CIS CXV. EUPHORBIACE^. 



KoNKAN : S. Konkan, common, Bnlzell^- Gihxoii, Talhot. Kanaka: Law I, Sfocksl; 

 evergreen forests near Yellapnr, Talhoi. DisTitiis. India (Bengal, Birnia, Assam, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, China, Malaya, New Caledonia. 



'M. CLEIDION, Blume. 



Glabrous frees. Leaves alternate, usually sinuate-toothed, penni- 

 uerved. Flowers small, monoecious or dioecious , males in long axillary 

 racemi^s ; females 1-2 on a long axillary peduncle. Perianth simple. 

 Male flowehs : Calyx globose, splitting into 3-4 valvate segments. 

 Petals 0. Stamens numerous, in a globose mass on a convex or conical 

 receptacle ; filaments free ; anthers dorsifixed and 4-celled or 2-celled, 

 the cells transversely didymous on a broad connective. Pistillode 0. 

 Female flowebs : Sepals 3-5, imbricate. Petals 0. Ovary 2-3-celled ; 

 ovule 1 in each cell ; styles 2-3-fid, connate below, the arms long, 

 filiform. Capsule of 1-3 two-valved cocci. Seeds subglobose ; testa 

 coriaceous; albumen fleshy; cotyledons broad, flat.— Distrib. Species 

 about 13, tropical. 



1. Cleidion javanicum, Blume, Bijdr. (1825) p. 613. A glabrous 

 evergreen middle-sizeil tree; bark grey, rough with a powdery surface 

 of small raised corky cells (Talhot). I^eaves alternate, coriaceous, 3-6 

 by 1^-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate or subentire, glabrous, 

 dark-green above, pah'r beneath, base acute ; main nerves 5-7 pairs, 

 conspicuous beiu?ath; petioles 1-3 in. long, thickened at the top. Male 

 flowers in long axillary racemes. Calyx globose, splitting into 3—1 

 valvate reflexed segments g in. long, thin, lanceolate, glabrous. Stamens 

 many, on a conical receptncle ; anthers 4-celle(l. Female flowi^rs 

 solitary on a long axillary peduncle 2-4 in. long. Sepals 3-5, short, 

 thick, o\afe. Styles 2, very long, each again divided info 2 spreading 

 filiform arms. Capsules lorge, nearly 1 in. across, smooth, tipped with 

 the persistent styles, 24obed, the lobes nearly globose, each splitting 

 into 2 valves. Seeds | in. in diam., globular, grey mottled with brown. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 444; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 272; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, 

 p. 69; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 316; Woodr. in Journ. l>omb. Nat. 

 v. 12 (1899) p. 372 ; Prain, \\enc;. PI. p. 950 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, 

 v. 2, p. 368. liottlera tirandn, Dalz. in Ivew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 229 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 230.— Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



Z^a/^f// witlioiiL locality in Herb. Kew. ! Ko\kan: Lawl Decoan : riionda Giiat, 

 Stocks], DaheU ij- Gibson. Kanaka: Yacoinbi (N. Kanara), KanUfciu-\, IVondrow; 

 Aiiishi Giiat forests, Talhot, Woodrow. — Distriii. India (Aswun, Chitlagong, Birina, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Java. 



32. MACARANGA, Tli..uars. 



Trees or shrubs. Lt-aves alternate, often large and peltate, entire or 

 lobed, more or less glandular henea'li, 3-many-nerved at the base. 

 Flowers usually dioecious, in axillary racemes or panicles ; males many, 

 clustered ; f(imales oiu' or few to each bract ; bracts often large, entire 

 or toothed. Perianth simple. Male flowers minute. Calyx globose 

 or obovoid ; sepals 3-5, valvjife. Pi^tals (>. Disk 0. Stamens central, 

 1-3, ofteuer 20-30; filaments short, free; anthers terminal, short. 



