Cleisanthus.] ^ cxxxv. mvPHoRBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 279 
16. C. patulus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 505; glabrous, 
leaves 1-3 in. thinly coriaceous ovate to lanceolate obtusely acuminate or 
caudate finely reticulate base acute or rounded, nerves 5-8 pair very slender, 
clusters minute axillary and in slender axillary or terminal simple spikes, 
calyx sparsely appressedly hairy, lobes ovate acute, petals orbicular clawed 
crenulate, ovary hirsute with long erect hairs, capsule small sessile. Bed- 
dome Forester's Man. 203, t. xxiii. f. iv. l-lland91. Amanoa indica, Wight 
Ie. t. 1911. A. patula, Thwaites Enum. 280 (acuminata i» part), and A. 
indica f. minor, Thwaites l.c. 498. Bridelia patula, Hook. & Arn. Bot. 
Beech. Voy. 219. Lebidiera patula, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 21. 
Cluytia patula, Roxd. Cor. Pl. ii. 37, t. 170, and FI. Ind. iii. 783. 
, Deccan PENINSULA ; Courtallam, in mountain jungles, Wight, CEYLON; common 
in the warmer parts of the island. 
A tree with long horizontal dense branches; branchlets very slender, quite smooth, 
the tips Only sometimes puberulous. Leaves 2-34 in., variable in width, flatter, 
more rigid and usually narrower than in C. acuminatus, dull grey or brownish when 
dry, alike on both surfaces, the caudate end sometimes short and obtuse. Flowers 
yellow, as in C. acuminatus. Styles 2-fid to the middle. Capsule (in Peninsular 
*Pecimens) 2 in. broad and long, deeply 3-lobed, dark brown, quite smooth, slightly 
hairy, subtended by the disk. Seeds (in Ceylon specimens) j in. long, broadly 
qoid, plano-convex, smooth with rounded sides and top and a ventral hilum.— 
This should perhaps include C. acuminatus, whicb has axillary quite glabrous flowers. 
Mneller describes the capsule as at length rough with tubercles, but I do not find 
it so. The Peninsular specimens have less caudate leaves than the Cingalese. Rox- 
burgh figures the petals of the male as orbicular and crenate. 
17. c. pallidus, Muell Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 508; branches 
slender and young leaves and petioles and midrib beneath pubescent, leaves 
small elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acute acuminate or caudate base acute, 
nerves 6-10 pairs spreading, flowers in small axillary clusters which are 
rarely spicate sessile and pedicelled tomentose, calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 
petals obovate, ovary densely villous, styles subentire, capsule small sessile. 
Beddome Forester’s ‘Man. 20. Amanoa pallida, Thwaites Enum. 280. Lebi- 
diera pallida, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 80. 
CEYLON ; near Kand , Thwaites. . 
d Branches very leafy” bark pale. Leaves 1-23 in. (rarely 5-6} in.), pale when 
Ty, rather membranous, midrib beneath strong, nerves slender, nervules reticulated ; 
petiole 25-2 in, ; stipules small, subulate. Clusters 2-5 fld. ; bracts very minute, except 
the stipular; flowers 5—6-merous. Calyx j in. diam., thickly tomentose externally. 
¿sk of male cupular, erenate, of fem. membranous. Ovary globose ; styles very shortly 
wid. Fistillode large, 3-notehed. Capsule } in. diam., not deeply 3-lobed, sparsely 
TY. Seeds not ripe. 
Van, subglauca, "Trimen, Syst. Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 78 ; leaves subglaucous beneath. C. 
Subglaucus, Thw. mss, 
1 18. c. robustus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 504; glabrous, 
faves 3-5 in. coriaceous elliptic-oblong or lanceolate acuminate faintly 
reticulate base acute, nerves 5-6 pair very slender, stipules minute, flowers 
°w sessile in small axillary and spicate clusters sparsely pubescent with 
s minute oblong 
"PPressed hairs, cal x-lobes of male ovate-oblong, petal 
may. Beddome Forester's Man. 202. Amanoa indica, Thwaites Enum. 
rin 428 (excl. syn. Wight). 
EYLON, in the hotter parts of the island. . 
abit of ©, malaccanus ; branches and flowering spikes quite black when dry. 
ares dark brown, shining and faintly reticulate on both surfaces, young quite 
