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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACE^E. 
\Cleistanthus. 
late in male. Capsule *5 in. long on a pedicel -5 in. long, all glabrous. 
Hab. Forests, Perak, Thaiping (Wray). Penang Hill at 700 to 
1000 ft. altitude (Hullett, Curtis). 
(3) C. glaucus Jabl. Pflanzenreich, l.c. 25. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, glabrous except the extreme tips of 
branches hairy. Leaves thin coriaceous elliptic cuspidate acuminate, 
base round; nerves 7 pairs, very faint; 2 to 3 in. long, *5 to 1 in. 
wide; petioles very short. Stipules setaceous, very abundant 
and persistent on the slender flowering shoots. Male flowers not 
seen. Female flowers in very small heads. Calyx hairy outside, 
lobes ovate. Petals orbicular or rhomboid. Disc annular. Ovary 
pilose. Capsule 3-lobed. Hab. Forests, Dindings, Lumut (Ridley). 
Perak, Goping, Limestone Hills (Kunstler). 
(4) C. membranaceus Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 278. C. stipulatus 
Hook, fil. l.c. 281. 
Tree with spreading branches 15 to 30 ft. tall, 4 to 8 in. through; 
branchlets slender pubescent-hairy. Leaves membranous, glabrous 
elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate or cuspi¬ 
date glaucous beneath; nerves 10 to 15 pairs, very slender and 
faint; 1 to 4 in. long, -4 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *05 in. long. 
Stipules acicular persistent, -i to *25 in. long. Flowers very small 
pale green in small clusters. Bracts minute. Calyx-lobes ovate, 
glabrous in male, hairy in females. Petals in males obcuneate, 
in females rhomboid. Disc in male pulvinate lobed, in female a 
short crenulate cup. Capsule -3 in. long, lobed sub-globose hairy. 
Hab. Dense forests at 300 to 500 ft. altitude. Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler). Penang, Balik Pulau and Waterfall (Curtis). 
(5) C. nitidus Hook, fil, F.B.I. v. 280. 
Tree. Branches slender closely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous 
glabrous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate, 
edges undulate, base caudate shining above, glaucescent beneath; 
nerves 8 to 12 pairs slender; 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1*25 in. wide; 
petioles -8 in. long, densely red-woolly. Heads small, -i in. 
through; flowers few, sessile. Calyx-lobes ovate acute densely 
hairy. Petals in male flabellate crenulate, in female obovate. 
Disc in male pulvinate, in female tubular densely hairy. Pistillode 
in male hairy, lobed. Styles 3, bifid. Capsule round-oblong 
slightly 3-lobed, red hairy, *25 in. long. Hab. Hill forests, Penang, 
Waterfall (Curtis). 
var. Curtisii Ridl. C. Curtisii Jabl. Pflanzenreich , l.c. 22. 
Branchlets densely red velvety. Leaves all 3 in. long, 1 in. wide. 
Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Native name: Sabasali Batu. 
The specimens labelled Singapore, Lobb, were no doubt collected in 
Penang. 
(6) C. flavescens Jabl. Pflanzenreich, iv. 147; viii. 19. 
A small tree 15 ft. tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves mem¬ 
branous or thinly coriaceous elliptic, 2 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. 
