Sapium.] cxxvm. euphorbiacejs. 317 
•5 in. through. Hab. Lowland woods and secondary jungle. Singa¬ 
pore, Gardens; Jurong; Reservoir woods. Malacca (Griffith); 
Batang Malacca (Goodenough). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, 
Chanderiang, and Ulu Kal (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo, China. 
Native name: Ludai. 
(3) S, indicum Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 572; Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 471. 
Tree. Leaves sub-coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate bluntly acumin¬ 
ate, base narrowed, blunt, edge serrate; nerves numerous faint; 
2-5 to 3-25 in. long, *5 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long, slender. Racemes 
dense terminal on side-branches 1 to 4 in. long. Male flowers sub- 
sessile in clusters. Calyx lobes acute ciliate. Females longer with 
long style and stigmas. Fruit a large woody round capsule slightly 
flattened at both ends, 75 to 1 in. through. Seed ellipsoid, 
•5 in. long. Hab . Sea coasts, Singapore, Pasir Panjang. Pahang, 
Pekan. Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis). Kedah, Alor Sta. 
Disirib. India, Malay islands to New Guinea. Native names: 
Gurah; Guring. 
71 . SEBASTIANA, Spreng. 
Herbs (or shrubs). Leaves alternate. Flowers in terminal and 
axillary racemes apetalous. Males minute, 1 to 3 in a bract. 
Calyx membranous, 4-lobed. Disc o. Stamens 2 to 4; filaments 
short free or nearly so; anther cells contiguous. Pistillode o. 
Females calyx 3-lobed. Ovary 3-celled. Styles free or connate at 
base entire. Capsule globose of 3 cocci, 2 endocarp crustaceous. 
Seeds oblong strophiolate. Species 40, all American but one. 
(1) S. chamselea Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 1175; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. v. 475. 
Annual, glabrous, 1 to 2 ft. tall, twiggy. Leaves linear blunt 
finely serrulate, 1 to 3 in. long, -15 to -2 in. wide; petioles *05 in. 
long or less. Male spikes leaf-opposed *2 in. long. Bracts minute 
with a large gland on each side, x- to 2-flowered, Sepals ovate. 
Females usually solitary at base of males or lateral. Sepals larger 
than in male, acute lacerate and ciliate, 2 glands within. Capsule 
sub-globose, oblong *2 in. long with 2 rows of spinules on each 
coccus. Seed oblong, mottled. Hab. Grassy and sandy spots. 
Singapore, Telok Kurau; Changi. Pahang, Kwala Pahang River. 
Malacca, Tanjong Kling (Griffith); Pulau Besar. Dindings, 
Lumut. Province Wellesley, Prai. Perak, Plus River (Wray); 
Kwala Kenering. Penang, Waterfall Gardens; Highlands (Hanifl). 
Setul Heath (Ridley). Distrib. Africa, India, China, Malay islands, 
Australia. 
Order CXXIX. URTICACE/E. 
Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves rarely opposite, often oblique. 
Stipules present. Inflorescence cymose or clustered. Flowers 
minute unisexual, rarely bisexual, often on a concave or flat fleshy 
