406 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Agrostistachys. 
1 iceci ithin each 
teate racemes or spikes, dicecious; males few or many within € 
bracts fem. solitary, longer pedicelled. Mars rr. Calyx globose, splitting Eh 
2-5-valvate lobes. Petaís8,shorter. Disk-glands very large, a rna MM 
the petals. Stamens 8-13, on a convex receptacle, filaments near Md 
tips subulate; anthers versatile, cells pendulous from the t hicl e Apiha 
nective. Pistillode 2-3-fid or 0. Frm. rı. Calyx 5-6-fid. i a * ea: 
caducous. Ovary 3-celled; styles short, thick, spreading, entire tdeshy 
ovules lin each cell. Capsule of 3 2-valved crustaceous cocci, or su bern 
Seeds globose, testa crustaceous shining, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons , 
flat.—Species 6 or 8, Tropical Indian and African. 
Sect. I. EvAGRosTISTACHYSs. Bracts of male 1-3-fid., glumaceous, densely 
imbricate, on short small axillary or supra-axillary spikes. 
1. A. indica, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. (1850) 41; leaves 
- petioled elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate acute acutely serrate, base very none 
spikes supra-axillary very short subdistichous, bracts 1-fld., as E Bomb. 
Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 726 (excl. var. 8.); Dalz. gf » ne 
Fl. 232; Thwaites Enum. 279; Beddome For. Man. 205.— Wall. Cat. 7492. 
The Deccan PENINSULA, on the Western Ghats, from the Concan southward. 
CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 1-2000 ft., Walker, &c. . . s 
A shrub, 5-6 ft.; branches stout, leafy. Leaves 4-12 by 134-4 in., CO ole 
reticulate on both surfaces; teeth incurved, spinulose ; nerves 10-15 pair; liate; 
l-1i in. Male spikes usually shorter than the petioles ; bracts broadly ovata, hairy; 
bracteoles 2, linear; pedicels very short ; sepals membranous, ovate, Pian cus 5-13. 
petals 5-8, rounded or subquadrate, white; disk-glands very large; stam 
. . * r 8; 
with sometimes a few fleshy filaments intermixed. Capsule $ in. diam., tridymou 
cocci woody, globose. 
2. A. Gaudichaudi, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 144 and ely 
DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 725; leaves petioled oblanceolate acuminate piss) 
sinuate-serrate base very acute, spikes infra-axiilary very short tere A 
1-fid. Sarcoclinium Gaudichaudi, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphord. . 
indica, var. longifolia, Muell. Arg. in DC. l. c. 726. A. longifolia, Kurz 
For, Fl. ti. 377. 
PENANG, Gaudichaud, &, "TENAssERIM (or Andaman Islands), Helfer (Kew 
Distrib. 4921). 
ore 
Very like A. indica, but the leaves in Helfer’s plant are longer, narrower have 
acuminate, with shorter petioles and with fewer very shallow obtuse teet sation 
seen no Penang specimens, and the flowers of Helfer’s are too young for exam . 
. inate 
3. A. Maingayi, Hook. f.; leaves sessile oblanceolate acumina 
quite entire, spikes supra-axillary, bracts pubescent. 
Maracca, Maingay. 
Branches as thick as the little finger. Leaves 12-14 by 3-34 in., thinly 4 in. 
ceous, tapering down to their insertion, nerves about 12 pair. Capsule a 
diam.; cocci crustaceous, hoary. Seeds à in. diam.—I have seen only leaves, very 
young spikes and fruits of this species. 
Sect. IL SancocLmiUM, Bracts remote on a long rachis. Male fi. 
many under each bract. 
ile 
4. A. Hookeri, Benth. Gen. Pl. iii. 303; leaves very large subses# 
