392 cxxxv. EUPHORBiACEjE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Croton: 



19. C. Griffithiij Hoolc.f.; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic or oblong 

 obtuse or acuminate entire or obscurely subsinuate-serrate penninerved 

 shining above, racemes elongate glabrous or sparsely lepidote, flowers small 

 solitary, males filled with silvery wool, stamens 8-15, disk of fern, of 5 

 large glands, ovary depressed 3-lobed stellately tomentose and white with 

 lepidote scales, styles 2-partite, capsule % in. diam. depressed 3-lobed 

 sparsely lepidote smooth. Wall. Cat. 7754, 7967. 



MALACCA, G-rffitli (Keio Distrib. 4778, 4781), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1406). 

 SINGAPOBE, Wallich, &c. PEEAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. 



Branchlets with pale bark. Leaves 48 in., rather coriaceous, very smooth, 

 yellow brown when dry, base rounded or acute ; nerves 8-12 pair, spreading, very 

 slender; glands minute, sessile; petiole 1-2^ in., terete. Racemes 4-8 in., rachis 

 thickening in age ; sepals of fern, ovate, subacute, tips bearded. Capsule not shining,, 

 with globose lobes. Seeds subglobose. Griffith's and some of the Perak specimens 

 have obtuse leaves with' rounded bases ; in Maingay's they are more acute, and the 

 racemes more slender ; in the Singapore ones the racemes are much shorter and 

 sparsely lepidote ; hence there may be more than one species under the above descrip- 

 tion. A solitary specimen of Griffith's from Malacca (Kew Distrib. 4779) has the very 

 slender racemes of C. Icevifolius and lepidote ovaries. It is possible that this is the 

 true Icevifolius of Blume ; and if so, the Khasian plant so called should bear the name 

 of Jchasianus. 



20. C. Gibsonianus, Nimmo in Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 251 ; quite 

 glabrous, leaves membranous elliptic oblong or linear-oblong caudate- 

 acuminate penninerved and 3-nerved at the obtuse or rounded base, 

 racemes very long and slender, sepals membranous, disk of male of 5 large 

 glands, stamens 10, ovary stellate-tomentose, styles very long 2-partite, 

 capsule \ in. diam. 3-lobed stellately hairy. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 692 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 232. 



CANAEA, Gibson, Law ; common in moist forests on the Ghats to the south, 

 Talbot. 



A shrub ; branches slender, smooth, young shoots and leaves sparing stellate 

 pubescent. Leaves 3-8 by 1-4 in., green or yellowish when dry ; nerves 8-10 pairs, 

 very slender ; glands minute, stipitate ; petiole |f in., terete. Racemes 6-10 in. ; 

 flowers distant, solitary or fascicled, bracts small. Receptacle of male very small, 

 woolly. Disk of fern, saucer-shaped. Styles very long, recurved. Capsule crus- 

 taceous. Seeds broadly oblong, smooth, shining. 



21. C. Klotzschianus, Wight Ic. t. 1914; glabrous except the stel- 

 lately lepidote youngest shoots, leaves small membranous elliptic-oblong 

 acute entire or serrulate penninerved and 3-nerved at the base, racemes 

 short very slender, sepals membranous, disk of male and fern, of 5 large 

 glands, petals of fern, subulate, stamens about 10-12, ovary stellate-tomen- 

 tose, styles long 2-partite, capsule depressed 3-lobed. Thwaites Enum. 276 ; 

 Beddome Forester's Man. 204. C. Thwaitesianus, Muell. Arg. in Linncea 

 xxxiv. 116, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 621. 0. caudatus, y., Muell. I. c. 

 C. argutus, Heyne, & umbellatus, Seyne in Wall. Gat. 7768. Tiglium 

 punctulatum, Klotzsch in Hayne Arzneik-Gewachs. ined. Wall. Cat. 7750 

 (one specimen*). 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Nilghiri Hills, Foulkes; Travancore, Heyne, Wight. 

 CEYLON, not uncommon. 



A small tree or bush; branches slender, pale. Leaves 1-2 in., small and mem- 

 branous for the genus, pellucid-punctate, base acute; nerves 6-8 pair, very slender; 

 glands minute, sessile ; petiole -|-f in., very slender. Racemes 1-3 in. ; bracts 

 subulate ; male fl. long-pedicelled ; sepals and petals translucidly gland-dotted ; disk- 

 glands very large; receptacle very small; stamens hairy below. Disk 5-lobed in 



