Stipella7'ia.'] euphorbiace^>. 805 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, broad. Racemes terminal or from the old 

 nodes. 



A small genus, confined to tropical Asia. 



1. S. trewioides, Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 3. A shrub or tree, 

 the young branches pubescent. Leaves broadly cordate, long-acuminate, irre- 

 gularly seiTate, 4 to 6 in. long, glabrous when old, except on the veins, and 

 often turning red. Male racemes about 3 in. long, the flowers 4 to 8 toge- 

 ther in distant clusters. Sepals about 1 line long, concave. Female racemes 

 longer and stouter. Flowers solitary in the axil of a small bract. Sepals 

 5 or 6, lanceolate-subulate, 1| to 3 lines long. Styles | in. long. Capsule 

 hoary. 



Common in low grounds, Champion and others. Not knosvu out of the island. 



7. CLAOXYLON, A. Juss. 



Flowers dioecious or rarely monfficious, in spikes or racemes. Perianth 

 calyx-like, without petals. Male flowers : Calyx of 3 or 4 segments, valvate 

 in the bud. Stamens indefinite. Anther-cells distinct, erect. Female flowers: 

 Calyx 3-lobed, with glands alternating with its lobes. Ovary 2- or 3-celled, 

 with 1 ovule in each cell. Styles free to the base, reflexed, plumose inside. 

 Capsule not muricate, divided into 2-valved cocci. — Trees or shrubs, glabrous 

 or tomentose. Leaves alternate, undivided. Spikes or racemes axillary, 

 loose. 



A considerable genus, spread over the tropical regions of the Old ^Vorld. 



1. C. parviflorum, A. Juss. in Sprenij. Syst. iii. 906 ; Hook, and Am. 

 Bot. Beech. 212. A shrub, softly tomentose in the young parts. Leaves 

 stalked, from broadly ovate-cordate to oval-oblong, with a cuneate base, 6 to 

 8 in. long, obtuse or acute, usually irregularly toothed, nearly glabrous and 

 green when full-grown. Spikes tomentose, the males slender, 4 in. to 1 ft. 

 long, the flowers small, several together in distant clusters. Female spikes 2 

 to 3 in. Capsules 3 Imes diameter, softly tomentose, often reddish. — C. indi- 

 cum., Endl. ; Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. pars ii. 38.5. C. sjnci/lonis, A. Juss. in 

 Baill. Euph. 493. 



Hongkong, Hance, Wright ; in woods at Little Hongkong, Wilford. ^Vidcly diffused 

 over eastern India, the Archipelago, and the Pacific isles, 



8. HANCEA, Seem. 



(Axenfeldia, Bcdll. Echinocroton, Y. Muell.) 



Flowers mona'cious, in spikes or racemes. Perianth calyx-like, without 

 petals or glands. Male flowers : Calyx of 3 or 4 segments, valvate in the 

 bud. Stamens indefinite. Anther-cells distinct, laterally attached al)ovc the 

 middle. F male flowers : Calyx of 4 to 6 narrow segments. Ovary 3-eelled, 

 with 1 ovule in each cell. Capsule muricate or echinate, dividing into 2- 

 valved cocci.— Shrubs or trees, glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, undi- 

 vided, all or the upper ones opposite, or opposed to the spikes or branches. 

 Spikes terminal or leaf-opposed. 



A small tropical genus, limited to Asia and Australia. Tt is closely allicl to lioH/rra. 



