574 CXV. EUPHORBIACE.i:. 



ses^inents triangular-ovate, acute, connate at the base. Petals of male 

 tlowersorbicMilar-rliomboid, tbose of female flowers yV-yV ^"- long, ovate, 

 acute. Styles 2, distinct, -jjL in. long, shortly and bluntly 2-fid. Drupe 

 globose, y in. in diam., seated on the unaltered calyx, black. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 5, p. 271; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. ccii ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 298 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369. 

 — Flowers : Aug.-Nov. 



Prain (Beng. PI. p. 927) unites this with B. montcma, Willcl., but the 

 difference between that species and the specimens of B. I/a mil Ionia na 

 from W. India is so marked that I doubt if he could ha\ c had any 

 Bombay specimens to examine. 



KoNKAN : Law], Lamheri \, Dahell\, SfocJcsl; Shvivardliaii (Colaba districts), 

 Woodrowl; Matberan, CuoJcel, Woodrou\ Gujarat: ^rc?»V/^'wr!— Distimb. India 

 (Beliar, W. Peninsula). 



4. CLEISTANTHUS, Hook. f. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, bifarious, entire. Flowers monoe- 

 cious, small or minute, in axillary clusters or spikes, all sessile or the 

 females shortly pedicellate. Male flowers: Calyx-segments 5, valvate. 

 Petals 5, short, scale-like, stalked or spathulate. Disk broad, entire or 

 sinuate. Stamens 5; filaments connate below in a central column, 

 bearinf a pyramidal or 3-lobed pistil lode, free and spreading above ; 

 anther-cells ]iarallel. Female flowers : Calyx less deeply lobed than 

 in the male, cupular under the ovary. Disk double, the iiiner conic or 

 turbinate, more or less enclosing the young ovary. Ovary 3 (rarely 4)- 

 celled, usually clothed \\\t\\ long hairs ; ovules 2 in each cell ; styles 3, 

 free, 2-iid. Fruit a sessile or stipitate subglobose or depressed capsule 

 with three 2-valved cocci. Seeds witho\it an aril or arillode ; albumen 

 copious or scanty ; cotyledons thin or fleshy, often folded. — Distrib. 

 Tropical India, Malaya, Africa; species about 30. 



1. Cleistanthus malabaricus, MndJ. Arg. in DC. Prodr. v. 15, 



part 2 (18ti()) p. HOS. A large shrub or small Iree ; young branches 

 densely rufous-villous. Leaves 2^-6 by {^-^^ in., oblanceolate, acuuii- 

 nate, glabrous or slightly hairy above, glaucous and thinly hairy benealh, 

 narrowed iido a short rufous-villous petiole less than y^ in. long; main 

 nerves (J-IO pairs, arched; stipules |-4 in. long, linear- lanceolate. 

 Flowers few, in axillary clusters. Calyx of female flowers J-J in. long, 

 fdabrous : segments lanceolate, acute, connate at the base. Petals of 

 female flowers ,'j in. long, obovate, clawed. Capsules more than \ in. 

 Ion", sparsely fidvous-hairy, 3 (sometimes l)-celled {Ta/hot), deeply 

 3-lobed at the top and sides, subglobose. Seetls rugose, 3-angled. Fl. 

 B. 1. V. i^, ]). 27*> ; Bedd. For. Man. in 1^'lor. Sylvat. p. cciii ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 299 : Woodr. in .lourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 369; Watt, Diet. Kcon. Prod. v. 2, p. 369. — Flowers: Nov.-.Tan. 



J9(7/rc// widiuut locality in Hei'l). Kew. ! Konkak : Stoc/csl, Law\ Kanaka: Law]; 

 in the evergreen f'orcBls of N. Kanara, naually near stream.s and rivers, Talhoi ; Falls 

 of (jaivsoppa, connnoii near tlic river-baidi above the great fall; 7'rt /Ac/ ! — Distrib. 

 India (\V. iVninsula;. 



