Hemicyclia] XCVIII, EUPHORBIAOEiE 567 



24-25, glabrous, inserted round a broad orbicular crenate disk. 5. H. Wiglitii, Hook, 

 f. Nil girls. Nearly glabrous, 1. narrow, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, entire or ob- 

 scurely crenate, fr. | in. long, pedicel shorter than fr. (not seen). 6. H. sp. nova. 

 Bourdillon 227, 534. Travancore, evergreen forest, 1,000 ft. {H, laiiceolata, Tliwaites, 

 Gamble Ind. Timb. ed. ii. 605). A middle-sized or large tree, brancblets and petioles 

 minutely pubescent, 1. coriaceous, dentate, blade 2-3, pet. J in. PL S (in bud) sessile^ 

 sepals glabrous, edge fimbriate and minutely ciliate, stamens 8, glabrous. Fr, |-J in. 

 long, 1-celled, 1-seeded, pericarp succulent, endocarp crustaceous, cotyledons large in a 

 flesliy albumen, pedicels shorter tban fr. H. lauceolata, a Ceylon species, has 1. entire, 

 lon^ acuminate. 



B. Eastern species, imperfectly known. 



7. H. sumatrana, Muell. Arg. Plains of Pegu and Martaban, not unfrequent in 

 marshy places (Kurz). A middle-sized entirely glabrous tree, 1. dentate, fr. obtuse at 

 both ends, J, pedicel I in. long. 8. H. andamanica, Elurz. Coast forests of the Anda- 

 mans, frequent in low places (Kurz). A middle-sized glabrous tree, 1. nearly entire^ 

 fr. I, pedicel ^-J in. long. 



13. CYCLOSTEMON, Blmiie; El. Brit. Ind. v. 339. 



Evergreen trees, 1. alternate iisiTally coriaceous. El. dioecious, apetaloiiSy 

 axillary or on the old wood, sepals 3-6, broad, imbricate, often supported by a 

 number of small imbricate bracts. 3 : Stamens 6-8 or go, inserted round a 

 flat or depx^essed disk. $ : disk usually annular, ovary hairy 2-4-celled, 

 stigmas in most species sessile, broad fleshy, two collateral ovules from the 

 apex of each cell under a fleshy excrescence of the placenta (caruncle). Er. 

 indehiscent, 2-celled, often supported by the persistent calyx or the remains 

 of it, seeds solitary in each cell, or one only by abortion, cotyledons broad in a 

 fleshy albumen. Species 20, Africa, India, Malay Archipelago, 



I. EucycloBtemon, Stamens numerous, stigmas 2, large sessile. 



A. El. axillary. 



1. C. assamicus, Hook, f . Vern. CMpla^ Dun ; Kat heJmla^ Kum. ; Bmi-hoJcaJ, Beng« 

 Subhimalayan tract from the Dehra Bun eastwards. Assa m. Singh b^im. Sundriban- 

 Chittagong. Andamans. Coco island. A small tree, branchlets slender, glabrous, 1. 

 quite entire, shining, elongate-elliptic, blade -4-8, pet. I in. Pr. scarlet, neaiiy sessile, 

 velvety, laterally compressed with 2 furrows, almost 2-lobed, ^-f in. long. 2. C. 

 eglandulosus, Kurz. Tippera. Chittagong. Arakan, rare (Kurz) A middle-sized 

 tree, branchlets glabrous, 1. elliptic, caudate-acuminate, blade 2-4, pet. i~| in. PL $ in 

 axillary few-fld. panicles, pedicels velvety , | in. long, sepals 4, velvety on both surfaces, 

 unequal, the larger J in. long. Two imperfectly known sp. coll. by Dr. Heifer 1837, 

 either in Tenasserim or on the Andamans. 3. 0. Helferi, Hook. f. L. glabrous, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, repand denticulate, blade 4-6, pet. J in., veins prominently reticulate, fr. 

 velvety, crowned by a large fleshy stigma, pedicel J in. long. 4. C. ellipticus, Hook. f. 

 h. glabrous, thinly coriaceous, elliptic, acuminate, blade 4-5, pet. J in. ^ fl. pub- 

 escent, on short pedicels, axillary and on the old wood, sepals J in. long. 



5. C. Jaintensis, C. B. Clarke MSS. in herb. Kew. Jowai, Jaintia hills, 3,500 ft. A 

 tree, stem with strong prickles, youngest shoots finely silky, 1. membranous, denticu- 

 late, fr. sessile, solitary, always axillary, ellipsoid, velvety, | in. long, 2-celled, but 

 1-seeded, supported by the 3 x-ound persistent sepals and crowned by the stigma, con- 

 sisting of 2 sessile circular i)lates (fl. unknown, hence position in the genus uncertain). 



B. El. all on the old wood. 



6. C. macropliyllTis, Blume (including 0. zeylamcus^ Baill.) ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 278. 

 Evergreen forests of the "Western Ghats from Coorg southwards. Common on the 

 Anamalais. Western Duars (D. B. Feb. 1879). Andamans. — Malay Peninsula. 

 Ceylon. Java. A middle-sized tree, stem often attaining a large diameter, branches 

 spreading. Youngest shoots with deciduous brown hairs, 1. glabrous, elliptic-oblong, 

 usually entire, blade 6-12, pet. stout, J-J in. Fl. sessile (Coorg, Western Duai-s), 

 pedicellate (Travancore, Andamans, Ceylon, Malay Penins.). Pedicels and sepals hairy, 

 sepals 4 or 5. Placenta enlarged, fleshy, resembling a hood on the 2 collateral ovules. 

 Fr. pubescent, yellow when ripe, nearly globose, |-1 in. diam. 7. 0, malabancus, Bedd. 

 Tinnevelli ghatb. Branchlets, young 1. and fl. golden-tomentose, sepals 4, fr. tomentose^ 

 pedicel | in. long. 8. C. confertiflorus, Hook, f, Vern. Augal mar a, Kan. North 

 Kanara, evergreen forests. A large tree, quite glabrous, 1. elliptic-oblong, blade 6-8, 

 pet. stout, J in. $ fl. sessile in dense clusters, disk depressed, funnel-shaped, glabrous, 

 radiately ribbed, with a membranous lobed border. 



