348 cxxxv. EUFHORBIACE^). (J. D. Hooker.) [Aporosa. 



entire or obscurely sinuate-toothed, bracts of male and fern. fl. broad gla- 

 brous ciliate, fern. fl. sessile, ovary thinly hirsute, stigmas very short 2-fid, 

 fruit ovoid -oblong nearly glabrous, pericarp thin, septum hairy. Kurz For. 

 Fl. ii. 362. A. dioica, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 472. Lepido- 

 stachys Roxburghii, Wall. Cat. 6816. Alnus dioica, Koxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 580. 

 A. integrifolia, Boxb. mss. Wall. Cat. 7991. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; in tropical valleys, J. D. H. ASSAM, Jenkins. The KHASIA 

 HILLS, SILHET, CACHAB, and southwards to TENASSEEIM, Wallich, Kurz, &c. 



An evergreen tree, 20-30 ft. ; tips of branches glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 

 3-5 in., thinly coriaceous, sometimes caudate-acuminate, base acuminate cuneate 

 or rounded; nerves 5-7 pairs, slender, sometimes puberulous beneath ; petiole -f in., 

 sometimes minutely 2-stipellate. Male spikes 1 in., solitary or clustered; bracts rather 

 longer ; fern, shorter. Sepals pubescent. Fruit - 'in. long. The Chittagong 

 plant referred to A. Roxburghii by Mueller has glabrous ovaries and is A. aurea. 



10. A. oblongra, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 78, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 472 ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong obtuse or subacute entire base 

 acute or rounded, bracts of male and fern. fl. glabrous ciliate, fern. fl. sessile, 

 ovary silky, stigmas cleft to the middle arms long reflexed, fruit small 

 ellipsoid contracted into a short beak with 2 recurved plumose stigmas, base 

 hairy, pericarp thin, septum hairy. Lepidostachys P oblonga, Wall. Cat. 

 7299. 



BTJBMA; at Amherst, Wallich (a solitary specimen). 



Shoots glabrous. Leaves 3-5 in., thinly coriaceous, nerves 6-7 pair slender, base 

 sometimes almost cordate ; petiole -J-f in., slender. Fern, spikes -% in., rusty-tomen- 

 tose, bracts sparsely pubescent. Fruit - in. long, nearly black when dry. Possibly 

 referable to A. Eoxburghii. 



11. A. Clellandii, HooJc. f. ; glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminate 

 base cuneate, petiole - in., fruit sessile ovoidly globose shortly beaked 

 puberulous, pericarp very thin fragile, cells sparsely hairy, stigmas 2 very 

 short recurved. 



PEGU ; at Rangoon, M'Lelland. 



Branches rather slender, glabrous. Leaves 5-6 in., thinly coriaceous, pale when 

 dry, rather shining above; nerves 8-10 pairs, very slender, arched and spreading, 

 cross-nervules reticulate j petiole slender. Fruit -| in. long, pericarp very thin and 

 endocarp papery. 



12. A. lHaingrayij Hook.f. branches slender, leaves small glabrous 

 elliptic-oblong or obovate caudate-acuminate base acute, midrib beneath 

 hairy or glabrate, bracts tomentose, fern. fl. sessile, ovary densely villous, 

 stigmas very short 2-cleft fimbriate, fruit ellipsoid or subfusiform, pericarp 

 thin, cells glabrous within. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1418). SINGAPOBE, Cantley. 



^Branches dark when dry, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2-3 in., membranous, 

 dull green when dry; nerves 5-7 pairs, rather strong; petiole - in. Male spikes 

 2 in. ; fern, so short that the flowers appear to be capitate. Sepals 4, hirsute. Stamens 

 2. Fruit \ in. long, subacute at both ends ; at length 4-valved at the base. The 

 leaves of this and of A. Planchoniana are the smallest of the Indian species. Maingay 

 remarks that the seed is imbedded in yellow pulp, and the testa osseous. 



13. A. acuminata, Thwaites Enum. 288; glabrous, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate base acuminate, male spikes stout, bracts 

 villous, sepals ciliate, fern. fl. sessile, ovary hirsute, stigmas 3 large recurved 

 2-fid, fruit turgidly ovoid acute hairy, pericarp very fleshy, cells glabrous 



