Antidesma.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 359 
122; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 758—Rheede Hort. Mal. v. t. 26.—Antidesma, 
Wall. Cat. 8570 A, 8574. 
Throughout the hotter parts of INDIA, from the Nepal and Sikkim Terai and 
Assam, southwards to Singapore and Penang; and from Parusnath in Bebar to 
CEYLON. Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4933, 4934).—DisTRIB. Malay Islands. 
À small evergreen tree. Leaves very variable, 3-6 by 13-23 in., obtuse, acute or 
acuminate ; base acute; nerves 10-12 pairs, arched; petiole 1—$ in.; stipules ovate- 
cordate (Kurz), deciduous. Spikes often 4-5 in. long, slightly ‘rusty-tomentose ; 
flowers rather large for the genus; fem. shortly pedicelled. Calyx of male very 
short, lobing very various in depth; of fem. shortly tubular, truncate. Disk of male 
lobed, of fem. cupular.—Of Thwaites’ var. 8., from Caltura, which he distinguishes 
by the firmer leaves and more delicate less pubescent inflorescence, I have only seen 
fruiting specimens, which I cannot distinguish from 4. Bunius. Mueller, who regards 
It as a diflerent species (A. Thwaitesianum), relies on the minute bracts, deeper-lobed 
calyx and rusty-hairy disk ; but as there are no male flowers on Thwaites’ specimens, I 
cannot verify these characters. 
12. A. Alexiteria, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1027; nearly glabrous, leaves 1-3 in. 
subsessile from oblong or lanceolate to orbicular-ovate or -obovate obtuse 
acute or acuminate shining above, spikes simple or panicled slender pubes- 
cent, bracts minute, male fl. quite sessile, calyx very minute 3-4-lobed, disk 
glabrous, stamens 3, fruit 1 in. diam. gibbously orbicular turgid, stigmas very 
short sublateral. A. zeylanicum, Lamk. Encycl. i. 207; Muell. Arg. in DC. 
Prodr, xv. ii, 956 ; Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xv. (1851) 209.—Anti- 
desma, Wall. Cat. 8568.— Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 22, t. 10. 
SOUTHERN DECCAN PENINSULA, Heyne, &c. CEYLON, common. 
Much branched, rather slender. Leaves very variable in form, the smallest of the 
Indian species, brown when dry, reticulate and shining on both surfaces, coriaceous, 
nerves usually very slender and obscure ; petiole rarely œ, in. Spikes 1-1} in. ; bracts 
short, broad ; fem. fl. very shortly pedicelled ; calyx 4-lobed. 
13. A. brunneum, Hook. f.; nearly glabrous, leaves 24-34 in. long- 
Petioled coriaceous dark brown and opaque when dry elliptic obtuse or 
pbtusely acuminate base acute, male spikes short branched pubescent, 
urs oblong, flowers quite sessile, calyx shortly cup-shaped lobed to the 
middle, stamens 5 seated on the tumid glabrous disk, pistillode large often 
with two recurved stigmas. 
CEYLON, Thwaites (C.P. 2208 and 2535 in part). hi 
ranches stout, shoots finely pubescent. Leaves very dark brown, hardly si a 
45 Above, quite glabrous; nerves 4-6 pair, very slender; petiole slender, 1-3 in. ; 
stipules small. Spikes 3-4 in., rather stout. Calyx-lobes rounded, hairy and ciliate. 
P ‘stillode a small well-developed ovary, and stigmas, quite glabrous. Fem. jc 
atit unknown, This differs from A. pyrifolium in the larger broader more Leone 
one brown leaves, with fewer nerves, and longer petioles; also iu the more pu loped 
Outer spikes, quite sessile flowers, deeper-cleft calyx, and remarkably develope 
Pistillode. Fruit not seen, 
MH Male flowers sessile or very shortly pedicelled. Calyx deeply 4-lobed 
0» -partite. 
14. A, fallax, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 68, and in DC. Prodr. 
RV u. 253; glabrous, leaves 17 in. petioled coriaceous oblong or ovate- 
ong acute or acuminate shining above, spikes simple and panicled rusty- 
.mentose, flowers sessile, male calyx 4-5-lobed or -partite, stamens 3-4, 
Cupular lobed and subglobose, ovary glabrous, fruit very shortly pedi- 
1n. diam. orbicular compressed, stigmas subterminal. A. coriaceum, 
