CXXVIH. EUPHORBIACEiE. 
225 
Antidesma .] 
cells globose. Pistillode minute or 0. Female flowers; calyx 
as in male. Disc shortly annular or pulvinate. Ovary celled; 
stigmas 2 to 4, bifid; ovules 2. Fruit a compressed drupe crowned 
with sub-lateral or terminal stigmas. Species about 70, Africa, 
Asia and Australia. 
Stipules foliaceous, large. 
Inflorescence simple. 
Leaves oblong or oblong-ovate. 
Leaves hairy beneath 
Leaves glabrous, branches tomentose . 
Leaves glabrous, branches glabrous 
Leaves lanceolate, male spikes very slender 
Inflorescence panicled. 
Leaves lanceolate glabrous 
Stipules small lanceolate. 
Racemes simple. 
Leaves quite glabrous. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 9 to 14 in. long 
Leaves lanceolate, 1-4 to 3*5 in. long . 
Leaves elliptic cuspidate, 6 in. long; 
male spikes very slender . 
Leaves hairy or pubescent. 
Leaves lanceolate .... 
Leaves elliptic cuspidate; stipules lan¬ 
ceolate caudate . 
Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate; 
stipules lanceolate acu¬ 
minate. 
Fruit-pedicels long .... 
Fruit-pedicels short 
Racemes in a panicle of from 2 to 5. 
Stamens 4 to 8. 
Leaves orbicular-obovate, 3 in. long; 
spikes 5 in a panicle . 
Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate. 
Branchlets red-tomentose 
Branchlets velvety not red. 
Leaves 8 in. long; nerves sunk above, 
very prominent beneath 
Leaves 6 in. long; nerves not 
conspicuous. 
Stipules lanceolate acuminate. 
Stipules ovate-lanceolate 
Stamens 3. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate; 
stipules ovate-lanceolate 
Stipules linear or filiform. 
Leaves coriaceous glabrous; stipules linear 
acuminate. 
Leaves pubescent beneath; stipules linear . 
Leaves quite glabrous; stipules filiform 
(1) A. Kunstleri 
(2) A. fomentosum 
(3) A. pachystachys 
(4) A. stipulare 
(5) A. alatum 
(6) A. pendulum 
(7) A. gracillimum 
(8) A. Helferi 
(9) A. salicinum 
(10) A. hirtellum 
(n) A. longipes 
(12) A. persimile 
(13) A. ghoesembilla 
{14) A. cruciforme 
(15) A. phanerophlebium 
(16) A. velutinosum 
(17) A. montanum 
(18) A. cuspidatum 
(19) A. coriaceum 
(20) A. perakense 
(21) A. leucocladon 
(1) A. Kunstleri Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind . l.c. 225. 
Shrub 9 ft. tall, branch tips red-tomentose. Leaves oblong- 
ovate or oblong-lanceolate thinly coriaceous, caudate acuminate, 
mucronate, base sub-cuneate, glabrous above, sometimes pubescent 
Fl.M.P., 3 - Q 
