230 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Cleistanthus. 
glabrous. Spikes axillary, more or less recurved, rather shorter than the leaves; 
clusters 2-3 fld.; bracts very short, nearly glabrous, large rounded concave, smaller 
oblong; flowers 4—5-merous. Calyx in. diam.; lobes obtuse. Disk cupular. 
Staminal column short with a large obtuse hairy pistillode. Fem. fl. and fruit wanting. 
19. C. ferrugineus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 507; glabrous 
except the inflorescence, leaves 4—6 in. coriaceous elliptic or oblong-lanceolate 
caudate-acuminate base acute or obtuse, nerves 3-5 pair very strong beneath, 
flowers solitary or few in a cluster or axillary and in very short axillary 
spikes pedicelled rusty-tomentose, calyx-lobes oblong-ovate subacute, petae 
deeply irregularly acutely lobed, ovary densely tomentose, capsule shortly 
stipitate rnsty-tomentose. Beddome Foresters Man. 203. Amanoa fer- 
ruginea, Thwaites Enum. 280; Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 50, t. 27, 
f. 1-4. 
CEYLON ; in the Central Province, ascending to 3000 ft., Thwaites. i 
Branches quite glabrous except the tips. Leaves greyish green when dry, pale 
beneath, lower nerves very long, cross-nervules faint; petiole 4-} in., glabrous. 
Flowers 2—5 in a cluster or solitary ; pedicels sometimes us long as the calyx; bracts 
very minute, rusty tomentose. Calyx +}; in. diam., lobes obtuse. Petals ied 
irregular. Staminal column short; pistillode prismatic with pubescent ang es, 
truncate. Disk of male pulvinate. Capsule 1 in. long, deeply 4-lobed ; pedicel stout. 
20. C. nitidus, Hook. f.; branches and petioles finely tomentose, 
leaves membranovs glabrous oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate 
acuminate margins undulate base rounded or caudate shiny above paler or 
glaucous beneath, nerves 8-12 pair very slender, flowers few in small axillary 
clusters sessile densely tomentose, calyx-lobes ovate acute, petals of male 
flabelliform crenate of fem. obovate, ovary densely hirsute with erect hairs, 
styles 3 slender bifid to the middle. 
MALAY PENINSULA ; Singapore, Lobb. PENANG, Curtis. nd 
Branches very slender. Leaves 3—4 by 1—13 in., greyish green when Ww r : 
polished above, faintly reticulated beneath ; petiole very short, +}; iu. Clusters 2e ad 
bracts very short, villous. Calyx of fem. cleft half-way down. Disk of malo ee 
plane, of fem. cupular at length 5-lobed. Ovary globose; styles 2-fid to the middle. 
The Singapore specimen is a female, the Penang a male. 
21. C. Helferi, Hook. f.; branches and leaves beneath pi 
tomentose, leaves linear-oblong acute or subacute sparsely pubescent a re 
strongly reticulate beneath, nerves 6-10 pair spreading and arched, stip ary 
bracts setaceous longer or shorter than the flowers, flowers few in axi ui 
clusters tomentose sessile, calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, petals of vary 
broadly ovate sessile of female rhombic-ovate obscurely toothed, ov 
densely hispid with long stiff hairs. 
TENASSERIM, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 4886); Mergui, Griffith. . le grey: 
Branches tulvous-tomentose, Leaves thinly coriaceous, 2-5 by 3-13 in., p CE and 
brown when dry, base subacute or rounded ; petiole j in., tomentose. Ma oth 
Jem. flowers similar, nearly } in. diam., glabrous within, fulvous-tomentose f 
Disk of male adnate to the perianth-tube, of the fem. erect, 5-lobed, thin. | portly 
column with a 3-lobed top. Styles 3, long, 2-fid. Capsule 1-3 in. long, sessile, * 
oblong, hairy. 
22. ©. Maingayi, Hook. f.; branches and young leaves softly rr 
tomentose, leaves pale elliptic- or obovate-oblong caudate-acummna’é e 
culate and finely pubescent beneath, nerves 6-8 pair arching, flower 
in axillary clusters sessile hirsute, calyx-lobes lanceolate finely ace styles 
peas obovate subentire, ovary densely hirsute with long erect hairs, 
