Cletdio7i.'\ EuphorbiacecB. 69* 



valvate; stam. very numerous, inserted on a conical receptacle, 

 fil. distinct, anth. 4, locellate; pistillode o; fern. fl. : — sep. 3-5, 

 imbricate ; ov. 2-3-celled, with one ovule in each cell, styles 

 2-3, each bifid, with long branches ; fr. capsular, of 2-3 

 2-valved cocci ; seeds subglobose, testa coriaceous, endosperm 

 fleshy, cotyledons broad. — Sp. 13; 2,m Fl. B. Ind. 



Petioles long i. L. javanicum. 



Petioles short 2. C. NITIDUM. 



1. C javanicum, Bl. Bijdr. 613 (1825). Okuru, S. 

 Thw. Enum. 272. Muell. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 987, C. P. 656. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 444. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 272. 



A small tree ; bark pale yellowish-grey, smooth ; young 

 parts glabrous ; 1. alt. or subopp., 3-6 in., oval or lanceolate, 

 acute at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, crenate-serrate or 

 nearly entire, glabrous, rather thick, dark green, paler beneath; 

 petiole i-\\ in., slender, thickened at summit; male fl. very 

 small, shortly stalked, in short terminal spicate racemes, buds 

 globose ; fem. much larger, solitary, on long, thick, axillary 

 peduncles ; male fl. : — sep. 3 or 4, acute, reflexed ; fil. slightly 

 connate at base, anth.-cells short, didymous, connective slightly 

 produced; fem. fl. : — sep. 3-5, imbricate; ov. globose, some- 

 what 2-lobed; styles 2, very long, each again split into 2 long, 

 spreading, filiform arms ; fr. rather large, nearly i in. diam., 

 didymous, tipped with persistent styles, lobes nearly globose, 

 each splitting down back into 2 valves ; seed nearly \ in., 

 globose, grey mottled with brown. 



Moist region to 2000 ft. ; rather rare. Kaduganawa ; Hantane. Fl. 

 March ; green. 



E. Bengal, Burma, S. India, Andaman Is., Java. 



The seeds have an aril when young. The fruit is always 2-lobed in 

 Ceylon, as described by all authors; 'tridymous' in Fl. B. Ind. is, no 

 doubt, a misprint for ' didymous.' 



2. C nltiduzn, Thw. ex Ktirs, For. Fl. Burm. ii. 391 (1877). 



Mallotiis niiidiis, Muell. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 979. C. P. 3930 (2469). 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 444. 



A small tree, with slender branches; bark whitish, marked 

 with leaf-scars ; young parts glabrous ; 1. alt., '^\-6 in., oval," 

 acute at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, obscurely crenate- 

 serrate, glabrous and shining on both sides, rather thin ; 

 petiole very short; male fl. sessile in distant clusters on long,, 

 slender, axillary spikes; fem. fl. solitary, on long ped. ; sep. 

 short and broad ; styles 3, deeply 2-fid ; fr. not seen. 



