Erismanthus.] cxxvm. euphorbiace^e. 271 
3-lobed, 3-celled hairy. Styles very long united below, bipartite, 
arms hairy filiform. Capsule of 3 sub-globose hairy cocci. Seeds 
sub-globose. Species 2, the other one Chinese. 
(1) E. obliqua Wall. Cat. 8011; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. 
xvii. 1138; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 405. 
A shrub to a treelet 25 ft. tall, hairy. Leaves glabrous cus¬ 
pidate serrate, edge serrate; nerves about 10 pairs; 6 in. long, 
2*5 in. wide; petioles red, *i in. long or less. Stipules linear hairy, 
*2 in. long. Male cone *25 in. long, bracts hairy; pedicels hairy, 
*5 in. long; flowers pink, *05 in. wide. Female flowers; peduncle 
fairly stout hairy, 1 in. long with two lanceolate bracts at top. 
Pedicels *3 in. long. Sepals acute hairy, *3 in. long. Style arms 
•3 in. long. Capsule *5 in. through. Seed mottled. Hab. Forests. 
Malacca, Bukit Besar, Mt. Ophir. Pahang River at Tanjong Antan. 
Perak, Kwala Kenering; Kwala Dipang (Kunstler). Penang 
(Wallich); Hill; Waterfall (Curtis). Native name: Kusep Kuludu. 
37 . CLAOXYLON, A. Juss. 
Shrubs or small trees (rarely herbs). Leaves alternate, mem¬ 
branous, long-petioled oblong or ovate, toothed or entire. Flowers 
small or minute in axillary or lateral spikes or racemes. Male 
flowers; calyx sub-globose 3 to 4 valvate segments. Petals and 
disc none. Stamens many on or around a central receptacle often 
mixed with glands or long linear scales; filaments free, cells 
divaricate. No pistillode. Female flowers; calyx as in male. 
Disc none or of 5 petal-like hypogynous scales alternate with the 
carpels. Ovary 3-celled; ovules 1 in a cell. Styles short entire 
fringed. Capsule of 3 bivalved cocci (or coriaceous indehiscent). 
Seeds sub-globose, aril red. Species about 40, Old Woi'ld tropics. 
Leaves broad ovate or elliptic-lanceolate; racemes 
rather long. ( 1 ) C. indicum 
Leaves lanceolate narrowed at both ends; racemes 
rather long . . . . . . . (2) C. longifolium 
Leaves elongate oblanceolate; racemes short . (3) C. Wallichianum 
Leaves large oblong acuminate, base blunt; racemes 
short . . . . . . . . (4) C. Kingii 
(1) C. indicum Hassk. Bogor, 235; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod . 
xv. (2), 782; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 400. 
A big shrub softly pubescent all over. Leaves broadly ovate, 
base round, 6 to 7 in. long, 475 in. wide, or lanceolate or elliptic- 
lanceolate, base acute, edge entire or toothed, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
sparsely hairy or glabrous above, softly tomentose beneath; nerves 
6 to 8 pairs; petioles 2 to 4 in. long, softly tomentose. Racemes 
pubescent slender, 4*5 to 5 in. long. Male flowers minute, green 
tomentose in small clusters shortly pedicelled. Sepals oblong 
acute, hairy outside, reflexed. Stamens numerous, glabrous, 20 to 
30 mixed with filiform scales. Female flowers solitary on longer 
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