338 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Hemicyclia. 



endocarp bony. The Australian plant referred to this by Bentham (of which that 

 author had not seen fruiting specimens) differs wholly in the much smaller flower, 

 smaller ellipsoid fruit, and other characters. 



** Fruit ellipsoid or obovoid. 



2. H. lanceolata, Thwaites Enum. 287; branchlets tomentose, 

 leaves ovate or lanceolate very obtusely subcaudately acuminate glabrous 

 or the midrib pubescent beneath, flowers puberulous, pedicels very short, 

 stamens 10-16, ovary glabrous, stigma flabelliform, fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 487 ; Beddome Forester's Man. 199. 



CEYLON ; at Caltura, Thwaites. 



A tree; branches slender. Leaves 1-3 in., distichous, thinly coriaceous, green 

 when dry, both surfaces alike reticulated, margin sometimes faintly repand, midrib 

 strong, nerves very slender; petiole T \y-i in., pubescent. Flower^ in. diam., male 

 pedicels -^ in., fern, rather longer. Sepals broadly oblong. Stigma flabelliform, 

 sessile or on a short stout style. Fruit f in. long, red ; tip oblique, sometimes in- 

 curved with a lateral stigma; endocarp coriaceous, crested and reticulate. 



3. H. G-ardneri, Thwaites in Hook. Journ. Sot. viii. (1855) 271, and 

 Enum. 287 ; branchlets tomentose, leaves lanceolate or oblong tip rounded 

 obtuse or subacute entire or obscurely repand-toothed glabrous or sparsely 

 pubescent on the midrib beneath, flowers tomentose, pedicels short, stamens 

 20-25, ovary obovoid gibbous, fruit broadly ellipsoid. Muell. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 488 ; Baill. Gen. Euphorb. t. 27, f . 8 ; Beddome Forester's 

 Man. 199. 



CEYLON ; from the sea coast to 1500 ft. common. 



Very near If. lanceolata, but the leaves are smaller, more coriaceous, not sud- 

 denly narrowed to the tip, more crenate, the pedicels longer, flowers rather larger 

 more tomentose, stamens more numerous, and the fruit very different, % in. long, 

 apparently flattened, sometimes obovoid, Malefl. % in. diam.; sepals orbicular, con- 

 cave, pubescent on both surfaces ; central disk small, pubescent. Stigma reniform on 

 a short style. 



4. H. sumatrana, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 488 ; quite gla- 

 brous, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate entire or 

 repand crenate glossy reticulately veined, flowers 1-3 puberulous, stigma 

 flabelliform, fruit small 1-seeded broadly ellipsoid rounded at both ends or 

 base truncate smooth keeled on one side. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 365. Anaua 

 eumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 410. 



BITEMA ; in tropical swamp forests of Martaban and the Irawaddi, and ANDAMAN 

 ISLANDS, Kurz. DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra. 



An evergreen tree, 30-50 ft. Leaves 3-4 in., rigid, but thinly coriaceous; petiole 

 i ^ in. Flowers small, yellow green, and pedicels puberulous. Sepals ^ in. long. 

 Ovary glabrous. Fruit % in. long. 1 have seen no Burmese specimens, nor flowers or 

 fruit of Andaman or others. 



5. XX. andamanica, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 365 ; nearly glabrous, leaves 

 oblong-ovate to -lanceolate caudate acuminate entire or repand-crenate 

 minutely reticulate, flowers 1-2 puberulous, stamens many, fruit ellipsoid 

 or obovoid shortly peduncled terete, putamen semiterete coriaceous. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; marshy places near the coast, Kurz. 



An evergreen tree, 40-50 ft.; bark white. Leaves 3-3| in., thinly coriaceous, 

 rather rigid, puberulous when young, base unequal ; petiole - in. Flowers rather 

 large, puberulous ; pedicels T^-TU lu -> hairy. Sepals rounded, concave, 2 inner 



