Agrostistacliys.'] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 407 



oblanceolate acuminate many-nerved entire or denticulate, stipules very- 

 long, fern, racemes 1-2 ft., pedicels solitary long, fruit subbaccate. Sarco- 

 clinium Hooker i, Thwaites Enum. 279 ; Baill. Etudes Gen. Eupliorb. 310, 

 t. 11, f. 17, 18; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 727; Beddome Forester's 

 Man. 206. 



CEYLON ; in the Ratnapoora district, Thwaites. 



A moderate-sized tree ; branchlets as thick as the middle finger. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, 2-3 ft. by 5-8 in. ; base narrowed almost to the insertion ; nerves 40-50 

 pair, spreading, nearly straight; petiole very stout, -f in.; stipules l-3 in., 

 subulate from a base in. broad, rigid, striate, brown. Fern, racemes slender, quite 

 glabrous, flowers distant ; pedicels -1 in., jointed about the middle; sepals minute, 

 triangular; petals?; ovary obtusely 3-gonous, minutely tomentose; style short, 

 thick, 3-fid from the middle, branches emarginate. Capsule 1 in. diam., glabrous ; 

 cocci rounded. Seeds $ in. diam. Male fl. unknown. 



5. A. long-ifolia, Benth. in Gen. PI. iii. 303 ; leaves very coriaceous 

 subsessile from cuneate-obovate to narrowly oblanceolate obtuse or obtusely 

 acuminate quite entire, racemes much shorter than the leaves and flowers 

 quite glabrous, bracts many-fld., pedicels of fern. fl. very short, ovary pubes- 

 cent. Sarcoclinium longifolium, Wight Ic. t, 1887-8 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 727 ; Thwaites Enwm. 279 ; Beddome Forester's Man. 205, 

 t. 23, f. 1. 



CANARA, NILGHIIRI and TRAVANCORE HILLS ; in mountain woods facing the 

 west, Wight, &c. CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 4-6000 ft., Macrae, &c. 



A large shrub ; branchlets very stout. Leaves, smaller 3-7 by l-3 in., larger 

 12-16 by 2-3 in., nerves 10-18 pair, not reticulate; stipules -f in., subulate from 

 a broad base. Male racemes stout ; fern, slender, rarely minutely pubernlous ; bracts 

 broadly ovate, minutely gland-toothed. Sepals of male 2-3, membranous, glabrous ; 

 of fern. 5, ovate, acute. Petals 5, rounded. Disk-glands very large. Stamens 5-10. 

 Pistillode 2-3 cleft. Capsule %-% in. diam., very shortly pedicelled, tridymous ; 

 cocci globose, smooth, crustaceous. 



VAR. malayana ; racemes as long as the leaves, rachis and flowers puberulous. 

 Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4739), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1407). Singapore 

 and Penang, Wallich (No. 7717 in Herb. Benth.), &c. A Boruean plant (Beccari 

 No. 3117) is, I think, the same as this; it has, however, broader leaves and straighter 

 nerves. 



. VAR. latifolia; leaves 12-18 by 3-6 in., nerves fewer more horizontal, racemes 

 much shorter than the leaves quite glabrous. Perak, Scortechini and King's 

 Collector. 



6. A. filipendula, Hook. f. ; leaves petioled membranous oblan- 

 ceolate acuminate quite entire, male racemes filiform, bracts distant 5-6-fld. 

 fern. fl. long-pedicelled, ovary glabrous. 



PERAK ; at Larut, King's Collector. SINGAPORE, Hullett. 



A tree. 40-60 ft. (in Pernk), branches stout. Leaves 12-20 by 3^-5 in., bright 

 green and glossy on both surfaces; nerves 15-20 pair, arched; petiole 1-2 in., 

 narrowly winged. Male racemes 6-10 in., quite glabrous; bracts & in. long, almost 

 rounded when spread out, smooth ; pedicels exceeding the bracts, capillary; flowers 

 minute; sepals obovate-oblong ; petals hyaline; disk -glands 4-5, orange-cold.; 

 stamens 8-9, filaments very long and slender, the alternate ones dilated at the base ; 

 pistillode 0. Fern, racemes numerous, often fascicled above the leaf-axils, 4-6 in. 

 long, very slender ; bracts oblong, obtuse, 1-fld. ; pedicels ^1 in. ; sepals 4, mem- 

 branous; disk orange, thick, crenulate ; staminodes filiform. Ovary 3-lobed ; styles 

 entire. Though the male specimens are from Perak and the fern, from Singapore, I 



