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CXX1X. URTICACEjE. 
[Sloeiia. 
(i) S. sideroxylon Teysm. and Binn. Tijdschr. Nat. Ver. 
1863; Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 493. S. penangiana Oliv. Hook. Ic. PI. 
t. 1531. S. Wallichii King, Hook. l.c. 
A big tree upwards of 100 ft. tall, but more usually met with 
about 40 ft. tall, twigs milky. Leaves thinly coriaceous, dark 
green, variable, oblong, abruptly cuspidate, base shortly narrowed, 
nerves slender, 10 to 16 pairs, slightly elevate, '8 in. long, 3 in. 
wide or less; narrow lanceolate, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide, in old 
trees; petioles -12 in. long. Spike 4 in. long or less, *2 in. through, 
light green, sessile with a bare ridge down one side. Fruit -i in. 
through, the enlarged sepals juicy, white and sweet. Hab. Scattered 
over the whole peninsula, but rarely is a full-sized tree to be found 
now on account of the value of the timber; valued for carrying- 
sticks, gambir tools, etc., the Chinese cut the stem as soon as 
big enough, causing the tree to bush. It flowers in this state, 
producing the large leaves {S. penangiana) ; in older trees allowed 
to grow the leaves are smaller (S. Wallichii). Occurs from Singa¬ 
pore to Penang and in Pahang on the east coast. Distrib. Rhio. 
Native name: Tampinis. The natives distinguish some forms as 
Tampinis hitam and putih. Use: Perhaps the most valuable 
timber in the Malay Peninsula. 
I have rarely seen a really tall tree, and not for many years. The wood 
is quite indestructible by rot or termites. 
8. PSEUDOSTREBLUS, Bureau. 
Unarmed glabrous shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, entire. 
Male flowers in short cymes; sepals 5, orbicular imbricate. Stamens 
5, indexed in bud. Pistillode linear. Female flowers solitary in 
different axils or in the male cyme. Sepals 4, orbicular concave. 
Ovary sub-globose; style-arms filiform. Fruit enclosed in the 
enlarged perianth. Species 3 or 4, Indo-Malaya, 
(1) P. caudata Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 54 - 
Glabrous shrub, branches slender. Leaves elliptic caudate 
alternate thin coriaceous, blunt; nerves 4 pairs, reticulations 
conspicuous; 3 in. long, *75 in. wide; petioles *1 in. long. Male 
flowers 4 to 5 together, nearly sessile on axillary peduncles -2 in. 
long. Sepals 4 to 5, ovate acute. Stamens 4 to 5 indexed in bud. 
Pistillode truncate. Hab. Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 45 °° ft* 
altitude (Robinson). 
Genus doubtful, as female flowers have not been seen. 
9 . MALAISIA, Blanco. 
Scandent shrubs unarmed. Leaves alternate entire or toothed, 
very variable. Male spikes dense, simple or rarely branched, 
cylindric. Female globose, capitate. Male dowers; perianth 
3-lobed, lobes valvate. Stamens 3, filaments indexed in bud, 
spreading when open. Pistillode very small. Female dowers 
