Cleistanthus.] LXIX. EUPHORBIACEiE. 451 



12. CLEISTANTHUS, Hooker. 



Trees with alternate, short-petiolate, penniveined leaves, lateral nerves 

 prominent. Flowers monoicous or dioicous, subsessile in axillary clusters 

 or short spikes, with bracteoles between the flowers. Calyx-tube turbi- 

 nate or cup-shaped, segments 5, valvate in bud. Petals 5, those of the 

 male flowers minute. Male flowers : stamens 5, filaments free, inserted 

 round a thick rudimentary ovary. Disc urceolate. Female flowers : 

 ovary partly immersed in the calyx- tube, 3-celled, styles 3, more or less 

 2-fid. Disc membranous, cup-shaped or cylindric. Fruit a 3-celled 6- 

 valved capsule. Seeds often connate in pairs at the base. 



1. C. oblongifolius, Mull. Arg. Syn. Cluytia oblongifolia, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 731. Briedelia ohlongifolia, Hooker & Arnott. Vern. Dukesa, 

 Silhet. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 6-12 in. long, 

 glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Flowers greenish yellow, in small 

 lateral clusters ; bracteoles broad-ovate ciliate. Female flowers : calyx-tube 

 turbinate, disc cylindric, laciniate at the top. Petals obovate, ciliate. 

 Fruit ovoid, supported by the persistent base of calyx, -J in. long. 



Silhet. Sub - Himalayan tract and outer valleys of Sikkim and Assam, 

 ascending to 4000 ft. According to Stewart in the Siwalik tract of Kamaon, 

 extending west to the Ganges. Fl. March-May ; fr. Aug., Sept. Wood hard 

 and durable (Roxb.) 



13. PUTRANJIVA, Wall. 



Trees with alternate, coriaceous, stipulate leaves. Flowers dioicous, the 

 male flowers in axillary clusters ; the female flowers pedunculate, axillary, 

 solitary or a few together. Calyx of the male flowers 2-5-parted, of the 

 female flowers 4-6-parted, segments narrow. Petals and disc wanting. 

 Stamens 2-3, central, filaments free, monadelphous or diadelphous. Ovary 

 2-3-celled. Fruit indehiscent, 1-seeded with a hard bony endocarp. 



1. P. Roxburgh!!, Wall. Tab. LIII Wight Ic. t. 1876; Eoylelll. 

 t. 83 a - ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 275. Syn. P. amblyocarpa, Mull. Arg. DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 444. Nageia Putranjiva, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 766. Sans. 

 Putranjiva. Vern. Putdjan, Pb. ; Jia puta y joti, juti, putra jiva, 

 KW.P. j Patji, Oudh ; Jivputrak, Hindi. 



A middle-sized evergreen tree, with dark-green foliage, branchlets and 

 petioles pubescent. Leaves elliptic-oblong, with unequal-sided base, ser- 

 rulate, short-petiolate, 3-5 in. long, the upper side glabrous, shining, lateral 

 nerves numerous, joined by reticulate veins ; stipules subulate, deciduous. 

 Male flowers small, yellow, subsessile, numerous, collected in sessile irregu- 

 larly globose axillary heads ; calyx 3-5-cleft, stamens 3, filaments more 

 or less connate. Female flowers pedunculate, axillary, often in twos or 

 threes ; calyx 5-6-cleft, segments oblong, obtuse. Ovary 3-celled, pubes- 



