382 OXXXV. EUPHORBIACEEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Elateriospermum, 
E. Tapos, Blume Bijd. i. 621; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. i. 
1131; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. i. 412, and Suppl. 460; Hook. Ic. Pl. 
t. 1294. 
PERAK, Scortechini. Matacca, Gaudichaud, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4960), 
Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1440), &c.—DisTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 
A lofty evergreen ? tree, 60-80 ft. ; branchlets robust. Leaves 4-8 in., coriaceous, 
oblong or linear-oblong, obtusely acuminate, base acute, nerves 12-16 pairs; petiole 
1i-2 in. slender. Panicles in the uppermost axils, peduncle stout, 14-3 in., branches 
and pedicels short. Male fl. } in. diam.; fem } in. Sepals oblong. Ovary ovoid, 
pubescent. Capsule 2 in. long, oblong, smooth. Seeds 1} in. long, oblong, chestnut- 
brown, subtrigonous with rounded top base and sides, and an obscure dorsal and 
ventral ridge; testa white and veined within. 
31. JATROPHA, Linn. 
Herbs shrubs or trees, often glandular and prickly. Leaves alternate, 
entire or digitately lobed or partite; stipules often ciliate. Flowers in 
terminal cymes, moneecious, the central in the cyme or its forks usually 
female, often petaliferous. MALE rr. Sepals 5, imbricate, often petaloid. 
Petals 5, contorted, free or connate. Disk entire or of 5 glands. Stamens 
many, filaments of all or the interior only, connate; anthers erect. Pistil- 
lode 0. Ferm. rr. Perianth of the male. Ovary 2-4-celled; styles connate 
below, 2-fid, lobes entire or 2-lobed; ovules 1 in each cell. Capsule of 2-4 
2-valved cocci, endocarp crustaceous or bony. Seeds ovoid or oblong, testa 
crustaceous, albumen fleshy; cotyledons broad, flat.—Species about 70, 
chiefly American. 
* Petals free or nearly so. 
1. J. glandulifera, Row). Fl. Ind. iii. 688; glabrous, leaves simple 
and ovate or 3—5-lobed below the middle base cordate, lobes ciliate with 
long-stipitate glands, stipules long capillary laciniate, and cymes glandular, 
bracts setose and glandular, sepals entire, stamens 8. Muell. Arg. in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 1084; Wall. Cat. 7802; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 403; Dalz. & Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 229. J. glauca, Vahl Symb. i. 78; Thwaites Enum. 277. 
Deccan PENINSULA from the Concan southwards. CEYLON; at Damboul, 
Gardner.—Distr1B. Tropical Africa. 
A small evergreen tree, 4-8 ft., trunk stout. Leaves 3-5 in. long and broad, sub- 
peltate; lobes acute, sometimes toothed ; petiole 2-3 in., smooth or with simple or 
branched capillary glandular hairs. Flowers greenish yellow, in glandular corymbose 
cymes. Sepals glabrous or glandular-ciliate, male obtuse, fem. acuminate. Petals 
united at the base only. Ovary glabrous. Capsule size of a cherry, slightly 6-lobed. 
—I have seen only Deccan specimens. 
2. J. nana, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 229; dwarf, glabrous, leaves 
entire or 3-lobed base cuneate, lobes entire, petiole very short stout, bracts 
and flowers glabrous, sepals entire. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. n. 1083. 
The Concan ; stony places near Poona, Bombay, &c., Dalzell, óc. NEN 
A small sparingly branched shrub, 1-2 ft. Leaves broadly cuneate, 3-5 in. diam., 
lobes broad, acute ; petiole 21—l in.; stipules not seen. Styles slender, stigmas Capi- 
telate.—The specimens are not in a very good state. This and the following are 
dwarfs of African type. 
_ 9. J. heterophylla, Heyne mss.; dwarf, glabrous, eglandular, CEN 
simple, leaves petioled simple and cordate or 3-5-lobed below the middle, 
