358 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker) [Antidesma. 
Young branches and leaves densely rusty villous, Leaves 3-4 in. broad, often 
unequal at the rounded base, flat or bullate above; nerves 8-10 pair, spreading ; 
petiole à in. or less ; stipules linear. Spikes 4-6 in., sometimes subpanicled, peduncle 
bracteate; rachis stout, densely tomentose. Calya-lobes rounded, villous. Disk of 
male glabrous. Pistillode subglobose. 
9. A. alatum, Hook. f.; glabrous, branches white, tips puberulous, 
leaves 3-5 in. shortly petioled elliptic-oblong or -oblanceolate abruptly cus- 
pidate or subcaudate base acute, stipules large orbicular-ovate acute 
persistent, spikes short, male fl. sessile, sepals 5 hirsute, disk pulvinate gla- 
brous, stamens 5, fem. fl. subsessile, ovary pubescent or glabrate, disk very 
large pulvinate glabrous, fruit 3 in. shortly pedicelled turgidly ovoid shortly 
beaked, stigmas subterminal minute conic.—A ntidesmea, Wall. Cat. 8583. 
Perak ; Larut, alt. 1-3000 ft., King's Collector; Waterfall Hill, Wray. Sıx- 
GAPORE, Wallich. Maracoa, Griffith (Kew Distrib., No. 4941). — 
A small tree, shoots puberulous. Leaves thin or subcoriaceous, midrib glabrous or 
puberulous beneath ; nerves 8-10 pairs, very faint; petiole 5—4 in. ; stipules 3 In» 
coriaceous. Spikes 13 in., males panicled ; flowers very minute, rachis puberulous; 
stamens short; pistillode minute, sunk in the disk. Disk of fem. fl. often exceeding 
the calyx in width.—The remarkable stipules and very large fem. disk are conspicuous 
characters. The stipules a good deal resemble those of the Sumatran 4, neuro- 
carpum, which has tomentose branches and strong nerves. 
10. A. leucocladon, Hook. f.; glabrous, branchlets slender white, 
leaves 5-7 in. membranous oblanceolate or oblong caudate-acuminate base 
acute or obtuse, petiole short, stipules filiform, male spikes panicled very 
slender tomentose, flowers sessile very minute, calyx 4-lobed, disk tomen- 
tose, fem. fl. subsessile, ovary tomentose or glabrate, stigmas long recurved, 
disk glabrous or ciliolate, fruit } in. very shortly pedicelled broadly gib- 
bously ovoid compressed beaked, stigmas large. A. Bunius, Wall. Cat. 
7282 A (the right-hand specimen). 
Prnana, Wallich. PERAK, Scortechini'; at Sunga Ryah, King’s Collector. | 
A small tree; shoots puberulous. Leaves membranous, drying brown; mdr 
glabrous or puberulous beneath; nerves 10-12 pairs, very slender ; petiole 1i ed 
Male spikes seen only in Penang specimens; bracts minute; calyx obtusely lobe 
below the middle; disk small, 4-lobed ; pistillode columnar.—A very similar species 10 
fem. flower only, from Perak (Caleutta Herbarium, No. 3845), has longer female 
peduncles and shorter stigmas, 
** Ovary glabrous (see also 4. alatum & leucocladon). 
T Male flowers sessile or nearly so. Calyx not deeply lobed. 
1l. A. Bunius, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 826; shoots tomentose, leaves 
elliptic-oblong lanceolate obovate or oblanceolate glabrous shining avoves 
petiole short, spikes simple or panicled stout pubescent villous or tomentos 
bracts minute ovate, male fl. sessile or subsessile, calyx cupular short y 
4-lobed, disk glabrous, stamens 3, fruit shortly pedicelled g-4 1n. elipt 
stigmas 9-4 very short terminal. Muell. Arg. in DO. Prodr. xv. 1 26% 
Blume Bijd.1192; Presl Epimel. 234; Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser 
xv. (1851) 186; Miquel FT. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 423; Wight Te. t. 819; Kurz 777 
Fl. i. 358; Beddome Forester’s Man. 200, t. 24, f£. 3; Wall. Cat. 7 7 
(except A and part of B); Thwaites Enum, 289. A. Thwaitesianum, M stre, 
Arg. l. c. 263. A. glabrum & floribundum, Tulasne l. c. 188, 189. A. syle "n 
Lamk. Dict.i.207. A. ciliatum, Presl l. c. 285 Stilago Bunius, Linn. ^*^^ 
