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CXXIX. URTlCACEiE. 
[Celtis. 
(i) C. Collinsse Craib in Kew Bulletin 1918, p. 370. 
Shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong, base broad, tip shortly 
cuspidate, blunt, coriaceous (when adult) conspicuously 3-nerved, 
entire, 3-5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. “Cymes 
axillary, short; flowers nearly sessile. Males sepals obovate ciliate. 
Stamens opposite sepals. Pistillode small, columnar, glabrous.” 
Fruit ovoid shortly beaked, ribbed, *3 in. long. Perlis, Tebing 
Tinggi (Ridley). Distrib. Siam. 
My specimens are only in fruit. Description of flowers from Siamese 
specimens. 
4 . TAXOTROPHIS, Bl. 
Spiny shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, serrate or spiny. 
Male flowers in short catkins or fascicles. Sepals valvate. Stamens 
4, inflexed in bud. Pistillode dilate. Females 1 to 4 on a long 
peduncle; sepals 4, persistent, shorter than fruit. Ovary ovoid 
at length oblique; style at length lateral. Fruit oblique sub- 
globose, fleshy on one side. Species 7, Indo-Malayan. 
(1) T. ilicifolia Vidal, Rev. PL Vasc. % Philip. 349. Balano- 
streblus ilicifolius Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 544 (m part, not of Kurz). 
A pubescent, white-barked shrub. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate or elliptic, entire or spiny, 2 to 4-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. 
wide; nerves numerous inarching; petioles very short. Male 
catkins 75 to 2 in. long, cylindric, pale pink, sessile axillary. Female 
flowers 1 or 2, very shortly pedicelled. Bracts ovate round. Fruit 
globose. Hab. Dry woods and rocky spots, Pahang, Temerloh. 
Pahang River. Perak, Tambun; Lenggong. Penang, Waterfall. 
Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). Perlis, Kanga. Distrib . S. 
Siam, Burma, Cambodia, Philippines. Native names : Lalimau; 
Limau Lelang Antan. Use : The holly-like leaves are gilded and 
used for Christmas decorations by Europeans. 
5 . PHYLLOCHLAMYS, Bureau. 
Glabrous spiny shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate. 
Flowers unisexual. Males in short spikes or clusters involucrate. 
Sepals 3 to 4 ovate imbricate. Stamens 3 to 4, inflexed in bud. 
Pistillode dilate at tip. Females solitary peduncled; sepals 
3 to 4 accrescent, leafy in fruit. Ovary very oblique; style 
at length lateral. Fruit shorter than sepals globose or ovoid 
oblique, fleshy. 
Leaves entire or very obscurely toothed, lanceolate; 
sepals in fruit acuminate . . . . (1) P. Wallichii 
Leaves toothed rhomboid ; sepals in fruit narrowed . (2) P. spinosa 
(1) P. Wallichii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 489. 
Thorny shrub 8 to 10 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminate usually blunt and entire, base narrowed blunt, 
1*5 to 4 in. long, *25 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles -05 in. long. Male 
