426 CXXXV. EvuPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Caelodiscus. 
Burma; at Segain and Yenanghur, Wallich, Griffith.—DrisTRIB. Yunan. " 
A shrub; branches very stout, herbaceous. Leaves obtuse or acute, base 4 use 
or rounded, above pubescent, at length scaberulous; nerves 4-6 pair above the asl 
nearly straight and reticulated, cross-nervules all very strong; petiole 2-3 eo in. 
stipules linear. Male racemes 3-4 in., peduncled ; bracts subulate ; flowers "id 
diam.,stellately villous, sepals acute ; stamens very numerous, mixed with long eid 
anthers orbicular, connectives broad, cells touching above and below. Fem. spikes 
short, dense-fld. Capsule about $ in. diam, cocci thin. Seeds small, smooth. 
Kurz describes the leaves as having occasionally an acute lobe on each side. 
3. C. hirsutulus, Kurz For. Fi. ii. 393; branchlets hispid, leaves 
very long petioled orbicular-cordate entire or repand-toothed 5—¢-plinerver 
sparingly hispid on both surfaces with long white scattered hairs, ma o 
spikes short sessile dense-fld., flowers tawny tomentose, stamens sur 
rounding a central area. Mallotus longipes, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxw. 
193, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 969. 
Peau; from Prome, Wallich, to Irawaddi, Kurz. " 
A low simple-stemmed deciduous-leaved shrub or undershrub, branchlets eony 
pressed. Leaves 5-7 in. diam., thinly coriaceous, sparingly and obscurely oon 
dotted beneath ; nerves 3—4 pair above the basal, very strong beneath with s rong 
cross-nervules and reticulations; petiole 1 foot, stout, hispid. Male spikes à in.j 
buds globose; stamens very many.—Description chiefly from Kurz. 
4. C. glabriusculus, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 393; branchlets slender DA 
berulous, leaves glabrous broadlv elliptie rarely ovate subentire 3-plinerv 
base rounded or cordate eglandular, male spikes very short oblong or globose, 
flowers tawny-tomentose, stamens surrounding a central area. 
Prev and MARTABAN, Kurz. : 
A small deciduous-leaved shrub; branchlets compressed. Leaves 3-6 by 2-5 "M 
thinly coriaceous, rarely ovate-lanceclate, glabrous on both surfaces except t le 
midrib above when young (sparingly hirsute beneath, Kurz); nerves slender; potio" 
1-4 in., stellately pubescent, at length glabrous; stipulessetaceous. Sepals glabro 
within and orange-coloured. Stamens very numerous.— Description chiefly from 
Kurz. 
5. C. longipes, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 393; branchlets pubescent, leaves 
very long-petioled from orbicular to elliptic-obovate cordate 5-9-plinerv? 
entire or sinuate crenate glabrous above and beneath except the stellate y 
pubescent at length glabrous nerves eglandular, petiole tomentose, racemes 
pubescent, flowers long pedicelled tawny-tomentose, ovary 2-3-celled, cap 
sules very long pedicelled tridymous shortly muricate. 
Prev to MARTABAN and AVA, Kurz, 1 
A low deciduous-leaved shrub, 1-2 ft., rootstock stout strong, shoots dense Y 
pubescent, branchlets compressed. Leaves 3-4 in. long and often as broad, "lar 
branous, young stellately pubescent, nerves slender; petiole }-3 in. Racemes di we 
or from the base of the stem, or supra-axillary ; flowers orange-yellow 5 wn itely 
1-3 in., pubescent ; stamens very numerous, glabrous; ovary muricate and stel n , 
hispid ; stigmas sessile, crimson, papillose, Capsules } iu. diam., peduncle stout 2-4) ue, 
cocci thickly erustaceous, densely stellately hispid. Seeds subspherical, brown, oe once 
aril white fleshy.— Description chiefly from Kurz. The short petioles, and abse 
of long hairs on the leaf and inflorescence distinguish this at once from hirsutulus, 
which is Mueller’s Mallotus longipes. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. m 758; 
C. sPEciosus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 154, and in DC. Prodr. xv. S nOg 
branches and petioles flocculently tomentose, leaves alternate 44-7} in. mem 
