Cluyiia. monoecia gynandria. 731 



A middling sized tree, a native of the forests of Silhet, 

 where it is called Dookesa. It furnishes the natives with 

 hard durable wood, fit for various economical purposes. 

 Flowering time the end of the hot season ; the seed ripens in 

 August and September. 



Twigs straight, slender and smooth. Leaves alternate, 

 bifarious, short- petiolcd, oblong, entire, sub-acuminate, hav- 

 ing the upper surface polished, and the under one glaucous, 

 from four to six inches long, by two and a half broad. 

 Floicers numerous, sessile, small, crowded into little, round, 

 axillary heads, or in little lateral and terminal spikes. Brae- 

 tes numerous amongst the flowers, small and hairy. Cahjx 

 in both male and female five-parted, permanent ; segments 

 tapering and smooth. Petals in both five, generally small- 

 er than the calyx, obcordate, three-toothed. Stamens in the 

 male flowers five, inserted on a column, as in the genus. In 

 the female ones none. Germ superior, the base embraced 

 by a five-toothed cup. Styles and stigmas as in the genus. 

 Capsule short-pedicelled above the permanent calyx, of the 

 size of a cherry, smooth, three-lobed, three-celled, six-valv- 

 ed. Seed solitary, with inverted embryo, as in the other 

 Eftphorbiw. 



3. C. diversifolia. R. 



Leaves sub-sessile, from obovate and obtuse to broad-lan- 

 ceolate and acute, smooth and entire. Stipules ensiform. 

 Flowers axillary, sessile. Petals obovate. Stigmas three- 

 cleft. 



A native of the Malay Islands. 



Branchlets downy. Leaves bifarious, short-petioled, from 

 oblong and obtuse, to broad-lanceolate and acute, all entire 

 and smooth on both sides, from four to five inches long. Sti. 

 pules ensiform, downy. Flowers axillary, male and female 

 mixed, both perfectly sessile, and scarcely longer than the 

 stipules. Male calyx of five acute, erect, smooth segments. 

 Petals five, roundish, obovate, inserted by short claws on the 



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