Cyclostemon.] oxxxv. RUPHORBIACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 341 
rounded or subcordate ; nerves 6-8 pair, strong beneath; petiole 4 in., very stout. 
Flowers 4-2 in, diam., sessile or pedicelled. Sepals 4 or 5, rounded, concave, more or 
less pubescent or glabrate. Disk concave. Filaments free or connate, Stigmas 
reniform. Fruit subglobose, 2-1 in. diam., pubescent, yellow, tomentose or strigose. 
—There are three varieties, or possibly species, namely— 
l. zeylanica; male and fem. fl. peduncled, 2 in, diam. C. zeylanicus, Baill. 
Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 562; Thwaites Enum. 286. Sphragidia zeylanica, Thwaites 
in Hook Journ. Bot. vii. (1855) 270, t. 10.— Ceylon. 
2. malaccensis, male aud fem. fl. peduncled, 1-3 in. diam. ? C. macrophyllus, 
Kare dor. FI. ii. 364. — Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1430, 1435, 3349), Andaman 
ands, 
3. peninsularis; male and fem. fl. sessile, 2 in. diam. C. macrophyllus, Bed- 
dome Fl. Sylvat. t. 27 8.—Coorg, Western Circars, Brandis, 
5. C. longifolius, Blume Bijd. 598; leaves 1-2 ft. linear-oblong 
obtuse very unequal-sided base unequally cordate, nerves 20-30 pairs, 
flowers large glabrous, stamens very many, disk glabrous flat. Muell. Arg. 
ın DC. Prodr, xv. 1. 482; Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 562, t. 23, f. 22-25. 
PERAK ; in rocky places, King’s Collector. PENANG and Maracca, Maingay 
(Kew Distrib. 1453).— DISTRIB. Java. 
A tree, 60-80 ft. in Perak. Leaves 4-10 in. broad, very coriaceous, brown when 
dry, loosely reticulate on both surfaces, nerves spreading; petiole very short, im- 
mensely thick Male fl. very numerous in a cluster, very shortly pedicelled, j in. 
diam. Sepals 5, glabrous within and without. S¢amens numerous round a flat disk. 
Stigmas 3, cuneate 2-fid. Fruit 2-21 in. diam., globose, obscurely trigonous, bright 
orange, slightly tomentose, 3-celled. 
6. C. malabaricus, Beddome Foresters Man. 199; branchlets and 
pedicels golden tomentose, leaves 8-9 by 2} in. oblong membranous quite 
entire subcuspidate tomentose on both surfaces when young at length 
glabrous except the hairy costa, base unequal, nerves 7-10 pairs, petiole 
m., male fl. fascicled on the old branches, sepals 4 golden tomentose, 
Stamens very many, disk cupular, fruit on the older branches solitarylby 41n. 
tomentose, pedicel 4 in., stigmas 2 reniform. 
Sour DECCAN ; Tinnevelly Ghats, alt. 3-4000 ft., Beddome. 
A large tree.—I have not seen this species; the characters are 
ome's description. 
7. C. confertiflorus, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves coriaceous 
oblong obtusely acuminate reticulate on both surfaces, nerves 5-8 pairs very 
slender, male f. 4-1 in. diam. in dense clusters on the old wood, stamens 
many, disk depressed-funnel-shaped glabrous radiately ribbed and with a 
membranous lobed border. 
Norra Canara; in evergreen forests at Katgal, W. A. Talbot. . 
A large tree; branches stout, woody, with pale bark. Leaves 4-9 in, dull 
Breenish on both surfaces when dry, rather shiny above, base equal or unequal, 
margins undulate; petiole stout, 1-2 in. Male fl. in globose clusters j in. diam., 
Sessile or shortly pedicelled, quite glabrous. Sepals 5, orbicular, concave, coriaceous, 
."mens about 20, outside the disk, filaments stout ; anthers large, not apiculate. 
."Millode minute, conical. Fem. fl. and fruit not seen.—The depressed ribbed disk 
lining the calyx-tube and its subpetaloid border are very remarkable characters., 
** Flowers axillary (see also C. ellipticus). 
For. Fl. ii. 364; glabrous except the fem. 
T oval oblong abruptly obtusely cau date- 
taken from Bed- 
flo 8. C. eglandulosus, 
Wers, leaves broadly elliptic or ovate- 
