420 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Calodepas. 
TINNEYELLY HILLS ; in forests, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. 
A tree. Leaves 5-7 in., thinly coriaceous, greenish when dry, base acute or 
contracted and subcordate ; petiole rarely } in., seurfy ; stipules subulate, lacerate. 
Male spikes 4-5 in. long, slender. Sepals 4. Stamens 4-5; filaments dilated up- 
wards with angular shoulders, connate below and adnate to the pistillode ; anther- 
cells divaricate. Fem. racemes short, few-fld. Sepals 5, concave, tomentose. Ovary 
pubescent. Capsule X in. diam., 3-lobed, stellately pubescent, fruiting broadly 
ovate, 
3. C. ferrugineum ; branches petioles and capsules rusty-tomentose, 
leaves petioled linear-oblong obtusely acuminate quite entire base rounded 
fem. calyx closely embracing the young globose fruit. 
Maracoa, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5017). 
Leaves 3-4 by 1-1} in., thin but stiff, dark brown and almost shining above when 
dry, with the nerves all raised, beneath a little pubescent, red-brown with 10-12 pairs 
of raised nerves and parallel cross-nervules; petiole 4-1 in. Racemes very short. 
Male fl. very minute; sepals 5, broad, villous; stamens with very short stout fila- 
ments greatly thickened in the middle; anther-cills ovoid, pendulous, diverging ; 
pistillode broadly conical. Fem. calyx very thick, globose, densely stellate to- 
mentose, valvately 3-lobed, crowned with the large densely branched corolliform 
stigmas, 
4. C.? longifolium, Hook. f., branchlets petioles and spikes tomentose, 
leaves very shortly petioled linear-lanceolate acuminate subserrate strongly 
reticulate beneath, male fl. in small clusters on axillary peduncles, calyx 
stellately pubescent cup-shaped valvately 3-5-lobed, stamens 4-5, filaments 
connate below in a fleshy cup, free part triangular, anthers didymous 
horizontal. 
PERAK ; at Larut, King’s Collector. 
A tree, 20-30 ft. Leaves 6-10 by 1-1} in., thinly coriaceous, base rounded ; 
nerves 12-16 pairs, raised on both surfaces, strong beneath with strong cross-nervules ; 
petiole stout, 3-4 in. ; stipules very slender. Spikes 1-3 in., rachis stout; flowers 
very minute, ebracteate. 
49. ALCHORNEA, Swartz. 
‘Trees or shrubs, more or less pubescent. Leaves alternate, entire or 
toothed, 3-5-pli- or penni-nerved, sometimes stipellate and usually glandular 
at the base above. Flowers small, clustered on simple or panicled terminal 
spikes or racemes, diœcious or moneecious, apetalous ; bracts minute. Dis 
usually 0. Mate rr. Calyx globose, splitting into 2-4 valvate segments. 
Stamens 6-8 or indefinite, filaments free or connate at the base; anthers 
dorsifixed, cells parallel or diverging. Pistillode 0. Fem. rL. Sepals 3-6, 
imbricate. Ovary 2-3- rarely 4-celled ; styles distinct, often very long, 
linear, entire, 2-fid or sparingly lobed; ovules 1 in each cell. Capsule of 2-3 
2-valved crustaceous cocci. Seeds subglobose, estrophiolate, testa crusta- 
ceous, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat.—Species about 30, tropical. 
. Sect. I. STIPELLARIA. Leaves triple-nerved, stipellate. Female sepals 
9-8. Disk O. Stamens 7-8, Styles tiliform. 
.. d; A. mollis, Muel/. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 168, and in DC. Prodr. xv. 
11. 902; pubescent or tomentose, leaves long-petioled orbicular or broadly 
ovate cuspidate dentate or serrate pellucidly dotted, base rounded or cordate, 
ovary tomentose, capsules globose faintly 3-lobed smooth densely pubes- 
cent, seeds as broad as long dorsally compressed rugose. Stipellaria mo lis, 
