Bridelia] XCVIII. EUPHOKBIACE.E 561 



globose ^-') in. diam 11. B. Grifflthii, Hook. f. South Andaman. Malacca. Seandent, 

 glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, elongate-elliptic, acuminate, blade 2-4, pet. 4; in., sec. n. 

 5-7 pair, arching. 12. B. minutiflora, Hook. f. Mergui. Malay Archip. Nearly 

 glabrous, branches pustulate, 1. membranous, elongate elliptic, acuminate, base acute, 

 blade 2-3, pet. J in. Style solitary, bifid half-way down. 



Hymenocardia punctata, Wall — Syn. //. Wallichii, Tulasne. Banks of streams and 

 moist places, Pegu and Tenasserim, possibly also in Upper Burma. Siam. Cambodia. 

 Sumatra. . A shrub or small tree, deciduous, branchlets and petioles pubescent, young 

 shoots, underside of 1. and <J spikes densely clotlied with minute shining orange- 

 coloured scales. L. elliptic, blade 1-3, pet. slender, J in. long. $ catkins A in. long, 

 2-3 together, fl. minute, single in the axils of peltate pedicelled bracts, calyx mem- 

 branous, irregularly 4-b-lobed, stamens 4-6, filaments nearly free. $ in few-lM. 

 racemes, sepals narrow, caducous. Capsule fiat, obcordate, J in. broad, reticulately 

 veined, consisting of 2 broad flat wing-like cocci, separating from a central axis, seeds 

 flat. 



5. CLEISTANTHUS, Hook. f. Fl. Brit, Ind. v. 271. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, quite entire. Petals minute, ovary 3-celled, 

 styles 3, bifid, capsule sessile or shortly pedicellate, of 3 two-valved, 1 -seeded 

 cocci, separating from a central axis, cotyledons often folded. Species about 

 30, Tropical Africa, Indo-Malayan region. Trop. Australia. New Caledonia. 



A. Ovary quite glabrous. 



1. C. collinus, Benth. — Syn. Lebidieropsis orbicularis, Muell. Arg. ; 

 lioihl. Man. t. 23. tig. ■">; Clinjtia rollina, tv>xb. Cor. PI. r. L(i9. Wrn. 

 Qarar, Garari,C.V.\ Korshe,Tel.; Wodan, Wodishi,T&m. 



A large shrub or small tree, wood red, heart-wood darker, small, foliage 

 bright green. L. broadly ovate or obovate, obtuse, often orbicular, blade 2-4, 

 pet. \ in., sec. n. 4-8 pair, slender. Fl. yellowish-green, in small axillary 

 silky clusters, calyx-lobes lanceolate. Capsule wood}', sessile, globose 3- rarely 

 4-lobed, jj-f in. diam., dark brown, shining. Seeds 3, albumen scant}'. 



Behar. Chutia Nagpur. Satpura range. Chanda district (abundant'. Western 

 Peninsula. Not known north of the Ganges, nor from Pa jputana. Fl. E. S. Coppices 

 readily. 2. C. chartaceus, Muell. Arg. Silliet. Branchlets and inflorescence rust y- 



t lit use, 1. glabrous when mature, ell ipt ic-lnni late, acuminate, blade o s, narrowed 



into pet. j in. long, sec. n. arching, b-s pair. Capsule stipitatc, A in. long, TV ly, 



3-lobed. 3. C. myrianthus, Kurz. Lower Burma, Andamans. Malay Penins. A 

 middle-sized evergreen tree, branchlets and I. finely fulvous-tomentose, 1. coriaceous, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, blade 6-10, pet. J in., sec. n. 10-15 pair, arching. Capsule 

 stipitate, woody, obtusely 8-lobed, h in. diam. 



B. Ovary villous or hirsute. 



4. C. malabarlcuB, M uell. Arg. Evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanaxa. 

 A large shrub or small tree, branchlets and petioles densely ru funs- villous. L. oblanceo- 

 late, acuminate, glaucous and thinly hairy beneath, blade 4-6 in. narrowed into a very 

 short petiole, stipules long, setaceous. Capsule sparsely hairy, J in. diam., deeply 3- 

 lobed. 5, C. lancifolius, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Olabroiis, 1. lanceolate, caudate-acumi- 

 nate, blade I 5, pet. j i>>. long, sec. n. slender. 



6. C. patulus, Muell. Arg.; Bedd.Man. t. xxiii. fig. I. Syn. Amanoa ituZtca, Wight 



[o. t. L911. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. Clal -. i -■ i >■■ ■ 



acuminate, blade I 8, pet. \ in. long, sec. n. very slender. Capsule J in. diam., deeply 

 B-lobed. 



6. ACTEPHILA, Bl. : Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 282. 



I j. qui to entire, stipules deciduous. I'M. I m ci..us, sonictiinrs di< rcims. ' 



in axillary clusters, $ solitary or a few on a long peduncle. Sepals 5-i!, 

 petals small, soinct inies wanting, disk broad, usually B-lobed. $ Stamens 

 3-6, filaments free or connate at the base round a 3-cleft pistillode. Fr. a 

 hard capsule of •"> two-valved cocci. Cotyledons fleshy, albumen scanty or 0. 



Species about l<>. .Malayan and Australian. 



1. A. excelsa, Muell. Arg. ; Bedd.Man. t.28. Syn. A.ntUglurreiuU, Wighl Ic t. 1010. 

 Vern. Tawtalat ;»/«, Burm. Western Chats from Mnhabaleshwor Bouthwords. 



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