306 cxxviir. euphorbiace^. [Endosfiermum. 
above, except base of midrib puberulous, beneath scurfy on the 
nerves 5 pairs, 5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 3-5 in. long. Male 
spikes 4 in. long. Bracts *05 in. long, persistent ovate acute larger 
than in E. malaccense. Flowers solitary and in pairs. Hab. 
Singapore (Cantley); Bukit Timah; Kranji (Ridley). Malacca 
(Maingay). 
This tree closely resembles E. malaccense, but it has the leaves narrowed 
at the base, and the spikes seem to be stouter. I should be inclined to make 
it a local variety. One of Maingay’s Malacca sheets seems directly inter¬ 
mediate between the two species. 
(3) E. perakense King in Hook. fil. F.B.I.v. 458. 
Tree, 60 to 80 ft. tall, stem 15 to 20 in. through, glabrous. Leaves 
ovate cordate, tip shortly cuspidate; nerves 7 pairs, elevate beneath, 
nervules and reticulations conspicuous, glabrous above, minutely 
puberulous beneath; 6 in. long, 2*2 in. wide; petioles glabrous, 2 in. 
long. Flowers unknown. Fruiting racemes fairly stout, 3 in. long, 
globose or slightly bilobed, greenish yellow, viscid, glabrous, *2 in. 
long and wide; pedicels *1 in. long, stout. Hab. Dense jungle, 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Dubious Plant. 
E. chinense Benth. FI. Hongkong, 304; Hook. fil. F.B.I. l.c. The 
only specimen I have seen of this is Wallich’s No. 7848, from 
Singapore, which consists merely of leaves. These leaves do 
resemble those of the Chinese plant, but may be a young state 
of E. malaccense. The large glands at the insertion of the 
petiole mentioned as a distinctive character by Hooker are 
frequently present in E. malaccense as well as in E. chinense. 
57 . CNESMONE, Bl. 
Tomentose or hairy climbing shrubs with stinging hairs. Leaves 
alternate oblong, base broad cordate or peltate denticulate. Stipules 
broad lanceolate blunt persistent. Flowers in leaf-opposed racemes; 
males above, females at base. No disc or petals. Male flowers; 
calyx globose splitting into 3 broad lobes. Stamens 3, filaments 
free; anthers dorsifixed, connective produced into a reflexed lamina 
or short point, cells separate. Female flowers; sepals 3, enlarging 
in fruit. Ovary 3-celled strigose, cells i-ovuled; styles or stigmatic 
lobes 3 fleshy united at the base in a fleshy mass fimbriate. Capsule 
of 3 cocci. Seeds globose mottled. Species 2, India, Malay Penin¬ 
sula, Java, Sumatra. 
Branches stout tomentose; leaves cordate . . (1) C. javanica 
Branches slender sparingly hairy; leaves peltate . (2) C. subpeltata 
(1) C. javanica Bl. Bijdr. 630; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 466. 
Stem about *15 in. through, several feet long, tomentose. Leaves 
abruptly short-acuminate, 6 in. long, 4 in. wide, sparsely hairy 
