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Petals alternating with the sepals, rarely absent or rudimentary in 
_ the females. Stamens varying in number, free, inserted on the 
central elevated receptacle; anthers 2-rimose. Ovary-rudiment 
Flowers in elongate racemes ; ovary glabrous, the styles simple. C, variegatum. 
Racemes corymbose, glabrous; ovary hirsute, the styles 2- 
cle : § : . ; z : ; . - C. Andamanicum. 
Umbels from a pubescent-bracted head on a pubescent axillary 
Re) ° : 5 : ; ‘ ‘ ° - C. (?)lutescens. 
1. C. variegatum, Bl.—An evergreen shrub, 4-8 ft. high, 
all parts glabrous ; leaves variable, from oblong to elongate-linear, 
obtuse or acute at the base, on }-1 in. long petiole thickened at the 
apex, 2-6 in. long and longer, blunt to bluntish apiculate, almost 
coriaceous, entire or waved, glabrous, green or variously variegated ; 
flowers rather small, slenderly pedicelled, forming glabrous elon- 
gate racemes in the axils of the leaves; calyx 5-parted, glabrous ; 
petals shorter than the calyx, rudimentary, white ; hypogynous 
glands in males orange-coloured, almost crescent-shaped, in females 
connate, annular ; stamens numerous, free; ovary glabrous; styles 
3, long, simple, subulate. 
Has.—Frequently cultivated in villages, especially round khyoungs, all over 
Burma.—F. begin. of R.S.—s. 
2. C. Andamanicum, Kz.—An evergreen large shrub, all parts 
glabrous ; leaves from obovate-oblong to elliptical, acute or obtuse 
at the base, on a 3-10 lin. long petiole, shortly and bluntish 
lobes rounded, glabrous, those of the females ovate, acute; petals 
m males small, the hypogynous glands large, trigonous, truncate, 
styles 3, very long, deeply 2-cleft; capsules on a short nodding 
cal, -grey and variegated. 
Haz.—Very frequent in the tropical forests of the Andaman Islands.—Fl. 
Fr. Apr.-June.—s,—SS.=SiS, 
- C, (2) lutescens, Kz.—An evergreen large (dioecious ?) shrub, 
3 
8-12 ft. high, the young shoots slightly puberulous ; leaves lanceo- 
