338 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J.D. Hooker.)  [Hemicyclia. 
endocarp bony.—The Australian plant referred to this by Bentham (of which that 
author had not seen fruiting specimens) differs wholly in the much smaller flower, 
smaller ellipsoid fruit, and other characters. 
** Fruit ellipsoid or obovoid. 
2. H. lanceolata, Thwaites Enum. 287; branchlets tomentose, 
leaves ovate or lanceolate very obtusely subcaudately acuminate glabrous 
of the midrib pubescent beneath, flowers puberulous, pedicels very short, 
stamens 10-16, ovary glabrous, stigma flabelliform, fruit narrowly ellipsoid. 
Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 487; Beddome Forester’s Man. 199. 
CEYLON ; at Caltura, Thwaites. 
A tree; branches slender. Leaves 1-3 in., distichous, thinly coriaceous, green 
when dry, both surfaces alike reticulated, margin sometimes faintly repand, midrib 
strong, nerves very slender; petiole -},—} in., pubescent. Flower } in. diam., male 
pedicels 4; in., fem. rather longer. Sepals broadly oblong. Stigma flabelliform, 
sessile or on a short stout style. Fruit 2 in. long, red; tip oblique, sometimes in- 
curved with a lateral stigma ; endocarp coriaceous, crested and reticulate. 
3. H. Gardneri, Thwaites in Hook. Journ. Bot. viii. (1855) 271, and 
Enum, 287; branchlets tomentose, leaves lanceolate or oblong tip rounde 
obtuse or subacute entire or obscurely repand-toothed glabrous or sparsely 
pubescent on the midrib beneath, flowers tomentose, pedicels short, stamens 
20-25, ovary obovoid gibbous, fruit broadly ellipsoid. Muell. Arg. in DC. 
sod ky i. 488; Baill. Gen. Euphorb. t. 27, £. 8; Beddome Forester’s 
Man. . 
CEYLON ; from the sea coast to 1500 ft. common. 
Very near H. lanceolata, but the leaves are smaller, more coriaceous, not sud- 
denly narrowed to the tip, more crenate, the pedicels longer, flowers rather larger 
more tomentose, stamens more numerous, and the fruit very different, j in. long, 
apparently flattened, sometimes obovoid. Male fl. 3 in. diam. ; sepals orbicular, con- 
cave, pubescent on both surfaces; central disk small, pubescent. Stigma reniform on 
a short style. 
4. H. sumatrana, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 488 ; quite gla- 
brous, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate entire or 
repand crenate glossy reticulately veined, flowers 1-3 puberulous, stigma 
flabelliform, fruit small 1-seeded broadly ellipsoid rounded at both ends or 
base truncate smooth keeled on one side. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 365. Anaua 
sumatrana, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 410. 
BURMA ; in tropical swamp forests of Martaban and the Irawaddi, and ANDAMAN 
ISLANDS, Kurz.—DisTRIB. Java, Sumatra. . 
An evergreen tree, 30-50 ft. Leaves 3—4 in., rigid, but thinly coriaceous ; petiole 
3-} in. Flowers small, yellow green, and pedicels puberulous. Sepals 4; in. long. 
Ovary glabrous. Fruit À in. long.—1 have seen no Burmese specimens, nor flowers OF 
fruit of Andaman or others. 
5. H. andamanica, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 365; nearly glabrous, leaves 
oblong-ovate to -lanceolate caudate acuminate entire or repand-crenate 
minutely reticulate, flowers 1-2 puberulous, stamens many, fruit ellipsoid 
or obovoid shortly peduncled terete, putamen semiterete coriaceous. 
ANDAMAN ÍSLANDS; marshy places near the coast, Kurz. . 
An evergreen tree, 40-50 ft.; bark white. Leaves 3-34 in., thinly coriaceous, 
rather rigid, puberulous when young, base unequal; petiole 1— in. Flowers rather 
large, puberulous; pedicels 1, in., hairy. Sepals rounded, concave, 2 inner 
