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ETJPHORBIACEJE. 
[. Antidesma . 
Racemes 1-2 in. long, cotemporary with the leaves, crowded on short 
branchlets ; rachis densely pilose ; pedicels of the lower flowers as 
long as the perianth ; bracts pilose. Perianth campanulate, densely 
pilose, -Jg- in. broad. Stamens 3-5, four times as long as the perianth. 
Female flowers not seen. 
Mauritius, on hills of the Montagne du Garde and at the Petite Riviere. 
Endemic. 
3. A. longifolium, Bojer, Hort. Maur. 289 (name only). General 
habit exactly of A. madagascariense. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 5-9 
in. long, deltoid at the base and apex, subcoriaceous, with many erecto- 
patent veins with distinct anastomosing venules between them, without 
any glandular pits in their axils ; petiole in. long. Male flowers 
in crowded sessile racemes under an inch long ; bracts deltoid, very 
minute ; pedicels finally as long as the minute glabrous broadly 
campanulate perianth, which has 4 deltoid teeth. Stamens 4, three or 
four times as long as the perianth. Female flowers not seen. 
Mauritius, on the hanks of the Moka River and round Bois Cheri. Endemic. 
4. A. Boutoni, Baker. A shrub 8 or 10 feet high. Leaves more 
oblong, smaller and more coriaceous in texture than in A. longifolium , 
2-3 1 in. long, very glossy on the face, the main veins erecto-patent, 
without any glandular pits in their axils ; petiole flattened, £ in. long. 
Racemes very short ; rachis glabrous ; pedicels very short ; bracts 
deltoid. Drupe oblique ovoid, £ in. long when dry, with 3 stigmas. 
Mauritius, on rocks of the mountains near Port Louis, Bouton ! Endemic. 
5. A. lancsefolium, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 289 (name only) . A shrub, 
glabrous in all its parts. Leaves lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous, 
rounded at the base, 2-4 inches long, f-1 inch broad ; main veins 
erecto-patent, without any pitted swellings in their axils. Racemes 
solitary or in pairs, sessile, above an inch long; rachis glabrous; 
pedicels and bracts as long as the perianth. Perianth campanulate, 
3 ^ in. broad ; lobes deltoid. Stamens 4, three times the length of the 
perianth. Female flowers not seen. 
Mauritius, in the forests of Moka and Quartier Militaire. Endemic. 
3. MACARAN GA, Thouars. 
Flowers dioicous. Male perianth with 3-4 valvate lobes. Disk 
absent. Stamens central, very various in number ; filaments free ; 
anthers peltate, 3-4 celled. Female perianth with 3 imbricated lobes. 
Ovary various in structure, in Eumacaranga , to which our plant 
belongs, 1-celled, with a single style ; ovules solitary in the cells. 
Fruit capsular. Seeds not carunculate. — Trees or shrubs, with alter- 
nate petioled stipulate leaves and minute clustered flowers. Distrib. 
Tropics of the Old World. Species 80 (including Mappa ). 
