348 CXXXV. EUFHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Aporosa. 
entire or obscurely sinuate-toothed, bracts of male and fem. fl. broad gla- 
brous ciliate, fem. fl. sessile, ovary thinly hirsute, stigmas very short 2-fid, 
fruit ovoid-oblong nearly glabrous, pericarp thin, septum hairy. Kurz For. 
Fl. ij. 362. A. dioica, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 472. Lepido- 
stachys Roxburghii, Wall. Cat. 6816. Alnus dioica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 580. 
A. integrifolia, Roxb. mss.— Wall. Cat. 7991. 
SIKKIM HrMALAYA; in tropical valleys, J. D. H. Assam, Jenkins. The KHASIA 
Hits, Stnuet, CACHAR, and southwards to TENASSERIM, Wallich, Kurz, &c. 
An evergreen tree, 20-30 ft. ; tips of branches glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 
3-5 in., thinly coriaceous, sometimes caudate-acuminate, base acuminate cuneate 
or rounded; nerves 5—7 pairs, slender, sometimes puberulous beneath; petiole 1—3 in., 
sometimes minutely 2-stipellate. Male spikes 1 in., solitary or clustered; bracts rather 
longer; fem. shorter. Sepals pubescent. Fruit 4-4 in. long.—The Chittagoug 
plant referred to A. Roxburghii by Mueller has glabrous ovaries and is 4. aurea. 
10. A. oblonga, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 78, and in DC. Prodr. 
xv. ii. 472; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong obtuse or subacute entire base 
acute or rounded, bracts of male and fem. fl. glabrous ciliate, fem. fl. sessile. 
ovary silky, stigmas cleft to the middle arms long reflexed, fruit small 
ellipsoid contracted into a short beak with 2 recurved plumose stigmas, base 
pay. pericarp thin, septum hairy.  Lepidostachys ? oblonga, Wall. Cat. 
299. 
Burma; at Amherst, Wallich (a solitary specimen). 
Shoots glabrous. Leaves 3-5 in., thinly coriaceous, nerves 6-7 pair slender, base 
sometimes almost cordate ; petiole 3—2 in., slender. Fem. spikes 1-} in., rusty-tomen- 
tose, bracts sparsely pubescent. Fruit j—3 in. long, nearly black when dry.— Possibly 
referable to A. Roxburghii. . 
11. A. Clellandii, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminate 
base cuneate, petiole 4-4 in., fruit sessile ovoidly globose shortly beaked 
puberulous, pericarp very thin fragile, cells sparsely hairy, stigmas 2 very 
short recurved. 
Prev; at Rangoon, M*Lelland. 
Branches rather slender, glabrous. Leaves 5-6 in., thinly coriaceous, pale when 
dry, rather shining above; nerves 8-10 pairs, very slender, arched and spreading, 
cross-nervules reticulate; petiole slender. Fruit }—} in. long, pericarp very thin and 
endocarp papery. 
12. A. Maingayi, Hook.f.; branches slender, leaves small glabrous 
elliptic-oblong or obovate caudate-acuminate base acute, midrib beneath 
hairy or glabrate, bracts tomentose, fem. fl. sessile, ovary densely villous, 
stigmas very short 2-cleft fimbriate, fruit ellipsoid or subfusiform, pericarp 
thin, cells glabrous within. 
Maracca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1418). SINGAPORE, Cantley. 
Branches dark when dry, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2-3 in., membranous, 
dull green when dry ; nerves 5-7 pairs, rather strong; petiole 1—1 in. Male spikes 
jin.; fem. so short that the flowers appear to be capitate. Sepals 4, hirsute. Stamens 
2. Fruit } in. long, subacute at both ends; at length 4-valved at the base,—The 
leaves of this and of A. Planchoniana are the smallest of the Indian species. Maingay 
remarks that the seed is imbedded in yellow pulp, and the testa osseous. 
13. A. acuminata, Thwaites Enum. 988; glabrous, leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate caudate-acuminate base acuminate, male spikes stout, bracts 
villous, sepals ciliate, fem. fl. sessile, ovary hirsute, stigmas 3 large recurve 
2-fid, fruit turgidly ovoid acute hairy, pericarp very fleshy, cells glabrous 
