426 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Calculi wit 8. 



BURMA; at Segain and Yenanghur, Wallich, Griffith. DISTRIB. Yunan. 



A shrub; branches very stout, herbaceous. Leaves obtuse or acute, base obtuse 

 or rounded, above pubescent, at length scaberulous ; nerves 46 pair above the bas:il, 

 nearly straight and reticulated, cross-nervules all very strong; petiole 2-3 in., stout; 

 stipules linear. Male racemes 3-4 in., peduncled; bracts subulate ; flowers 1-3 in. 

 diam ,. stellately villous, sepals acute ; stamens very numerous, mixed with long hairs ; 

 anthers orbicular, connectives broad, cells touching above and below. Fern, spikes 

 short, deuse-fld. Capsule about f in. diam , cocci thin. Seeds small, smooth. 

 Kurz describes the leaves as having occasionally an acute lobe on each side. 



3. C. hirsutulus, Kurz For. FL ii. 393; branchlets hispid, leaves 

 very long petioled orbicular-cordate entire or repand-toothed 5-7-plinerved 

 sparingly hispid on both surfaces with long white scattered hairs, male 

 spikes short sessile dense-fld., flowers tawny tomentose, stamens sur- 

 rounding a central area. Mallotus lougipes, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxiv. 

 193, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 969. 



PEGU ; from Prome, Wallicfi, to Irawaddi, Kurz. 



A low simple-stemmed deciduous-leaved shrub or undershrub, brauchlets com- 

 pressed. Leaves 5-7 in. diam., thinly coriaceous, sparingly and obscurely gland- 

 dotted beneath ; nerves 34 pair above the basal, very strong beneath with strong 

 cross-nervules and reticulations; petiole 1 foot, stout, hispid. Male spikes \ iu.; 

 buds globose; stamens very many. Description chiefly from Kurz. 



4. C. glabriusculus, Kurz For.^ FL ii. 393 ; branclilets slender pu- 

 berulous, leaves glabrous broadly elliptic rarely ovate subentire 3-plinerved 

 base rounded or cordate eglandular, male spikes'very short oblong or globose, 

 flowers tawny-tomentose, stamens surrounding a central area. 



PEGU and MARTABAN, Kurz. 



A small deciduous leaved shrub ; branchlets compressed. Leaves 3-6 by 2-5 in., 

 thinly coriaceous, rarely ovate-lanceolate, glabrous on both surfaces except the 

 midrib above when young (sparingly hirsute beneath, Kurz) ; nerves slender; petiole 

 14 in., stellately pubescent, at length glabrous; stipules setaceous. Sepals glabrous 

 within and orange- coloured. Stamens very numerous. Description chiefly from 

 Kurz. 



5. C. longipes, Kurz For. FL ii. 393 ; branchlets pubescent, leaves 

 very long-petioled from orbicular to elliptic-obovate cordate 5-9-plinerved 

 entire or sinuate crenate glabrous above and beneath except the stellately 

 pubescent at length glabrous nerves eglandular, petiole tomentose, racemes 

 pubescent, flowers long pedicelled tawuy-tomentose, ovary 2-3-celled, cap- 

 sules very long pedicelled tridymous shortly muricate. 



PEGU to MARTABAN and AVA, Kurz. 



A low deciduous-leaved shrub, 1-2 ft., rootstock stout strong, shoots densely 

 pubescent, branchlets compressed. Leaves 3-4 in. long and often as broad, mem- 

 branous, young stellately pubescent, nerves slender; petiole -3 in. Racemes axillary 

 or from the base of the stem, or supra-axillary; flowers orange-yellow; pedicels 

 1-3 in., pubescent; stamens very numerous, glabrous ; ovary muricate and stellately 

 hispid ; stigmas sessile, crimson, papillose. Capsules in. diam., peduncle stout 2-4 iu. ; 

 cocci thickly crustaceous, densely stellately hispid. {Seeds subspherical, brown, opaque, 

 aril white fleshy. Description chiefly from Kurz. The short petioles, and absence 

 of long hairs on the leaf and inflorescence distinguish this at once from hirsutulus, 

 which is Mueller's Mallotus longipes. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



C. SPECIOSU3, Muell. Arg. in Linnwa xxxiv. 154, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 758; 

 b-auches and petioles flocculently tomeutose, leaves alternate 4i-7i in. membranous 



