CXXVI 1 L EUPH 0 RBIACE 2 E. 
[Cleistanthus. 
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glabrous above, grey papillose beneath; petioles -20 to -25 in. 
long, thick. Flower clusters few of male or female flowers only. 
Males unknown. Female perianth only seen in fruit. Sepals 
lanceolate glabrous. Petals broad sub-spathulate-obovate, clawed 
crenulate. Capsule glabrous, *4 in. long, stipitate. Hab. Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler); Sungei Siput (Burkill). 
(25) C. myrianthus Kurz. For. FI. ii. 37 °» Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
v. 275. 
Small bushy tree 20 to 50 ft. tall, or large shrub, young parts 
coppery puberulous. Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate acumin¬ 
ate, base rounded; nerves 13 to 20 pairs, above dark green, shining, 
beneath copper-coloured from a very thin tomentum; 6 in. long, 
2*5 in. wide; petioles coppery, -25 in. long. Heads of flowers 
small, -2 in. through. Bracts blunt ovate villous. Calyx-lobes 
ovate acute coriaceous. Petals fan-shaped crenate. Ovary globose. 
Capsule stipitate sub-globose, shortly trilobed, *3 in. long. Exocarp 
brown separating from the hard endocarp; columella thick angled. 
Seed ovate, cotyledons folded not complicate. Hab. Edges of 
woods, especially by streams, Singapore, Stagmount; Jurong; 
Kranji Road (Ridley). Selangor, Ayer Kuning (Bum-Murdoch). 
Distrib. Burma, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Papua. 
(26) C. pseudomyrianthus Jabl. Pflanzenreich, l.c. 41. 
Small tree; branchlets glabrous or red pubescent. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic acuminate slight silky-pubescent beneath; nerves 
8 to 10 pairs; 3-25 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 25 in. wide; petioles 
•18 to -2 in. long, wrinkled. Flower heads axillary. Bracts 
glabrous, keeled ovate. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers 
sessile. Calyx-lobes triangular thick glabrous. Petals narrow 
oblong-lanceolate. Ovary ovoid glabrous. Styles 3, bifid. Cap¬ 
sule 3-lobed stipitate. Seeds cordate striate; cotyledons crisped 
and irregularly complicate. Hab. Perak, Sungei Larut (Wray). 
Allied to C. myrianthus but the cotyledons irregularly complicate. 
(27) C. ellipticus Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 281. 
A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 8 to 10 in. through, young parts red- 
pubescent. Leaves coriaceous glabrous, stiff elliptic blunt or 
shortly acute acuminate, paler beneath; nerves 7 pairs; 4 to 4-5 
in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Heads of flowers *25 in. 
through. Bracts rusty-villous ovate. Male flowers ; sepals 
rufous-tomentose at tip. Petals fan-shaped crenulate glabrous. 
Disc lining calyx-tube. Pistillode short columnar hairy. Female 
flowers, sepals as in male. Petals obovate-spathulate entire. 
Capsule on a stout stalk glabrous, *5 in. through, sub-globose 
trilobed. Seeds elongate ovoid, back convex keeled, base cordate 
excavate. Hab. Dense rocky jungle near water, Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler); Trong (Wray); Asam Kumbang (Wray); Thaiping 
(Burn-Murdoch). 
