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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACE^E. 
[Gelonium. 
nerves slender 6 pairs sunk above; 4-5 to 5-5 in. long, 175 to 2*25 
in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Male flowers in sessile fascicles 
greenish yellow or white, smaller than in G. multiflorum, pedicelled. 
Stamens 12 to 20. Female flowers rather large. Ovary conic. 
Fruit bilobed rarely 3-lobed, *3 in. through. Hab. Open woods, 
Singapore, Pulau Ubin; Changi. Penang (Wallich, Curtis). 
(4) G, tenuifolium Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. Soc. 5 . By. 59, 
p. 181. 
Tree. Leaves thin membranous, elliptic acuminate acute base 
cuneate; nerves 6 pairs; 7 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. 
long. Flowers in short axillary tufts of 2 or 3. Males *25 in. wide 
on short thick pedicels. Sepals 3 thick, ovate 2 spathulate with 
thin ciliate margins. Stamens 30, filaments slender; anthers 
narrowly oblong acute on a hairy disc. Capsule *25 in. through 
globose obscurely grooved, 3-celled white. Hab. Woods, Lankawi, 
Burau (Ridley). 
This has much broader and thinner leaves than the others. 
66. BALIOSPERMUM , Bl. 
Shrub. Leaves alternate sinuate-toothed or lobed, base bi- 
glandular. Flowers small apetalous panicled or racemed. Male 
flowers globose. Sepals 4 to 6 orbicular imbricate. Disc of 4 to 
6 glands. Stamens 10 to 30; filaments free or a few connate; 
anthers terminal, cells adnate to a broad connective or nearly free 
(. B. malayanum). No pistillode. Female flowers, sepals 5 or 6 
lanceolate entire or toothed. Disc entire. Ovary 3-celled, cells 
i-ovuled. Styles long bifid not fimbriate. Capsule of 3 bivalved 
crustaceous cocci. Seeds ovoid. Species 6, chiefly Indian. 
Leaves thin membranous sinuate toothed . . (1) B. axillare 
Leaves coriaceous crenate or entire . . . (2) B. malayanum 
(1) B. axillare Bl. Bijdr. 604; Hook fil. F.B.I. v. 461. 
Shrub, branches soft. Leaves membranous sinuate-toothed, 
upper ones small lanceolate, 3 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; lower ones 
broad oblong-ovate rounded entire or palmately 3- to 5-lobed, base 
narrowed, 6 to 7 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 2-5 in. long or 
less. Racemes very slender erect 4 or 5 in. long, axillary; male 
flowers above, a few females at base. Male flowers on long slender 
pedicels. Sepals 4 or 5 orbicular. Disc-glands lobulate. Stamens 
15 to 20; anthers sub-reniform. Female flowers sub-sessile. 
Sepals ovate toothed. Disc short cupular. Ovary 2- or 3-lobed; 
styles stout bifid. Capsule -5 in long, crustaceous. Seeds *3 in. 
long, oblong smooth mottled. Hab . Open ground, villages and thin 
forest, Perak (Scortechini); Kampong Brokla (Wray). Penang 
Hill (Curtis). Perlis, Ginting Kabok, Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. 
India, Siam, Java. 
