276 CXXXV. EUPHORBIAORZ, (J. D. Hooker.) [Cleistanthus. 
An evergreen tree, 40-50 ft. Leaves sometimes 1 ft. long, 14-24 in. broad, smooth 
and shining above, cross-venules faint; petiole 4-} in., stout. Clusters 4-3 in. 
diam.; bracts obtuse, short, densely villous. Calyx $ in. diam. Petals fan-shaped, 
broader than long, with flabellate nerves, Disk of fem. membranous, at length 
5-lobed. Ovary globose; styles very short. Capsule immature, distinctly stipitate.— 
In the Malay Island this species varies greatly in the form of the leaves and in the 
amount of pubescence beneath. 
** Ovary villous, hirsute, or clothed with rigid hairs. 
T Flowers glabrous (except fem. of C. membranaceus). 
5. C. malabaricus, Muell. Avg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 508; branch- 
lets densely villous, leaves oblanceolate acuminate or caudate glaucous and 
sparsely villous beneath, nerves 8-10 pair arched, stipules long setaceous- 
lanceolate, flowers few in axillary clusters subsessile glabrous, calyx-lobes 
narrowly lanceolate, petals obovate-spathulate, ovary hirsute with erect 
stiff hairs, capsule sparsely hairy. Beddome Forester's Man. 203. Lebi- 
diera malabarica, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 81. 
"The CoNcAN ; on the banks of the Shirawah, Law, Stocks, &c. 
Branches slender. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1} in., very pale when dry, whitish beneath, 
sparsely hairy above, base acute; petiole } in., tomentose. Calyx of fem. ẹ iu. 
diam., very shortly pedicelled. Disk lobed. Capsule l iu. diam., sessile, deeply 
3-lobed at the top and sides, sparsely hairy. Seeds oblong, 3-gonous, rugose.— 
Closely allied to C. Maíngayi, but the flowers are quite glabrous. 
6. C. acuminatus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 508; quite 
glabrous, leaves membranous ovate or elliptic long-caudate acuminate 
reticulate, nerves 5-10 pair very slender arched, flowers in very 8m 
axillary clusters glabrous, calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, petals obovate 
crenate or lobed, ovary hirsute with erect hairs, capsule small sessile 
glabrous. Amanoa acuminata, Beddome Forester’s Man. iv. 203; Thwartes 
Enum, Addend. 428. 
CEYLON; Colombo and the Galle district, Walker, Thwaites. . à 
Branches very slender. Leaves 3-5 by 1-24 in., pale green, very thin an 
undulate when dry, shining on both surfaces, base rounded or acute; petiole Very 
short, 4-3 in. Clusters } in. diam.; bracts minute, puberulous. Calyx jg-:5 ! 
diam. Petals variable. Disk of male lining the calyx-tube, of fem. urceolate. 
Ovary globose; styles 3, slender, bifid, stigmas small. Capsule } in. broad, not 8° 
long, deeply 3-lobed at top and sides, crustaceous. Seeds unripe.— Perhaps a variety 
of C. patulus. 
7. C. heterophyllus, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves coriaceous of 
two forms, larger on the branches 4-6 in. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate 
caudate-acuminate, nerves 4-5 pair slender, smaller on the spikes ii 1D. 
lanceolate, flowers minute in very small clusters in very slender axillary 
and terminal panicled flexuous rigid spikes glabrous sessile, calyx-lobes 
meis ovate. of fem. obtuse, petals narrow, ovary hirsute with long €T 
airs. 
Maracca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1372). h on 
Branches rather slender, quite smooth. Leaves greyish green when dry, smoot a 
both surfaces, base acute, reticulations faint; petiole } in. Clusters 45-5 1" | "o 
in spikes 4-8 in. long, with or without a small leaf at their base; bracts m1nUv? 
ovate, acute, slightly hairy. Ca/yx about =}; in, diam, Petals narrow but ening 
upwards, truncate or retuse. Disk of male pulvinate, of fém. urceolate. Pisti 
8-toothed. Styles 3, 2-fid. ' l 
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