Cleistantlius.'] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) 279 



16. C. patulus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 505; glabrous, 

 leaves 1-3 in. thinly coriaceous ovate to lanceolate' obtusely acuminate or 

 caudate finely reticulate base acute or rounded, nerves 5-8 pair very slender, 

 clusters minute axillary and in slender axillary or terminal simple spikes, 

 calyx sparsely appressedly hairy, lobes ovate acute, petals orbicular clawed 

 crenulate, ovary hirsute with long erect hairs, capsule small sessile. Bed- 

 dome Forester's Man. 203, t. xxiii. f. iv. 1-11 and 21. Amanoa indica, Wight 

 Ic. t. 1911. A. patula, Thwaites Enum. 280 (acuminata in part), and A. 

 indica f. minor, Thwaites 1. c. 428. Bridelia patula, HooJc. 8f Am. Sot. 

 JBcech. Toy. 212. Lebidiera patula, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 21. 

 Cluytia patula, JRoxb. Cor. PL ii. 37, t. 170, and Fl. Ind. iii. 783. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Courtallam, in mountain jungles, Wight. CEYLON; common 

 in the warmer parts of the island. 



A tree with long horizontal dense branches; branchlets very slender, quite smooth, 

 the tips only sometimes puberulous. Leaves 2-3 in., variable in width, flatter, 

 more rigid and usually narrower than in C. acuminatus, dull grey or brownish when 

 dry, alike on both surfaces, the caudate end sometimes short and obtuse. Flotvers 

 yellow, as in C. acuminatus. Styles 2-fid to the middle. Capsule (in Peninsular 

 specimens) in. broad and long, deeply 3-lobed, dark brown, quite smooth, slightly 

 hairy, subtended by the disk. Seeds (in Ceylon specimens) i in. long, broadly 

 obovoid, plano-convex, smooth with rounded sides and top and a ventral hilum. 

 This should perhaps include C. acuminatus^ which has axillary quite glabrous flowers. 

 Mueller describes the capsule as at length rough with tubercles, but I do not find 

 it so. The Peninsular specimens have less caudate leaves than the Cingalese. Rox- 

 burgh figures the petals of the male as orbicular and crenate. 



17. C. pallidus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 508; branches 

 slender and young leaves and petioles and midrib beneath pubescent, leaves 

 small elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acute acuminate or caudate base acute, 

 nerves 6-10 pairs spreading, flowers in small axillary clusters which are 

 rarely spicate sessile and pedicelled tomentose, calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 petals obovate, ovary densely villous, styles subentire, capsule small sessile. 

 JBeddome Forester's Man. 20. Amanoapallida, Thwaites Fnum. 280. Lebi- 

 diera pallida, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 80. 



CEYLON ; near Kandy, Thwaites. 



Branches very leafy, bark pale. Leaves 1-2^ in. (rarely 5-6^ in.), pale when 

 dry, rather membranous, midrib beneath strong, nerves slender, nervules reticulated ; 

 petiole -Y^-y in. ; stipules small, subulate. Clusters 2-5 fld. ; bracts very minute, except 

 the stipular; flowers 5-6-merous. Calyx fin. diam., thickly tomentose externally. 

 Disk of male cupular, crenate, of fern, membranous. Ovary globose ; styles very shortly 

 2-fid. Pistillode large, 3-notched. Capsule 3 in. diam., not deeply 3-lobed, sparsely 

 hairy. Seeds not ripe. 



VAB. subgfauca, Trimen, Syst. Cat. PI. Ceyl. 78 ; leaves subglaucous beneath. C. 

 subglaucus, Thiv. mss. 



18. C. robustus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 504 ; glabrous, 

 leaves 3-5 in. coriaceous elliptic-oblong or lanceolate acuminate faintly 

 reticulate base acute, nerves 5-6 pair very slender, stipules minute, flowers 

 few sessile in small axillary and spicate clusters sparsely pubescent with 

 appressed hairs, calyx-lobes of male ovate-oblong, petals minute oblong 

 hairy. Beddome Forester's Man. 202. Amanoa indica, Thwaites jEnum. 

 Addend. 428 (excl. syn. Wight}. 



CEYLON, in the hotter parts of the island. 



Habit of C. malaccanus ; branches and flowering spikes quite black when dry. 

 Leaves dark brown, shining and faintly reticulate oil both surfaces, young quite 



