doch); Batu Caves; Semangkok Pass. Perak, Plus River, Kampong 
Kota (Wray). Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Kelantan, river bank. 
Dislrib. Andamans, Malay islands. Native names .' Kundo; Inchong. 
