204. 
Dupont, 107, without flowers or fruit, probably belong to this 
species. 
1625. se Saw age aes Hutchinson {| EKuphorbia- 
ceae-Phyllantheae]; affinis P. anomalo, Muell.-Arg., sed foliis 
apice abe Nth sacle oO multo brevioribus differt. 
Arbor parva, ligno molli (Dupont); ramuli gee cinerei vel 
purpurascentes, hornotini glaucescentes, glabri. Folia obovata 
vel obovato-elliptica, apice “yotundata, basin versus sensim atten- 
uata, 2°5-9 em. longa, 1-5-4°5 em. lake; primum tenuiter demum 
firme chartacea, integra, sicco cinereo- vel fiavo-viridia, distincte 
nervosa sed obscure reticulata, glabra; costa plerumque straminea, 
supra suleata, infra prominens; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-9, 
costa sub angulo iad abeuntes, utrinque prominuli; petioli 4- 8 
u ongi, rugulosi, glabri. / lores dioici, axillares, Go dense fas- 
ciculati, breviter pobtaiias Q paucifasciculati vel rare subsoli- 
tarii. Flores of: pedicelli usque ad 4 mm. longi. glabri; bracteae 
exteriores coriaceae, ps RAE ay ad 3 mm. diametro, interi- 
ores oblongae, apice rotundatae, subhylinae ; ‘sepala 4, oblongo- 
elliptica, 25 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata, glabra; disci glandulae 
transverse oblongo- -ellipsoideae, discretae mt fere ana fila- 
menta libera, 1-5 mm. longa; antherae oblongae, 1 mm. ongae, 
ener dehiscentes. Flores Q: vedeelli usque ad (in 
fructu) 1-5 cm. longi, apicem versus leviter incrassati, angulares ; 
SAB 4, they alee late ovata vel oblongo-ovata, apice rotun- 
data, dorso carinata, 2-2-5 mm. longa, marginem versus hyalino- 
membranacea ; discus patelliformis, obscure. crenulatus; ovarium 
ampulliforme, glabrum, stigmatibus eats A 4 reflexis subu- 
lato-lanceolatis carnosis cronatum. "ructus dicoccus, ambitu sub- 
globosus, 6-7 mm. diametro, glaber. Sehbiha triquetra, laevia, 
dorso- convexa, lateralibus fore: plana, brunnae ,4 mm. longa, 3 
mm. lata. 
Mascarene Istanps. Aldabra, W. . Abbott; H. P. Thom- 
asset; Dupont 66, 112, 116; Fryer ess "87 
According to Dupont this is a . tree with a soft wood, the 
leaves of which are eaten by tortois 
1626. Cluytiandra peltata, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae- 
ebypentheae| inter species adhuc descriptas foliis peltatis dis- 
tinctissim. 
i amosus; ramuli laxe foliati; cinereo-virides, compresso- 
angulati, glabri. Folia longe petiolata, peltata, ovata vel ovato- 
lenceo a subacuta, basi rotundata, 2-4 em. longa, 1-2 em. lata, 
tenuiter chartacea vel fere ihembratisces; glabra ; nervi laterales 
utrinsecus 7-8, a costa sub angulo lato abeuntes, utrinque 
ter, Q demum longissime petiela Flores ee vocal i fili- 
mm. longi; oblongo-ovata, 1 mm. longa, 
abra; discus patelliforsais, erenulatus; stamina 5, fila- 
mentis fere liberis; ovarii rudimentum minutum, trilobulatum. 
