Sauropus.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 333 
and zeylanica; noue of Thwaites’ or Gardner's specimens have **acutely acuminate 
leaves,” and I find nothing answering to the acute calyx-lobes of zeylanicus figured 
by Wight. The fleshy aril of some authors is the remains of the septa between the 
seeds. ` 
2. S. retroversus, Wight Ic. t. 1951; leaves of S. albicans, male 
calyx reflected on the pedicel in an urceolate form mouth 6-toothed, fem. 
discoid with 3 outer rounded lobes and 3 inner smaller subacute ones, fruit 
lin. white pyriform. Thwaites Enum. 284; Muell. Arg.in DC. Prodr. 
Xv. ii. 241, 
CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 4000 ft., Walker, Thwaites, &. m 
The specimens do not enable me to add anything to the above description ; they 
are in male fl. only, and appear abnormal. The fruit difers wholly from that of 
albicans. 
3. S. assimilis, Thwaites Enum.984; leaves of S. albicans, male calyx 
of S narrow cylindric incurved obtuse segments. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
xv. 1. 249. 
CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 
Male flowers alone are known of this curious species, 
4. S. stipitatus, Hook. f. ; quite glabrous, branches terete, leaves 
very shortly petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate penninerved, fem. calyx 
“partite, lobes narrow, fruit globose stipitate, epicarp crustaceous splitting 
stellately into 6 valves, cocci closed with a very small basal ventral notch. 
Sikkim Hrwaraya; Darjeeling (Herb. Griffith). 
Leaves 2-3} by 3-1 in. base LAE IM or es petiole 5 in. Calyx not or 
but little enlarged in fruit, 5-partite, segments linear-oblong, obtuse. Fruit j in. 
am., globose; peduncle 4 in.— Distinguished from S. albicans by the longer dif- 
ferently-shaped leaves, calyx and fruit. I have seen no male flowers. The female 
ower is unlike that of the genus. 
5. S. oblongifolius, Hook. f. ; quite glabrous, branchlets terete, leaves 
very shortly petioled oblong or linear-oblong obtuse penninerved, calyx dis- 
Cifurm 6-lobed, lobes rounded or reniform, fruit depressed globose sessile, 
epicarp thin erustaceous subvalvular, cocci with a broad ventral hollow. 
ay? Assam, Masters; Dailoon in the Mishmi Hills, Grifith (Kew Distrib. 
Branchlets slender. Leaves 21-3 in., dark green, very membranous, base acute ; 
etiole Ys in. Fruit obscurely 6-lobed ; peduncle ġ in. Seeds j-3 in. long, 2^ nl 
8. albicans — Near S. aibicans, but the branchlets are terete, the leaves have paralle 
sides and are not narrowed towards the tip, and the fruit is smaller, 4-3 in. diam., 
depressed and 6-furrowed, not fleshy, the cocci 33; in. long. 
6. S. lanceolatus, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, branches terete, leaves 
very shortly petioled lanceolate acuminate penninerved, calyx Spare 
Segments oblong, frnit globose sessile, epicarp thin bursting irregularly, 
i with a very small basal ventral perforation. 
JPPER Assam; Mishmi Hills, Grifith (Kew Distrib. 4825). 
Caves 3—4} by 1 a oe ii or cuneate. Calyz nof much enlarged in 
Dice ements oblong-obovate, revolute. Fruit j in. diam., smooth, bed ; 
Picarp thinly erustaceous ; cocci 1 in. long. 
7. S. macrophvllu . auite glabrous, shrubby, branches 
S, Hook. f.; quite gia , 
terete, leaves very shortly petioled n^ a ovate-lanceolate acuminate pen- 
Dlnerved, fem. calyx deeply 5-lobed, lobes obovate-spathulate, fruit large 
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