Homalanthus
(from homalos, smooth, and anthos, a flower). SYN. Carumbium. ORD. Euphorbiaceae. A genus of seven or eight species of stove evergreen shrubs, natives of the Malayan Archipelago, the Pacific Islands, and Australia. Flowers unisexual, inconspicuous, in terminal racemes. Leaves entire, long-stalked. For culture, see stove species of Euphorbia. H. fastuosus (proud). fl. greenish. l. peltate. Philippines, 1866. H. polyandrum (many-stamened). l. alternate, broadly-ovate, clear glaucescent-green above, rich vinous-purple beneath. Lord Howe's Island, 1876. A handsome, erect-growing shrubby plant, with a glabrous terete stem. H. populifolia (Poplar-leaved). fl. white. August. h. 6ft. Australia, 1825. (B. M. 2780, under name of Omalanthus populifolia.)