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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEiE. 
[Homalanlhus. 
i*5 to 6 in. wide; petioles 2*5 in. long, slender red. Stipules 
lanceolate, 2*25 to 2*5 in. long. Racemes 1 to 4 in. long. Male 
flowers distant. Sepals biglandular at base. Stamens 6 to 10. 
Capsule -25 in. long on slender pedicels 75 in. long. Hob. Woods 
and thickets, especially near limestone cliffs, common, Pahang, along 
the Pahang River; Telom (Ridley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu 
and Seremban (Cantley). Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Kwala 
Kangsa; Lenggong; Kamuning; Waterloo (Curtis). Kelantan 
River at Kwala Krai. Penang (Wallich); Waterfall (Burkill). 
Distrib. Malay islands and Australasia. Native names : Moyia; 
Ludai paya. 
69 . EXCCECARIA, Linn. 
Glabrous trees or shrubs with acrid milky latex. Leaves alter¬ 
nate or opposite entire (or sub-serrate). Flowers minute in axillary 
(or terminal) spike-like racemes or in spikes, apetalous. No disc or 
pistillode. Male flowers 1 to 3 in. a bract, bibracteolate. Sepals 
3. Stamens free; anthers with 2 globose cells. Female flowers at 
base of racemes. Calyx trifid. Ovary 3-celled, cells i-ovuled. 
Styles shortly connate, spreading recurved entire. Capsule of 
3 crustaceous cocci, valves twisting elastically. Seeds globose. 
Species 30, Old World tropics. 
Leaves fleshy coriaceous elliptic-ovate; spikes 
stout, i-5 in. long.(1) E. agallocha 
Leaves membranous elliptic-lanceolate; spikes 
slender, -5 in. long . . . . . (2) E. quadrangularis 
(1) E. Agallocha Linn. Sp. PL 1451; Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 472; 
Pax, Pflanzenreich, iv. 147 (v) 166, Fig. 30. 
Small bushy tree about 20 ft. tall. Leaves fleshy coriaceous shin¬ 
ing dark green elliptic-ovate shortly blunt acuminate, base narrowed; 
nerves faint many, sub-horizontal; 3 to 4 in. long, 175 to 2*25 in. 
wide; petioles -5 in. long. Racemes sessile thick, 75 to 1 in. long 
yellow, very fragrant. Bracts ovate very close set, fleshy i-flowered. 
Male flowers minute sessile. Female flowers in fewer and shorter 
spikes, -5 in. long. Capsule -25 in. wide, 3-lobed. Hab. Tidal 
swamps, common, Singapore, Gelang; Kranji; Toas. Malacca, 
Pungur (Griffith). Pahang, Rumpin River (Evans). Selangor, 
Kwala Selangor; Telok Kertang (Burn-Murdoch). Penang, Telok 
Bahang (Curtis). Lankawi, Kwah. Distrib. India, Malay islands 
to Tonga. Native names : Bubuta; Babuta. 
A very poisonous plant, see Gimlette, " Malay Poisons and Charm Cures,” 
ed. ii. 141. 
(2) E. quadrangularis Mill. Arg. in DC. Prod.xv. (2), 1210; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 474. 
Shrub, glabrous; branchlets 4-angled. Leaves opposite 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded, edge bluntly serrulate, 
membranous; nerves 10 pairs slender curved; 4 to 5 in. long, 1-25 
