622 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEiE (HUTCHINSON). [CleistO/nthtLS . 



ovary in the middle of the staminal column, often divided. Female 

 flower : Calyx less deeply divided than that of the male. Disk 

 double, the inner part cupular, surrounding the ovary. Ovary 3- 

 celled ; styles distinct, bifid ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule globose 

 or depressed-globose, often 3-lobed, splitting into three 2-valved cocci. 

 Seeds 2 in each cell (or 1 by abortion) ; albumen scanty ; cotyledons 

 thick and fleshy, rarely thin, often more or less plicate. — Trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves alternate, tertiary nerves reticulate. Flowers small, in 

 axillary fascicles or very short racemes. 



Species about 50, mostly Indiini and Miilayan, a few in New Caledonia, Australiat 

 and Madjigascar. 



Pedicels ^-1 in. long 1. C. Holtzii. 



Pedicels 1-2 lin. long. 



Petiils absent from the male flowei-s. 



Leaves oviite, \\~- in. broad; male sepals and 



Ciipsule glabrous . . . . , 2. C. caudafus. 



Leaves' oblong-lanceolate, |^— 1 in. broad; mMle 



sepals and capsule pubescent . . . . 3. C. apetalus. 



Petals present in the male flowers. 



Flowers monoecious ; leaves 5-6 in. long . . 4. C bipinden.ns. 



Flowers dioecious ; leaves 2—4 in. long. 



Bracts densely j)nhoscent, snbpersi stent, lA— 2 



lin. long; acumen of the leaves 3-t) lin. long 5. C. polystachyu.t. 

 Bracts glabrescent, deciduous, 1 lin. long ; 



acumen of the leaves 7-9 lin. long . . 6. C libericus. 



1. C. Holtzii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 77. A large tree; 

 branches slightly sulcate, greyish, glabrous; young branches shortly 

 pubescent, almost tomentose at the tips. Leaves oblong or oblong- 

 elliptic, obtuse and rounded or sometimes very slightly and gradually 

 acuminate, base slightly rounded, 1-3^ in. long, ^-Ij in. broad,, 

 membranous or thinly chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral 

 nerves 4-8 on each side, prominent on both surfaces ; petiole rugose, 

 sparingly pubescent, 2-3 lin. long; stipules deciduous. Flowers monoe- 

 cious. Racemes many-flowered, female flowers few, chiefly towards the 

 base ; pedicels slender, up to 1 in. long, puberulous. l^uds ellipsoid, 

 obtuse, about 2 lin. long, sparingly puberulous. Male flowers much 

 more numerous than the female : Sepals oblong, very slightly hooded and 

 subacute at the apex, 2 lin. long, puberulous outside. Petals oblong, 

 almost terete, J lin. long. Disk glabrous. Filaments J lin. long ; anthers 

 1^ lin. long. Rudimentary ovary small, glabrous, 3- partite, branches 

 concave on the inside. Female flowers : Sepals slightly longer than in 

 the male. Petals spathulate, toothed at the apex. Disk glabrous. 

 Ovary subglobose, ij lin. in diam., glabrous; styles 3, shortly bifid, 

 glabrous, lobes spreading. Fruit deeply 3-lobed, about J in. long ; 

 exocarp crustaceous, slightly wrinkled, glabrous and somewhat dull ; 

 endocarp horny. Seeds solitary, somewhat irregular in shape, about 

 2 lin. in diam. — C. Johnsonii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 

 380. 



