Claoxylon.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 413 
8. C. Wightii, Hook. f.; shrubby, sparsely softly hispid, leaves 
ovate- or oblong-lanceolate obtuse subentire or crenate, racemes numerous 
filiform flexuous hairy, stamens 6-9 subsessile, ovary hispid with 3 ligulate 
and very short fimbriate styles.— Wall. Cat. 7747. 
TRAVANCORE; at Courtallam, Wight; Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. 
Branches terete, slender, woody, younger together with the petioles and racemes 
laxly clothed with soft tawny hairs. Leaves 2-3 in., membranous, base acute; nerves 
4-6 pair, very slender, midrib often fulvous-hairy beneath; petiole 3-1 in., slender, 
Racemes numerous, 1-2 in. long; bracts minute, lanceolate, vilious ; male fl. with 
globose hairy buds 35-45 in. diam., on capillary pedicels as long. Stamens mixed with 
a few unequal hyaline scales. Capsule about `} in. diam., 3-lobed, hispid, cocci thinly 
crustaceous. Seeds globose, smooth, dotted with shallow white pits. 
9. C. Beddomei, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate 
acuminate entire or coarsely serrate, racemes filiform strict, males with 
very distant bracts each containing a short spikelet of densely imbricating 
racteoles from the axils of which the pedicelled male fl. arise, stamens 
15-20, anther-cells linear, ovary glabrous with 3 ligulate scales and long 
fimbriate styles. 
TRAVANCORE; on the Anamallay Hills, Beddome. . 
Branches terete, slender, woody, youngest shoots hispid. . Leaves 4-6 in., mem- 
branous, base acute; nerves 8-10 pairs, very slender; petiole j-1$ in. slender. 
Racemes long-peduncled ; bracts minute, lanceolate; spikelets ;5,—3 in. long; brac- 
teoles lanceolate, green, ciliolate. Stamens without scales or glands; anthers subses- 
sile, cells much longer than in the other species, quite free except at the very base. 
Capsule } in, diam., glabrous, cocci thinly crustaceous. Seeds foveolate. 
10. C. hirsutum, Hook.f. ; shrubby, villously hirsute with tawny hairs, 
leaves lanceolate acuminate subcrenate villous on both surfaces, stamens 
about 8, anthers short. 
TRAVANCORE ; on the Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. 
. Branches rather stout, terete, woody. Leaves 3-5 in., villous on both surfaces, 
pith dense softer longer hairs beneath; nerves 4-6 pair; petiole }-1} in. Racemes 
2-3 in. long, filiform, clothed with soft spreading hairs; bracts distant, with clusters 
of minute shortly pedicelled male flowers. Calyx 3-4 lobed, filaments longer than 
the anthers.—I have seen but one specimen, a male. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 
11. c. longipetiolatum, Kurz For. FI. ii. 396 ; leaves 4-8 in. long- 
petioled elliptic- to ovate-oblong shortly finely acuminate subcrenate or 
toothed base acute obtuse or subcordate slightly pubescent beneath, peto e 
5 in., racemes hispid, capsules deeply 3-lobed hirsute with soft prickles, 
cocci the size of a pea. 
Prov, Marrapan and the ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. 
I A shrub or small tree, 8-15 ft.; stem fistulose ; shoots appressed folium 
ve 1 e H u " mbie . 
except in the fy imperfect specimens in young flower; they rese 
12. C. leucocar z For. Fl. ii. 896; leaves broadly ovate 
obtusely acuminate a “foot lous and almost as broad 3-5-nerved at the 
rounded or subcordate base repand-toothed scabrid above stellate-pubescent 
ineath, petiole 3-8 in., racemes stellate-tomentose, capsules the size of a 
avid 2-4-lobed fleshy-coriaceous softly stellately hispid, seeds ovoid- 
Slobose smooth 1 in. diam. enveloped in a white aril. 
