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Antidesma diandrum, Roth; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 361; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 360.—Shan hills, 3000 to 4000 feet. 
North and South India, Ceylon, Burma and Tenasserim. 
Antidesma velutinum, Tulasne?; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 361; 
Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 359.—Shan hills at 5000 feet. 
Burma, Pegu, and Tenasserim. 
Mallotus philippinensis, Muell. Arg. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 442; 
Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 381.—Shan States, Aplin. 
India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, Philippine islands, and N. 
Australia. 
Aleurites moluccana, Willd.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 384; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 377.—Shan hills at 3000 feet; cultivated ? 
Malaya and Polynesia, and various parts of India as an escape 
from eultivation. 
Croton oblongifolius, Roxb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 386; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 373. -Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet, Aplin 
and Collett. 
North and South India and Ceylon. 
Crozophora plicata, A. Jussieu; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 409.— 
Meiktila ; a common weed. 
From Western Europe and North Africa to Ceylon and 
Burma. 
Speranskia, sp. nov.?; fruticosa, flores d tantum adsunt.— 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Speranskia is a genus of which only two species have hitherto 
been deseribed ; one from Northern and the other from Central 
China. Both are herbaceous, and the Shan plant is a small 
shrub; but in other respects they are very much alike, though in 
the absence of female flowers we do not venture to give our 
plant a name. 
Cleidion javanicum, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 444; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 390.—Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. 
Himalayas to Ceylon, Khasia, Burma, and Java. 
Acalypha indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1003; DC. Prodr. 
