412 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) ^ [Claoxylon. 
Sect. II. Fem. fl. without hypogynous scales. Anthers sessile in several 
series around the margin of a flat naked receptacle. 
5. C. anomalum, Hook. f.; leaves long-petioled oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate subserrate glabrous base very acute 2-glandular, racemes very 
short dense-fid. 
TRAVANCORE; at Courtallam, Wight. 
Branches slender, terete, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in., membranous; petiole 3-2 in., 
very slender. Male and fem. racemes 3-1 in., very shortly peduncled ; flowers 4 in. 
diam., subtomentose. Anthers very numerous, quite sessile, imbricating ; cells short, 
diverging, truncate when dehisced. Ovary tomentose.—I have only one male and one 
fem. specimen of this singular species. 
Sect. III. Fem. fl. with 3 ligulate or oblong hypogynous scales alter- 
nating with the carpels. Racemes very slender in all. Micrococca, Benth 
6. C. Mercurialis, Thwaites Enum. 271 ; annual, herbaceous, nearly 
glabrous, leaves ovate obtuse crenate, racemes numerous capillary glabrous, 
stamens few or many, ovary hirsute with 3 linear scales. Muell. Arg. in 
DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 790. Mercurialis alternifolia, Desv. in-Lamk. Encycl. iv. 
120; Baill, Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 490, and Rec. Obs. Bot.i. 76; Grah. 
Cat. Bomb. Pl. 186. Microstachys Mercurialis, Benth. in Hook. Niger 
Flora 503; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 927. Tragia Mercurialis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 
Ed. 3, 1391 (excl. var. B. and syns.); Roxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 576; Wall. Cat. 
7790.— Plukenet Lconogr. t. 205, f. 4. 
BEHAR; at Monghir, Wallich. The Deccan PENINSULA, in cultivated ground’ 
common. Burma, Wallich. CEYLON; very common.—Distris. Arabia an 
Tropical Africa. 
Stem 6-24 in., stout or slender, soft, pale, often much branched, minutely pubes- 
cent with soft long hairs. Leaves 1-11 in.; base acute or obtuse, rarely cordate ; 
nerves 4-5 pair, slender ; petiole 3-2 in.,.very slender. Racemes equalling or exceeding 
the leaves; bracts very remote ; flowers short- or long-pedicelled, fem. usually solitary 
with several males. Sepals glabrous, Stamens very variable in number, rarely only 
3, often 5-10, sometimes very numerous in a globose mass in a nearly naked recep- 
tacle ; anthers nearly sessile, cells short, dehiscence extrorse. Fem. fl. about 7's in. 
diam. Capsule 3 in, diam., glabrous or sparsely hairy, tridymous, depressed ; stigmas 
Mat phort, fimbriate; cocci globose, thinly crustaceous. Seeds pale brown, deeply 
7. C. oligandrum, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 104, and in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 784; shrubby, nearly glabrous, leaves long-petioled from 
ovate- to linear-lanceolate entire or serrate acuminate, racemes filiform 
longer than the leaves, flowers minute males arising from distant minute 
spikelets of imbricating bracteoles, stamens 5-18, ovary silky with 3 linear 
hypogynous scales. C. longifolium, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 493 (in 
part); Thwaites Enum. 271 (excl. syn. Blume). 
CEYLON ; in the Central Province, ascending to 5000 ft. 
A branching shrub, branches and petioles rarely pubescent. Leaves 3-8 by $13 iD. 
rather membranous, very rarely puberulous beneath; base obscurely 2-glandular, 
acute, rarely obtuse ; nerves suberect; petiole 1-21 in. Racemes solitary, curved or 
flexuous; spikelets very distant, 5}, jj in. long; pedicels about as long or less. Fila- 
ments short, mixed with stipitate radiating glands. Capsule very small ; cocci globose: 
—Mueller distinguishes as a variety a form with leaves obtuse at the base and few 
(5-8) stamens, but acute and obtuse based leaves occur on the same specimen, and the 
number of stamens varies excessively, 
