Stipellaria.'] euphorbiace/r. 305 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, broad. Kacemes terminal or from the old 



nodes. 



A small genus, confined to tropical Asia. 



1. S. trewioides, Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 3. A shrub or tree, 

 the young branches pubescent. Leaves broadly cordate, long-acuminate, irre- 

 gularly serrate, 4 to 6 in. long, glabrous when old, except on the veins, and 

 often turning red. Male racemes about 3 in. long, the flowers 4 to 8 toge- 

 ther in distant clusters. Sepals about 1 line long, concave. Female racemes 

 longer and stouter. Flowers solitary in the axil of a small bract. Sepals 

 5 or 6, lanceolate-subulate, 1\ to 2 lines long. Styles \ in. long. Capsule 

 hoary. 



Common in low grounds, Champion and others. Not known out of the island. 



7. CLAOXYLON, A. Juss. 



Mowers dioecious or rarely monoecious, in spikes or racemes. Perianth 

 calyx-like, without petals. Male flowers : Calyx of 3 or 4 segments, valvate 

 in the bud. Stamens indefinite. Anther-cells distinct, erect. Female flowers: 

 Calyx 3-lobed, with glands alternating with its lobes. Ovary 2- or 3-celled, 

 with 1 ovule in each cell. Styles free to the base, reflexed, plumose inside. 

 Capsule not muricate, divided into 2-valved cocci. — Trees or shrubs, glabrous 

 or tomentose. Leaves alternate, undivided. Spikes or racemes axillary, 

 loose. 



A considerable genus, spread over the tropical regions of the Old World. 



1. C. parviflorum, A. Juss. in Spreny. Syst. iii. 906 ; Hook, and Am. 

 Bot. Beech. 212. A shrub, softly tomentose in the young parts. Leaves 

 stalked, from broadly ovate-cordate to oval-oblong, with a cuneate base, 6 to 

 8 in. long, obtuse or acute, usually irregularly toothed, nearly glabrous and 

 green when full-grown. Spikes tomentose, the males slender, 4 in. to 1 ft. 

 long, the flowers small, several together in distant clusters. Female spikes 2 

 to 3 in. Capsules 3 lines diameter, softly tomentose, often reddish. — C. indi- 

 cum, Endl. ; Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. pars ii. 385. C. spiciflorus, A. Juss. in 

 Baill. Euph. 493. 



Hongkong, Hance, Wright ; in woods at Little Hongkong, Wilford. Widely diffused 

 over eastern India, the Archipelago, and the Pacific isles. 



8. HANCE A, Seem. 

 (Axenfeldia, Baill. Echinocroton, F. 3tuell.) 



Flowers monoecious, in spikes or racemes. Perianth calyx-like, without 

 petals or glands. Male flowers : Calyx of 3 or 4 segments, valvate in the 

 bud. Stamens indefinite. Anther-cells distinct, laterally attached above the 

 middle. F male flowers : Calyx of 4 to 6 narrow segments. Ovary 3-celled, 

 with 1 ovule in each cell. Capsule muricate or echinate, dividing into 2- 

 valved cocci. — Shrubs or trees, glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, undi- 

 vided, all or the upper ones opposite, or opposed to the spikes or branches. 

 Spikes terminal or leaf-opposed. 



A small tropical genus, limited to Asia and Australia. Tt is closely allied to Mottlera. 



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