622 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). [ Cleistanthus. 
ovary in the middle of the staminal column, often divided. Female 
flower: Calyx less deeply divided than that of the male. Disk 
double, the inner part cupular, surrounding the ovary. Ovary 3- 
celled; styles distinct, bifid; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule globose 
or depressed-globose, often 3-lobed, splitting into three 2-valved cocci. 
Seeds 2 in each cell (or 1 by abortion); albumen scanty ; cotyledons 
thick and fleshy, rarely thin, often more or less plicate.—Trees or 
shrubs, Leaves alternate, tertiary nerves reticulate. Flowers small, in 
axillary fascicles or very short racemes. 
Species about 50, mostly Indian and Malayan, a few in New Caledonia, Australiay 
and Madagascar. 
Pedicels $-1 in. long : : ‘ ; ‘ . 1. C. Holtzis. 
Pedicels 1-2 lin. long, 
Petals absent from the male flowers. 
Leaves ovate, 1}~2 in. broad; male sepals and 
capsule glabrous. : : : : . 2. C. caudatus. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-1 in. broad; male 
sepals and capsule pubescent . 
Petals present in the male flowers. ‘ 
Flowers moneecious ; leaves 5-6 in. long. . 4. C. bipindensis. 
Flowers dicecious; leaves 2—4 in. long. 
Bracts densely pubescent, subpersistent, 13-2 
lin. long; acumen of the leaves 3-6 lin. long 
Bracts glabrescent, deciduous, 1 lin. long ; 
acumen of the leaves 7-9 lin. long. . 6. C. libericus. 
by 
C. apetalus. 
or 
. C. polystachyus. 
1. ©. Holtzii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 77. A large tree; 
branches slightly sulcate, greyish, glabrous; young branches shortly 
pubescent, almost tomentose at the tips. Leaves oblong or oblong- 
elliptic, obtuse and rounded or sometimes very slightly and gradually 
acuminate, base slightly rounded, 1-3} in. long, 3-1} in. baa 
membranous or thinly chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; latera 
nerves 4-8 on each side, prominent on both surfaces ; petiole rugose, 
sparingly pubescent, 2-3 lin. long; stipules deciduous. Flowers see 
cious. Racemes many-flowered, female flowers few, chiefly towards t : 
base; pedicels slender, up to 1 in. long, puberulous. Buds ss 
obtuse, about 2 lin. long, sparingly puberulous. Male flowers moe 
more numerous than the female : Sepals oblong, very slightly hootee 
subacute at the apex, 2 lin. long, puberulous outside. Petals oblong; 
almost terete, 4 lin.long. Disk glabrous. Filaments 3 lin. Jong Rear 
1} lin. long. Rudimentary ovary small, glabrous, 3-partite, branches 
concave on the inside. Hemale flowers: Sepals slightly longer ag 
the male. Petals spathulate, toothed at the apex. Disk eas 
Ovary subglobose, 1} lin. in diam., glabrous; styles 3, shortly bitte, 
glabrous, lobes spreading. Fruit deeply 3-lobed, about 3 12. pene 
exocarp crustaceous, slightly wrinkled, glabrous and somewhat . ie 
endocarp horny. Seeds solitary, somewhat irregular in son Yi +909 
2 lin. in diam.—C. Johnsonii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 
380. 
