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This species is allied to M. vuhdd Ridl., and like that tetra- 
merous, but the flowers are much smaller and the petals free oblong. 
Vol. i. p. 446, after sp. i, Euonymus javanicus BL, insert : — 
(ia) E. coriaceus Ridt. 
Shrub, glabrous. Leaves elliptic acuminate, entire, base 
shortly cuneate, stiflly coriaceous; nerves faint, elevate on both 
sides, 6 pairs, anastomosing within the margin; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 
1-5 in. wide; petioles rugose, -25 to -6 in. long. Flowers in axillary 
pairs, peduncle very short; pedicels -i in. long. Sepals ovate 
rounded, broad. Petals obcuneate fimbriate, greenish-yellow, 
*25 in. long, -I in. wide at the tip. Stamens 5, filaments slender, 
half as long as petals. Ovary conoid. Capsule obcuneate, -5 in. 
long, valves retuse at apex, woody, edges elevate. Hab. Mountains 
Kedah Peak at 3000 ft. altitude (Ridley, Robinson, Haniff). 
The species is distinct from E. javanicus, Bh, in the stiffly 
coriaceous leaves and the short peduncled axillary flowers in pairs. 
Vol. i. p. 446, after sp. 2, Euonymus Wrayi King, insert 
{2a) E. pahangensis Ridl. 
Tree 15 to 20 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, thinly cori¬ 
aceous, tip shortly blunt acuminate, base cuneate, margins obscurely 
crenate; nerves 5 pairs, very faint in adult leaves; 3-5 to 6 in. 
long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicles in terminal 
axils, I in. long in flower, lengthening to 3 in. long (peduncle 2 in. 
long)'in fruit, and wide branched; branches 3 with 2 flowers on 
each. Bracts very small ovate acute. Sepals ovate blunt de- 
flexed. Petals obovate fimbriate, -i in. long, yellow or reddish- 
green. Ovary short, broad, conoid, ribbed when dry. Fruit 
(unripe) obovate, -25 in. long, 75 in. wide, lobes rounded, not 
retuse at the top. Hah. Pahang, Kwala Pahang (Burn-Murdoch) ; 
Telok Sesik, Kwantan (Burkill). Common in sea fences. 
(2b) E. micropetalus Ridl. 
Tree about 14 ft. tall. Leaves thin ovate cuspidate, base 
narrowed, margins obscurely crenulate; nerves 6 pairs, elevate 
beneath; 5 to 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Flowers 
numerous on a very short thick peduncle -25 in. long, thickly 
covered with short pale bracts, pedicels slender, -4 in. long. Sepals 
broad ovate rounded, pinkish. Petals little longer, oblong with a 
few laciniae pale green, bases lurid. Stamens 5, filaments rather 
short, not as long as the petals; anthers oblong; style short 
cylindric narrowed to the tip. Hab. Forests, Kelantan, Chaning 
(Ridley). 
Remarkable for its thin leaves, which are red when young, and 
small, hardly laciniate petals. 
Vol. i. p. 455, after sp. 3, Hippocratea nigricaulis Ridl., insert : — 
(3 a) H, obtusa Ridl. 
Climber, glabrous. Leaves thin coriaceous elliptic, shortly 
acuminate blunt, base shortly cuneate, drying pale green, nerves 
