Lasiocroton EUPHOUBIACE.E 295 



acute, somewhat thickly membranous or papery, smooth and 

 shining on both sides, nerves slightly prominent on both sides, 

 pinnate, one on each side from close to the base, and often one 

 marginal : petioles 2 '5-7 cm. 1., tomentose ; styles cleft halfway. 



Dolphin Head, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 10,283, 10,306. 



Tree 20-.30 ft. high. Young twigs, inflorescence, parts of flowers, 

 capsules tomentose. Inflorescence to more than 3 dm. 1. with long 

 peduncle. Male 'inflorescence paniculate, branches very short or wanting, 

 so that the flowers are clustered. Pedicels 2-7 in each cluster, to 8 mm. 1. 

 Calyx unopened globular, 2-8 mm. in. diam. splitting into five segments 

 3 "5-4 mm. 1. Stamens about 17 or 18. Female inflorescence racemose 

 with flowers solitary, distant. Fruiting calyx about 2 mm. 1. Capsule 

 5 mm. 1. Seeds olive-grey, 3 mm. in diam. 



3. L. Harpisii Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xli. 16 (1914) ; 

 leaves 6-15 cm. 1., elliptical, shortly and acutely acuminate, base 

 obtuse, papery-leathery, puberulous on nerves on both sides, 

 otherwise glabrous on upper surface, tomentose and soft to the 

 touch beneath, nerves and veins slightly prominent on both 

 sides, nerves one on each side at base marginal, one somewhat 

 near base ; petioles 1-2 cm. 1., tomentose ; styles; cleft halfway. 



Peckham, Clarendon, 2,500 ft., Harrisl Fl. Jam. 11,192. 



Tree 25 ft. high, apparently dioecious. Youngest portions of twigs, 

 inflorescence, parts of flowers, and capsule tomentose and soft to the 

 touch, leaves crowded at the apex, twigs stout, marked with large pro- 

 minent scars of fallen leaves. Male flowers not seen. Female racemes 

 more or less erect, to 10 cm. 1. Pedicels 1-1*5 cm. 1. Fruiting calyx to 

 3 mm. 1. Capsule 5 mm. 1., 7 mm. br. Seeds ellipsoidal-globular, pinkish- 

 grey marked with minute white dots, about 3 mm. 1. 



13. ALCHORNEA Sw. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 3-5-nerved and glandular 

 at the base. Flowers dioecious or monoecious, without petals, 

 in axillary or lateral spikes or racemes ; the male spikes slender, 

 simple or paniculate, with small flowers clustered along the 

 rhachis, the female spikes or racemes simple, with a single flower 

 under each bract. Disk generally wanting. Male flowers : 

 Calyx globose and closed in the bud, A-alvately 4-(3-2-)parted 

 during flowering. Stamens 8 or fewer, united at the base to 

 form a saucer-shaped membrane. Rudiment of ovary none. 

 Female flowers : Segments of perianth 4 (3-6), imbricate. Ovary 

 2(-3)-celled ; styles 2(-3) distinct, undivided or rarely 2-lobed, 

 long-exserted ; ovules solitary. Capsule splitting into two (or 

 three) 2-valved cocci. Seeds subglobose, without a caruncle. 



Species about 60, natives of the tropics. 



A. latifolia Sio. Prodr. 98 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1154, t. 24 ; 

 Jmsieii Eupliorh. Tent. 42, t. 13, f. 41; Hayne Arzneyli. x. t. 42; 



