CleistantJms.'] cxxxv. EUPHORBIAGEJJ. (J. D. Hooker.) 281 



MALACCA, Maingay (ICew Distrib. 1374). 



Branches slender, smooth. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., glabrous above, subglaucous 

 beneath, with raised reticulating venules between the nerves, tip often suddenly 

 acuminate to a point in. long, base rounded or subcordate ; petiole very short 

 indeed. Calyx about % in. diam., longer than the lanceolate bracts ; lobes with long 

 points. Disk of male lining the calyx-tube, of fern, membranous, urceolate. Staminal 

 column long-. Fruit not seen. This much resembles C. malabaricus, differing in 

 the tomentose flowers. 



23. C. podocarpus, HooJc. f. a tree 50-70 ft., branchlets and 

 petioles rusty-torn entose, leaves 5-10 in. subglaucous thinly coriaceous 

 oblong or linear-oblong acuminate base cordate, midrib sunk above, nerves 

 8-10 pair very strong and arched beneath, petiole in. stout, fern, calyx 

 villously tomentose, lobes triangular, petals cuneate, disk with a broad 

 membranous crenulate margin, capsule stoutly stipitate - in. diam. 

 broader than long deeply 3-lobed densely rusty- villous. 



PERAK; at Larut, King's Collector., 



A very distinct species, with the base of the leaf cordate. 



SPECIES OF WHICH THE 'CAPSULE IS GLABROUS, BUT THE OVARY IS UNKNOWN. 



24. C. stipulatuSj HooJc.f.; a tree 20-30 ft. ; branchlets pubescent, 

 leaves membranous 3-5 in. glabrous oblanceolate-oblong subcaudately 

 acuminate glaucous beneath base rounded, midrib raised above, nerves 

 10-12 pair very slender, petiole T V in., stipules rigid acicular - in., 

 capsule \ in. diam. sessile subglobosely 3-lobed quite smooth glabrous. 



PERAK ; at Larut, King's Collector. 



25. C. ellipticus, Hook. f. a tree 30-40 ffc., shoots and young 

 petioles rusty or black-tomentose, leaves 3-4 in. coriaceous glabrous elliptic 

 obtusely or acutely acuminate base acute above finely reticulate, midrib 

 strong beneath slender above, nerves 7-8 pairs slender arched, cross- 

 nervules very slender, petiole - in. stout, fern. fl. sessile in rather large 

 tufts of rusty-villous bracts, capsule stoutly stipitate | in. diam. subglobose 

 deeply 3-lobed quite glabrous minutely wrinkled. 



PERAK ; usually near water at Larut, King's Collector. 

 This resembles closely C. chartaceus, Muell. 



26. C. parvifolius, Hook. f. ; a small tree 30-40 ft., quite glabrous, 

 branchlets short, leaves 2-3 in. rather membranous elliptic-lanceolate 

 obtusely subacuminate pale when dry with undulate margins base rounded, 

 midrib sunk above, nerves 10-12 very obscure widely spreading, fern. fl. 

 sessile solitary ?, bracts very minute, calyx-lobes ovate lanceolate, capsule 

 sessile - in. diam. subglobose 3-lobed quite glabrous. 



PERAK ; on the tops of limestone hills, alt. 300-1000 ft., King'* Collector. 



27. C. pedicellatus, Hook. f. \ quite glabrous, leaves 1^-4 in. coria- 

 ceous broadly elliptic or elliptic-oblong obtusely caudate base acute 

 shining above, nerves 3-4 pair very faint, flowers in axillary panicles on 

 long stout pedicels much longer than the calyx perfectly glabrous, calyx- 

 lobes ovate, petals of male cuneate toothed, capsule quite glabrous. 



PENANG, Curtis, Hullett. 



Branches woody, bark pale, smooth. Leaves very finely reticulate on both sur- 

 faces, otherwise very smooth, margins recurved when dry, petiole T \j-g- in. Pedicels 

 %-% in., buds of male ellipsoid ^ in. long, bracts very minute glabrous ; calyx in. 



