420 cxyxv. EUPHORBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Ctxlodejias. 



TINNEVELLY HILLS ; in forests, alt. 2000 ft., Beddowe. 



A tree. Leaves 5-7 in., thinly coriaceous, greenish when dry, base acufe or 

 contracted and subcordate ; petiole rarely | in., scurty ; stipules subulate, lacerate. 

 Male spikes 4-5 in. long, slender. Sepals 4. Stamens 4-5; filaments dilated up- 

 wards with angular shoulders, connate below and aduate to the pistillode; anther- 

 cells divaricate. Fern, racemes short, few-fld. Sepals 5, concave, tomentose. Ornrti 

 pubescent. Capsule | in. diam., 3-lobed, stelluttly pubescent, fruiting broadly 

 ovate. 



3. C. ferrugrineum ; branches petioles and capsules riisty-tomentose, 

 leaves petioled linear-oblong obtusely acuminate quite entire base rounded 

 fern, calyx closely embracing the young globose fruit. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5017). 



Leaves 3-4< by 1-1J in., thin but stiff, dark brown and almost sinning above when 

 dry, with the nerves all raised, beneath a little pubescent, red-brown with 10-12 pairs 

 of raised nerves and parallel cross-nervules ; petiole - in. Racemes very short. 

 Malefl. very minute ; sepals 5, broad, villous ; stamens with very short stout fila- 

 ments greatly thickened in the middle j anther-cells ovoid, pendulous, diverging; 

 pistillode broadly conical. Fern, calyx very thick, globose, densely stellate to- 

 mentose, valvately 3-lobed, crowned with the large densely branched corolliform 

 stigmas. 



4. C.? longrifolium, Hook.f.; branchlets petioles and spikes tomentose, 

 leaves very shortly petioled linear-lanceolate acuminate subserrate strongly 

 reticulate beneath, male fl. in small clusters on axillary peduncles, calyx 

 stellately pubescent cup-shaped valvately 3-5-lobed, stamens 4-5, filaments 

 connate below in a fleshy cup, free part triangular, anthers didymous 

 horizontal. 



PEEAK ; at Larut, King's Collector. 



A tree, 20-30 ft. Leaves 6-10 by 1-1 in., thinly coriaceous, base rounded ; 

 nerves 1210 pair.-, raised on both surfaces, strong beneath with strong cross-nervules ; 

 petiole stout, ^-^ in. ; stipules very blender. Spikes 1-3 in., rachis stout; flowers 

 very minute, ebracteate. 



49. ZiCHORNEA Swartz. 



Trees or shrubs, more or less pubescent. Leaves alternate, entire or 

 toothed, 3-5-pli- or penni-newc-:!. sometimes stipellate and usually glandular 

 at the base above. Floicer--- 1'istered on simple or panicled terminal 



spikes or racemes, dioecious or ruo > : ;>ns, apetalous; bracts minute. Disk 

 usually 0. MALE FL. Calyx globose, splitting into 2-4 valvate segments. 

 Stamens 6-8 or indefinite, filaments free or connate at the base ; anthers 

 dorsifixed, cells parallel or diverging. Pistillode 0. FEM. FL. Sepals 3-6, 

 imbricate. Ovary 2-3- rarely 4-celled ; styles distinct, often very long, 

 linear, entire, 2- fid or sparingly lobed ; ovules 1 in each cell. Cap side of 2-3 

 2-val'ved crustaceous cocci. Seeds subglobose, estrophiolate, testa crusta- 

 ceous, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. Species about 30, tropical. 



Sect. I. STIPELLARIA. Leaves triple-nerved, stipellate. Female sepals 

 5-8. Disk 0. Stamens 7-8. Styles filiform. 



1. A. molliSj MuelL Arg. in Linneea xxxiv. 168, and in DC. Prodi: xv. 

 ii. 902; pubescent or tomentose, leaves long-petioled orbicular or broadly 

 ovate rcus^pidate dentate or serrate pellucidly dotted, base rounded or cordate, 

 ovary tomentose, capsules globose faintly 3-lobed smooth densely, pubes- 

 cent, seeds as broad as long dors ally compressed rugose. Stipellaria mollis, 



