Bndelia] XCVIII. EUPHOEBIAOBiE 561 



globose J- J in. diam 11. B. Griffltliii, Hook. f. Soutli Andaman. Malacca. Scandent, 

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

 5-7 pair, arching. 12. B. minutiflora, Hook. f. Mergui. Malay Arcliip. l^early 

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

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



Hymenocardia punctata, Wall.—Syn. H. WaUichii, Tulasne. Banks of streams and 

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

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

 shoots, underside of 1. and ^ spikes densely clothed with minute shining orange- 

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

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

 branous, ix^regularly 4-6-lobed, stamens 4-6, filaments nearly free. $ in few-fld. 

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

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

 flat. 



5. CLEISTANTHUS, Hook. f. PL Brit. Ind, v. 274. 



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

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

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

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



A. Ovarj'' quite glabrous. 



1. C. collinus, Benth. — Syn. Lebidieropus orhicihlaris^ Mnell. Arg. ; 

 Bedd. Man. t. 23, fig. 5; Cluytia colUna^ Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 169. Vern. 

 Garar^ Garari^ C. P. ; Korslie^ Tel. ; Wodan^ Wbdishi, Tam. 



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. i in., sec. n. 4-8 pair, slender. PL yellowisb-green, in small axillary 

 silky clusters, calyx-lobes lanceolate. Capsule woody, sessile, globose 3- i-arely 

 4-lobed, |-| in. diam., dark brown, shining. Seeds 3, albumen scanty. 



Behar. Chutia Nagpur. Satpura range. Chanda district (abundant), "Western 

 Peninsula. Not known north of the Ganges, nor from Rajputana. 1^1. B. S. Coppices 

 readily. 2. C. cliartaceus, Muell. Arg. Silhet. Branchlets and inflorescence rusty- 

 tomentose, 1. gla>>rous when mature, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 5-8, narrowed 

 into pet. i in. long, sec. n. arching, 6-8 pair. Capsule stipitate, J in. long, woody, 

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

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

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

 stipitate, woody, obtusely 3-lobed, i in. diam, 



B. Ovary villous or hirsute. 



4. C. maJaTbaxicus, Muell. Arg. Evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara- 

 A large shrub or small tree, branchlets and petioles densely rufous- 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. laucifolius, Hook, f. Tenasserim. Glabrous, 1. lanceolate, caudate-acumi- 

 nate, blade 4-5, pet. J in. long, sec. n. slender. 



6. C. patulus, MuelL Arg. *, Bedd. Man. t. xxiii. -B-g. 4. — Syn. Amanoa indica, "Wigbt. 

 lo. t. 1911. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. Glabrous, 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, blade 1-3, pet. J in. long, sec. n. very slender. Capsule J in. diam., deeply 

 3-lobed. 



6. ACTEPHILA, BL; El. Brit. Ind. v. 282. 



L. quite entire, stipules deciduous. ¥1, monoecious, sometimes dioecious, $ 

 in axillary clusters, ? solitary or a few on a long peduncle. Sepals 6-6, 

 petals small, sometimes wanting, disk broad, usually 5-lobed. ^ Stamens 

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

 hard capsule of 3 two-valved cocci. Cotyledons fleshy, albximen scanty or 0. 

 Species about 10, Malayan and Australian. 



1. A. excelsa, Muell. Arg. ; Bedd. Man. t. 23.-— Syn. A. neilgherrensis, "Wight lo, 1. 1910. 

 Vern, Tawzalat pyu, Burm. Western Ghats from Mahabaleshwar southwards. 



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