318 euphorbiacEjK. [Antidesma. 



1. A. Bunius, Spreng. ; Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. ser. 3, xv. 186; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 819. A tree, usually quite glabrous, Leaves oblong, obtuse, acute, 

 or shortly acuminate, 4 to 5 in. long, or sometimes more, somewhat coria- 

 ceous and shining, on petioles of 3 or 4 lines. Male spikes slender, interrupted, 

 4 to 6 in. long. Stamens usually 3 or 4. Female raceme much shorter. 

 Flowers nearly sessile. Fruits about 3 lines long, on pedicels of 1 to \\ lines. 



Hongkong, Champion. In the Philippines and the Indian Archipelago. 



2. A. japonicum, Sieb. and Zucc. Fam. Nat. Fl. Jap. ii. 88. A shrub or 

 small tree, glabrous, or the young parts very slightly pubescent. Leaves usually 

 ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acuminate, sinuate, \\ to 2 in. long, but some- 

 times short and ovate, or linear or narrow-oblong, and 3 in. long, rather thin, 

 but shining, narrowed into a short petiole. Male spikes seldom 1 in. long, 

 several together in the upper axils, or in a short terminal panicle. Stamens 3. 

 Female racemes slender, solitary, about 1 in. long. Drupes small, on pedi- 

 cels of about 1 line. 



In the Happy Valley, Champion; in low grounds, Wi/fordj also Hance and Wright. In 

 Japan. 



2. A. paniculatum, Roxb., Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. ser. 3, xv. 288 : 

 Wight, Ic. t. 8 20. A shrub or small tree, the young branches, leaves, and 

 inflorescence softly pubescent or tomentose. Leaves obovate, broadly elliptical 

 or nearly orbicular, very obtuse, 1\ to 2^- or rarely 3 in. long. Male spikes 

 dense, 1 to 2 in long, females seldom 1 in., both in short terminal panicles and 

 very tomentose. Stamens usually 5. Female flowers sessile. Ovaries very 

 villous or glabrous. Drupes small, on short pedicels. 



Near West Point, Champion. Widely diffused over the hilly districts of India, from Ceylon 

 and the Peninsula to the Archipelago, and northward to the Philippines and S. China. 



Order XCV. JUGLANDEiE. 



Flowers unisexual. Male flowers in spikes or catkins. Perianth irregularly 

 2- to 6 -cleft, adnate to entire or divided scale-like bracts. Stamens indefinite, 

 sometimes very few. Female flowers solitary or in clusters or spikes. Perianth 

 with a small superior 3- to 5-lobed border. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled (or 2- or 

 4-celled at the base), with 1 orthotropous ovule erect from the base of the cell, 

 or from the summit of the axis of the partial cells. Fruit a 1 -seeded drupe, 

 with a hard endocarp. Albumen none. — Trees. Leaves pinnate. 



A small Order, dispersed over the northern hemisphere, intermediate hetween Terebin- 

 thacea and Amentacea, and referred by some, as a suborder, to the one or to the other. 



1. ENGELHABDTIA, Lesch. 



Flowers monoecious, in unisexual or androgynous spikes. Male flowers : 

 Perianth unequally 3- or4-cleft, on a 3-lobed bract. Stamens 5 to 13. Fe- 

 male flowers adhering to the base of a large 3- or 5-lobed bract. Perianth 

 superior, of 4 or 5 teeth. Styles 2 to 4, unequal. Drupe small, seated on the 

 enlarged wing-like 3-lobed bract. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



Of this genus I have a single specimen from Champion, unfortunately not in a sufficiently 



