276 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cleisianthus. 



An evergreen tree, 40-50 ft. Leaves sometimes 1 ft. long, l$-2 in. broad, smooth 

 and shining above, cross- venules faint ; petiole - in., stout. Clusters - in. 

 diam.; bracts obtuse, short, densely villous. Calyx \ in. diam. Petals fan-shaped, 

 broader than long, with flabellate nerves. Dink of fern, membranous, at length 

 5-lobed. Ovary globose ; styles very short. Capsule immature, distinctly stipitate. 

 In the Malay Island this species varies greatly in the form of the leaves and in the 

 amount of pubescence beneath. 



** Ovary villous, hirsute, or clothed with rigid hairs, 

 f Flowers glabrous (except fern. ofC. membranaceus). 



5. C. malabaricus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 508 ; branch- 

 lets densely villous, leaves oblanceolate acuminate or caudate glaucous and 

 sparsely villous beneath, nerves 8-10 pair arched, stipules long setaceous- 

 lanceolate, flowers few in axillary clusters subsessile glabrous, calyx-lobes 

 narrowly lanceolate, petals obovate-spathulate, ovary hirsute with erect 

 stiff hairs, capsule sparsely hairy. Seddome Forester's Man. 203. Lebi- 

 diera malabarica, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 81. 



The CONCAN ; on the banks of the Shirawah, Law, Stocks, &o. 

 Branches slender. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1^ in., very pale when dry, whitish beneath, 

 sparsely hairy above, base acute ; petiole |- in., tomentose. Calyx of fern. in. 

 diam., very shortly pedicelled. Disk lobed. Capsule ^ in. diam., sessile, deeply 

 3-lobed at the top and sides, sparsely hairy. Seeds oblong, 3-gonous, rugose. 

 Closely allied to C. Maingayi, but the flowers are quite glabrous. 



6. C. acuminatus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 508; quite 

 glabrous, leaves membranous ovate or elliptic long-caudate acuminate 

 reticulate, nerves 5-10 pair very slender arched, flowers in very small 

 axillary clusters glabrous, calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, petals obovate 

 crenate or lobed, ovary hirsute with erect hairs, capsule small sessile 

 glabrous. Amanoa acuminata, Beddome Forester's Man. iv. 203 ; Thwaites 

 Enum. Addend. 428. 



CEYLON ; Colombo and the Galle district, Walker, Thwaites. 



Branches very slender. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2| in., pale green, very thin and 

 undulate when dry, shining on both surfaces, base rounded or acute ; petiole very 

 short, ^-^ in. Clusters i in. diam.; bracts minute, puberulous. Calyx -^^ in. 

 diam. Petals variable. Disk of male lining the calyx-tube, of fern, urceolate. 

 Ovary globose ; styles 3, slender, bifid, stigmas small. Capsule in. broad, not so 

 long, deeply 3-lobed at top and sides, crustaceous. Seeds unripe. Perhaps a variety 

 of C. patulus. 



7. C. heterophylluSy Hoo'k.f. quite glabrous, leaves coriaceous of 

 two forms, larger on the branches 4-6 in. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate, nerves 4-5 pair slender, smaller on the spikes ^-Hn. 

 lanceolate, flowers minute in very small clusters in very slender axillary 

 and terminal panicled flexuous rigid spikes glabrous sessile, calyx-lobes of 

 male ovate of fern, obtuse, petals narrow, ovary hirsute with long erect 

 hairs. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distril. 1372). 



Branches rather slender, quite smooth. Leaves greyish green when dry, smooth on 

 both surfaces, base acute, reticulations faint; petiole ^ in. Clusters ^-^ in. diam. 

 in spikes 4-8 in. long, with or without a small leaf at their base ; bracts minute, 

 ovate, acute, slightly hairy. Calyx about T \j in. diam. Petals narrow but enlarged 

 upwards, truncate or retuse. Disk of male pulvinate, of fern, urceolate. PistilLode 

 3-toothed. Styles 3, 2-fid. 



