274 cxxvin. euphorbiace,®. [Acalyfiha. 
(1) A. indica Linn. Sp. PL 1003; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 416. 
A herb 1 ft. tall or more, pubescent. Leaves membranous 
ovate rhomboid, base cuneate, edges serrate, 1 to 2-5 in. long, 
■5 to 175 in. wide; petioles slender, 2 to 4 in. long. Racemes 
shorter than petiole, 1 to 3-25 in. long. Male portion very slender, 
•25 in. long with minute flowers crowded together sessile. Female 
flowers in cuneiform toothed bracts 1 to 12 on a raceme. Bracts 
•15 in. long, green. Capsule very small hairy concealed in the 
bract. Hab. Waste ground, a common weed. Singapore, Gelang; 
Pulau Ubin (Hullett). Province Wellesley, Krian. Penang, Balik 
Pulau Road (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu (Yapp). Distrib. 
Africa, India and Malay islands. Native name : Rumput Lislis. 
(2) A. fallax Mull. Arg. in Linncea, xxxiv. 42; in DC. Prod. 
xv. (2), 871; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 416. 
Herb, pubescent, 6 to 18 in. tall, branched. Leaves rhombic 
or ovate-lanceolate sub-acute crenate-serrate sparsely hairy all 
over, 2 in. long or more, 1 in. wide; petioles slender, 2 in. long. 
Spikes 1 to 2 in. long, hairy, axillary sessile or peduncled. Males 
in a minute terminal head or spike; females below numerous. 
Bracts i-flowered toothed, -05 in. long, hairy. Capsule hairy, 
•1 in. long. Seeds globose smooth. Hab. Waste ground, Perlis, 
Tebing Tinggi (Ridley). 
(3) A. siamensis Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 239. 
Bush about 4 ft. tall with slender twigs, glabrous except in¬ 
florescence. Leaves coriaceous rhomboid narrowed to blunt base, 
bluntly serrate, tip blunt; nerves 5 pairs slender with a pair from 
the leaf base; x to 2-5 in. long, *25 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles under 
•1 in. long. Racemes slender, puberulous, 1-25 in. long, upper part 
male, with 2 or 3 female flowers at the base. Male flowers 
minute in small tufts. Sepals ovate acute ciliate. Stamens about 
10; filaments hairy, scales lanceolate acuminate. Female flowers 
enclosed in large herbaceous bract. Capsule covered with long 
processes, -i in. long. Hab. Sandy open country in the north 
and on the east coast, Pahang River, Pekan and further north; 
Labong, Endau (Evans). Malacca, Pulau Sabang (Burkifl). Perak, 
Ulu Temengoh; Grit. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Kelantan, 
Bagan Estate (Macgill); Kwala Lebir. Distrib. Siam. Native 
name : Tumput. Use : Leaves for making tea. 
40 . CCELODEPAS, Hassk. 
Small trees. Leaves alternate oblong, toothed or entire. 
Flowers in axillary spicate clusters apetalous, females few at the 
base of the spikes. No disc. Male flowers; calyx globose splitting 
into 3 or 4 valvate segments. Stamens 4 to 8; filaments dilate 
from base upwards; anthers terminal. Pistillode minute. Female 
flowers; calyx cupular often enlarged in fruit, lobes 4 to 10 
