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Vol. in. p. 251, after sp, i. Scortechinia Kingii Hook, fit., 
insert :— 
(2) S. paniculata Kidl. 
Tree; leaves coriaceous oblong, base round with two glands 
very shortly acuminate, margins crenulate serrate, nerves elevate 
strongly beneath, inarching, 10 pairs; 6 to 9 in. long, 3 to 4 in. 
wide; petioles 2 in. long. Panicle terminal, 3 in. long, 4 in. wide, 
pubescent. Bracts ovate acute, minute, persistent. Flowers 
numerous, minute, -05 in. across; pedicels shorter. Sepals 5, 
ovate round, glabrous, imbricate. Stamens 5, shorter, filaments 
hairy; anthers globose, 4-lobed, glabrous, introrse. Ovary c\'lin- 
dric, hairy; style short thick; stigma capitate, hairy, 2-Iobcd. 
Hab. Pahang, Sungei Yong, Kwala Lipis (Foxworthy’s collector 
4 <^ 35 )* Native name: Perupoh jantan. 
This species differs from 5 . Kingii Hook, fil., in its much larger 
leaves rounded at the base with two glands, as in the imperfectly 
known 5 . nicoharica, Kurz, of the Nicobars, and also in the terminal 
panicle. The stamens are 5 in number and short, but as the speci¬ 
men has a distinctly developed ovary it appears to be a female plant. 
The genus Scortechinia of 4 or 5 species, all rather imperfectly 
known, does not appear to belong to the Euphorbiacecr. The 
unisexuality and want of petals in the flowers, the 4-lobed anthers, 
and presence of glands at the base of the leaf being the only charac¬ 
ters in common with that Order, but it is very difficult to place it 
in any other. 
Baliospermnm malayammt Hook, fil., p. 313, seems to belong 
to the same genus and resembles no other species of Balio- 
spermum. I therefore transfer it to the genus under the name 
Scortechinia malayana, Ridl. 
Vol. ill. p. 260, after sp. 2, Croton argyratum BL, insert :~ 
(2a) C. macrocarpa Ridl. 
Small tree 15 ft. tall, bark pale, branches densely covered with 
stellate hairs, 4-angled. Leaves thin herbaceous, oblanceolate 
cuspidate acute, base long-narrowed, glabrous above, sparsely 
hairy beneath, midrib and 13 pairs of straight parallel nerves hairy, 
edges glandular denticulate; 7 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles 4 in. long, hairy. Raceme terminal, over 6 in. long] 
4-angled, hairy. Flowers not seen. Fruit oblong triquetrous] 
angles rounded, top depressed, pubescent, -5 in. long and a little 
wider. St^des 3. Sepals ovate, glabrous; pedicel -25 in. long, 
hairy. Selangor, Telok forest reserve, Klang (Burkill 6519)] 
Vol. Hi. p. 261, to sp. 3, Croton erythrostachys Hook, fil., add 
locality :— 
Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi at 2500 ft. altitude (Nur). The 
form here seems much bigger than the Mt. Ophir plant. It is 
described as 3 to 6 ft. tall, and has leaves 6 in. long and 3 in. wide, 
and racemes -5 in. long. 
