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CXXVIII. EUPHORBJACEAS. 
[Hotnonoia. 
Hab. Borders of rivers, rocky or gravelly, Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; 
Tahan River and Pahang River, nearly to Kwala Lipis. Perak, 
Temengoh (Ridley). Tomoh, Legeh (Machado). Kelantan River, 
common in the upper reaches; Lankawi, Kesap (Haniff). Distrib. 
India, Siam, Cochinchina, Sumatra, Java, Philippines. 
63. POLYDRAGMA Hook. fil. 
Tree. Leaves alternate rather thin elliptic-oblong or obovate 
cuspidate caudate-acuminate. Flowers very small in axillary race¬ 
mes, apetalous. Disc. o. Male flowers globose. Sepals 3, broad, 
concave valvate. Stamens very many; filaments combined below 
in 6 bundles, each bundle branching out at the top into a globose 
mass of stipitate anthers, connective arching over the top of both 
cells. Female flowers; sepals 5 unequal lanceolate erect. Ovary 
globose hairy; ovules 1 in a cell. Styles 3 elongate subulate, 
papillose on the inner face. Species 2, Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 
(1) P. mallotiformis Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 457; Ic. PL 1701. 
Branchlets slender pubescent. Leaves grey when dry, glabrous; 
nerves 8 pairs slender, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 1 in. 
long. Male racemes pubescent, 1 to 3 in. long. Females longer; 
flowers distant, *i in. long, pedicelled. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
64. CHJETOCARPUS, Thwaites. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate entire coriaceous. Flowers 
small in axillary clusters apetalous. Disc entire or 4- to io-lobed. 
Male flowers; sepals 4 or 5 imbricate. Stamens 5 to 20; filaments 
combined in a slender column; anthers oblong. Pistillode crown¬ 
ing the staminal column trifid villous. Female flowers; calyx of 
male. Ovary 3-celled, cells i-ovuled. Styles distinct bifid. 
Capsule subglobose of 3 echinate (or tubercled) bivalved cocci. 
Seeds ovoid or sub-globose, black shining. Species 8, Indo- 
Malaya, America. 
(1) C. castanoca.T-pusT hwaites Enum. 275; Hook. fil. F.B.I.v.460. 
A tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous deep shining 
green, glabrous ovate to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong acuminate; 
nerves 7 pairs; 4-5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Male 
flowers in heads -25 in. across; pedicels short thick. Bracts of 
clusters pubescent. Sepals oblong blunt. Capsule globose *5 in. 
through densely covered with rather long pale brown bristles. 
Hab. Open country in the north, Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. 
Penang Hill (Philipps, Wallich and all collectors); Muka head 
(Curtis). Kedah, Yan. Setul, Heath, Lankawi (Curtis). Kelan¬ 
tan, Kota Bharu (Ridley). Distrib. India, Ceylon, Andamans. 
65. GELONIUM, Roxb. 
Shrubs or small trees. Branches with stipular lines at the 
nodes. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite), pellucid punctate entire 
