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CXXIX. URTICACE/E. 
\Trema. 
Leaves thick, membranous, ovate acuminate, base round usually 
cordate, serrulate, strigose scabrid above, silvery hairy beneath 
(especially young leaves), 5 to 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -12 in. 
long, hairy. Cymes many-flowered, 1 in. long, hairy. Flowers 
silvery hairy. Drupe orange, very small. Hab. Very common 
in waste ground and woods, clearings, etc. Whole peninsula from 
Singapore to Penang, Tringganu, Kelantan, etc. Dislrib. India, 
Malay islands. Native names : Mundarong or Menarong; Menkira 
besar. Use: Wood for firework-charcoal. Occasionally rises jto 
about 40 ft. tall. 
2 . GIRONNIERA, Gaud. 
Trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers unisexual on different trees 
in axillary cymes. Males in clusters; females solitary racemose. 
Males small; sepals 5, blunt. Stamens 5. Pistillode woolly. 
Females sepals narrower acute. Ovary sessile; style arms long, 
filiform. Drupe ovoid or sub-orbicular, flattened, orange, endo- 
carp hard. Species about 12, Indo-Malaya, China. 
Leaves coriaceous, sparsely silky hairy beneath, 
elliptic . . . . . . . (1) G. nervosa 
Leaves coriaceous, stiff, nearly glabrous elliptic . . (2) G. subsequalis 
Leaves thin coriaceous lanceolate, 2 to 3 in. long . (3) G. parvifolia 
Leaves chartaceous elliptic, densely long-hairy, 6 to 
8 in. long . . . . . . . . (4) G. hirta 
(1) G. nervosa Planch. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, x. 338; Hook. fit. 
F.B.I. v. 485. 
Tree 40 to 80 ft. tall, unisexual; branchlets and bud-scales 
yellow, hairy. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous above, silky hairy 
beneath, elliptic or oblong acuminate narrowed, blunt unequal at 
base; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, elevate beneath and yellow hairy; 
5 to 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles *1 in. long. Male flowers in 
tufts, spicate forming catkins, panicled; catkins 1 in. long or less; 
flowers yellow; rachis hairy. Female flowers secund in slender 
hairy spikes rather distant. Drupe hard, ovoid, flattened beaked, 
orange-colour, hairy, *25 in. long. Hab. Common in low country, 
Singapore, Tanglin; Changi. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). 
Malacca, Sungei Hudang; Bukit Sabukor (Derry); Chenana putih 
(Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Tampin ; Gunong Berumbun (Cantley). 
Selangor, Bukit Kudah; Kwala Lumpur (Hose). Perak, Trong 
(Wray); Ulu Bubong; Larut (Kunstler). Penang Hill (Wallich, 
Curtis). Dislrib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native names : MedangAmpas 
Tebu; Medang Kesap jantan; Medang Kesap hitam; Medang 
S'Kasat; Poko Tarah. 
(2) G. subaeqiialis Planch. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, x. 339; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. v. 485. 
Big tree about 80 ft. tall. Leaves stiff, coriaceous, elliptic 
rounded or acuminate, base cuneate or round, shining light green 
above, sparsely hairy beneath, midrib and 10 pairs of nerves elevate 
