344 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Choriophyllum. 



rudimentary ovary, filaments free, exserted; anthers stout, dorsifixel ; cells 

 extrorse, parallel. FEM. FL. Sepals 4, broad, fleshy, embracing the ovary, 

 imbricate. Ovary 3-celled ; styles free, erect, thick, obtuse, undivided ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule of 3 2-valved cocci leaving a central column. 

 Seeds oblong; testa crustaceous shining, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, 

 flat. 



C. malayanum, Senth. in HooJc. Ic. PL t. 1280. Wall. Cat. 7975. 



MALAYA PENINSULA ; Penang, M aingay ; Singapore, Wattich; Malacca, Griffith, 

 Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1404). 



A tall tree ; branchlets stout, woody, terminal buds pubescent. Leaves sub- 

 terminal, 4-6 in., from oblong to linear-oblong or nearly obovate, obtuse, narrowed 

 at the base into the stout petiole, subglaucous beneath ; midrib stout beneath ; nerves 

 many, slender, reticulate ; petiole in. Male cymes clustered, with the stout peduncle 

 1-1^ in. long; branches short, flowers -^ in. diam., clustered, sessile or pedicels 

 - in. ; buds globose, glabrous. Stamens as long as the sepals. Fern, sepals acute. 

 Capsule about f in. diam., epicarp separating from the thickly crustaceous cocci. 



19. BXXSCHODON, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves whorled, long, coriaceous, quite entire, penninerved. 

 Flowers in short axillary panicles, dioecious, apetalous. MALE FL. in 

 panicled heads. Sepals 5-8, often unequal, imbricate. Disk 0. Stamens 

 5-10, opposite the sepals, exserted, filaments free, filiform, rough ; anthers 

 ovate, dorsifixed, cells parallel, slits extrorse. Pistillode 3-lobed. FEM. FL. 

 Disk annular. Ovary 3-4-celled ; styles short, spreading, flat, obovate ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule deeply lobed, of 3 2-valved cocci. Seeds 1-2 

 in each coccus, testa crustaceous shining; albumen fleshy; cotyledons 

 broad, flat. 



"Sll, zeylanicus, Thwaites in HooJc. Kew Jour n. vi. (1854) 300, 1. 10 B, 

 and Enum. 275 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1124 ; Beddome Fl. Sulv. 

 t. 290. 



CEYLON; near Galle and Kandy, Walker, Gardner, Thwaites. DECCAN 

 PENINSULA; on the Tinnevelly Mills, Beddome. 



A very handsome evergreen tree, 30-40 ft. ; branches terete, branchlets subtetra- 

 gonous, hoary-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, rigid, 3-4 in a whorl, 4-14 by 1-5 in., 

 oblong or linear-oblong, minutely strongly reticulate, base narrowed obtuse or sub- 

 cordate ; petiole -3 in., stout; stipules 2, minute. Male fl. numerous, in axillary 

 bracteate pubescent panicles shorter than the leaves, reddish-yellow, -j^-% in. long ; 

 sepals lanceolate, acuminate. Capsule \ in. broad, smooth, glabrous, cocci obtusely 

 keeled ou the back. Seeds smooth, brown, ^ in. long. Beddome's specimens are not 

 in flower or fruit. 



20. BXSCHOFXA, Blume. 



A glabrous tree. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate ; leaflets often crenate. 

 Flowers in axillary or lateral panicled racemes, minute, dioacious, apetalous; 

 males scattered or clustered, females longer pedicelled. MALE FL. Sepals 

 5, concave, obtuse, imbricate, concealing the anthers. Disk 0. Stamens 5, 

 filaments short; anthers large, cells parallel. Pistillode short, broad. 

 FEM. FL. Sepals ovate, caducous. Staminodes 5, small, or 0. Ovary ex- 

 serted, 3-4-celled ; styles long, linear, stout, entire ; ovules 2 in each cell. 

 Fruit globose, fleshy, with 3-4 cells lined with a parchment-like 2-valved 

 endocarp. Seeds turgidly oblong, testa fibro-crustaceous, albumen fleshy ; 

 cotyledons broad flat, radicle straight elongate. 



