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Deccaii : Central Provinces; Klianchva District, Bag^liwaiipur, 

 DutUe 8413; Nagpur District, Khnt, Duthie 10,555, Tulara Hill, 

 Kalha Pershad 31,611 ; Surnrpur, Haines 3681. 



This ^species lias been confounded with E. dracuncjiloides. 



Lamk.^ and witli E, Rothiann, Spreng. 



Euphorbia (PSectio nova) clavidigitata, 6^a^i9; a speciebiis 



aliis indicis involnerorum segnientis ghuidiiliferis digitatis 

 omnino distincta. 



TIerha tenuis, vagans, ad 60 cm. diffusa. Radian tenuis, fili^ 

 forinis, circa 1 mm. diametro, frequenter ramosa. Caiiles pauei, 

 filiformes, parce et dichotome ramosi, teretes, glabri, leves, circa 

 1-2 mm. diametro, internodiis 4-6 cm. longis, nodis leviter 

 prominentibus, ramis panels tenuissimis. Folia opposita, sub- 

 sessilia, stipulata, coriacea, lineari-lanceolata, l-5-4'5 cm. longa, 

 2—5 mm. lata, xitrinque viridia et sub lente minute punctata^ supra 

 glabra, infra minute et parce setulose puberula, apice acuta, 

 mucronulata, margine levoluta, scabridulose serrulata, basi 

 inaequilatera liter subsemiaurlculata ; costa media in paglna 

 superiore impressa, in pagina inferiore prominens ; nervi basilares 

 obscuri; nervi laterales in costae mediae utraque parte circa 20, 

 brevissimi, ad marginem leviter excurvati, arborescenter ramosi 

 et regulariter anastomosantes ; nervuli ultimi caeci ; stipulae intei'-' 

 petiolares, minutae, aculeatae. Involucra in cymis A^el racemulis 

 terminalibus vel axillaribus brevibus congestis parvis sub- 

 capituliformibus bracteatis disposita ; cymae 0'5-l'5 cm, longae, 



0-6— 1*2 cm. latae ; bracteae foliaceae, 1-5-5 mm. longae. Involucra 

 in quaque cyma 3-8, pedicellata, turbinata ; pedicelli 1 mm. long}, 

 teretes, breviter puberuli; inA^olucrum circ^ 2 mm. longum et vix 

 2 mm. latum, extra et intus prope fauces breviter puberulum; 

 lobi 5, quam glandulae breviores vel glandulas aequantes, late 

 ovati, vix 1 mm. lati, extra breviter puberuli, intus minute et 

 parce setulosi, ciliolati, apice fimbriato-dentati ; segmenta 

 glandulifera 4, subaequalia, sepaloidea, membranacea, breviter 

 oblonga vel oblongo-cuneata, circa 1 mm. longa, extra glabra, 

 intus parce puberula, plus minusve in lobulos 5-7 digitiformes 

 subaequales fissa, lobulo quocunque glandula minuta peltata 

 corona to. Flores 6 circa 20, pedicellis tenuibus teretibus glabris 

 cum bracteolis elongatis plus minusve laceratis mixtis. Capsida 

 matura pyramidaliter trigona, puberula, circa 2-5 mm. diametro; 

 cocci subcarinati ; styli tenues, fere ad basem liberi, circa 1-5 mm. 

 longi, breviter bifidi ; stigmata leviter incrassata, Semina 

 subtrigono-ovoidea, vix 2 mm. longa, ecarunculata, rubro- 

 brunnea, in ventre subexcavata, basi obtusa, apice subacuta. 



BtJKMA. Pegu Yomab, in ''Eng'' Forest, Kurz 1579; 

 Hanthawaddy district, Lahamange, Lace 2900. 



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Cleistanthiis hirsutopetalus, Gage; a speciebus aliis malay- - 

 anis petalis extra longe birsutis distincta. 



Arbor circa 10 m. alta. Ravruli tenues, teretes, glabri, lenticel- 

 lati, fusco-brunnei, 2-3 mm, crassi. Folioram lamina anguste 

 ovato-elliptiea vel lanceolata, coriacea, 7-18 cm. longa, 3-5-5 cm- 

 lata, apice subcaudate acuminata, margine integro, basi rotun- 

 data vel subcuneata et in costae .mediae ufraquc parte minute ^ 



