Aclephila.] ^ oxxxv. EuPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 283 
fem. clustered or solitary; pedicel slender, 1-2 in. long. Sepals variable in length, 
obtuse, apiculate or truncate. Petals very variable. Ovary globose, 3-lobed ; styles 
8, 2-fid, lobes recurved. Capsule 3 to 1} in. diam., broader than long, 3-lobed, 
minutely wrinkled when dry; cocci woody, dorsally rounded. Seeds $ in. long, ` 
obtusely trigonous, dorsally rounded, broader than long; testa very thin, fragile, 
brown.—The Indian species retained by Mueller are the following. Having no-flowering 
specimens, I am unable to distinguish them, and suspect they are all forms of one. 
A. ZEYLANICA, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 77, and in DC. l.c. 221; dicecious, 
petals of male broadly rhombic-obovate base cuneate, of fem. short cuneate-obovate 
flabellately dilated truncate emarginate, filaments free. A. neilgherrensis, Thwaites 
Enum. 280 (excl. syn.). Savia zeylanica, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 571. —Ceylon. 
A. THomsonr, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 65, and in DC. l. e. 222; diccious, 
Sepals of fem, linear-lanceolate acute witha series of basal glands, petals linear-lanceo- 
late rigid entire about 3 times shorter than the sepals.— Mysore and the Carnatic, 
G. Ti mson. 
A. JAVANICA, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 356; monccious, sepals coriaceous, petals 
of male broadly rhombic-obovate cuneately narrowed at the base, of fem. short cuneate- | 
obovate truncate emarginate, filaments connate at the base, capsules large. Muell. Arg. 
in DC. L c. 222; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 840. A. bantamensis, Mig. l.c. Savia Actephila, 
Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 243.— Singapore, Wallich (Cat. 8016), Andaman Islands, Java. 
A. EXCELsA, Muell. Arg. ll. c. ; monccious, leaves from linear-oblong to elliptic or 
lanceolate ; sepals submembranous suborbicular tip rounded with brown edges, petals 
oblong-obovate subentire, capsule large, testa membranous. (See citations under the 
Species.) — Assam, the Khasia Mts. and Silhet. 
2. A. puberula, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 341; shoots and nerves of leaves 
beneath minutely pubescent or glabrescent, leaves long-petioled obovate or 
9blong obtuse or obtusely acuminate base rounded or cordate. 
ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. . 
An evergreen shrub, 4—8 ft. (Kurz). Leaves 4-7 in., hardly coriaceous, glabrous 
“ove, nerves beneath puberulous. Flowers monoecious or diccious, orange-cold, 
Ca JT coriaceous. Capsules, as in A. excelsa, wrinkled.—The base of the leaf and long 
Hi^ les at once distinguish this species from all the forms of A. excelsa. 1 have seen 
Owers, 
7. ANDRACHNE, Linn. 
(& 8. HEXAKISTRA, Hook. f.) 
Herbs, undershrubs, or slender shrubs. Leaves usually small, alternate, 
membranous, quite entire. Flowers small, monecious, pedicelled ; males 
Clustered in the axils, females solitary. Mate rr. Calyx 9-6-lobed or 
Partite, Petals 5-6, smallor 0. Disk-glands as many, or twice as many. 
tamens 5-6, alternate with the petals ; anthers erect, cells parallel. Pis- 
tillode small. Ferm. rr. Calyx larger. Petals minute or 0. Ovary 
3-celled ; styles short 2-fid or -partite ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule of 3 
2-va ved cocci. Seeds curved, rugose, estrophiolate, albumen fleshy ; embryo 
curved, cotyledons broad flat.—Species about 10, variously dispersed. 
When the clavis of the Indian genera of Euphorbiaceæ was prepared, f had 
determineq to propose for the last two species of this genus a separate ene under the 
pame of Hexakistra (in allusion to the needle-like style), but on reconsideration I 
ave considered it best to postpone the dismemberment of Andrachne, which contains 
in detail types of structure, till all the species now included under it could be studied 
ail, ° 
l. A. cordifolia, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 234; shrubby, 
